- A screen grab shows the death threats published on the '23December.com' underlined in red. Organisers have removed the slogans, which called for the "killing" of "those who challenge and oppose Islam", from the website.
Organisers of the mass protest scheduled for
December 23 have removed slogans calling for the "killing" of "those who
challenge and oppose Islam" on its promotional website lunched last
evening.
The slogans
on the website include "the ruling of those who break the laws and challenge Islam
is killing them by the public", "today's law is to kill anti-Islam activists…
and those who support them" and "ready to kill anyone who challenge the
religion of Islam without regarding his party".
The slogans
have now been removed.
Abdulla
Mohamed, from the organisers, said the slogans were published by mistake.
"The
slogans were sent to us by the participants of the protest and we uploaded them
to the website without properly reading," he said.
"We
corrected the mistake just after we found it."
Police
spokesperson, Sub-inspector Ahmed Shiyam said the police received reports about
the slogans but did not confirm whether they are investigating the case.
Press
Secretary at the President's Office Mohamed Zuhair expressed concerns over the
slogans.
"Citizens
calling for the killing of fellow citizens is a matter of concern," he said.
"It will be
a huge atrocity and a dishonour to the Maldivian scholars."
Zuhair
dismissed the claims made by the organisers that the slogans were published by
mistake.
"I don't
think it was a mistake," he said.
"We believe
it's an objective of the protest. Calling for such an action is unacceptable
under Maldivian law or any other international practice."
The religious
conservative Adhaalath Party President Imran Mohamed launched the website last
evening.
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