Himandhoo (Alif Alif Atoll)
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Himandhoo is one of the inhabited islands of Alif Alif Atoll
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According to The Hindu
a community of jihadist
established a
"Islamist mini-state" on the island, that followed Shariah law, modeled after the Taliban.
Alif Alif Atoll
Northern Ari Atoll or Alifu Alifu Atoll is an administrative division of the Maldives. It was created on March 1, 1984 combining northern section of Ari Atoll, the small Rasdhukuramathi Atoll, and the isolated island of Thoddoo...
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According to The Hindu
The Hindu
The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Chennai since 1878. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1.46 million copies as of December 2009. The enterprise employed over 1,600 workers and gross income reached $40...
a community of jihadist
Mujahideen
Mujahideen are Muslims who struggle in the path of God. The word is from the same Arabic triliteral as jihad .Mujahideen is also transliterated from Arabic as mujahedin, mujahedeen, mudžahedin, mudžahidin, mujahidīn, mujaheddīn and more.-Origin of the concept:The beginnings of Jihad are traced...
established a
"Islamist mini-state" on the island, that followed Shariah law, modeled after the Taliban.