Maldives Bans Dancing in Public
Opponents have denounced the ban as evidence of creeping Islamicisation by hardliners within the government of Mohammed Waheed Hassan, the controversial president who came to power earlier this year following an alleged coup.
Supporters of former president Mohamed Nasheed, who resigned following a revolt by the country's police and armed forces, said the West had turned its back on democracy on the islands and was standing by while radical muslims impose Islamic laws on the traditionally liberal society.
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Kevin Bacon needs to go to the Maldives.
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There's no way Obama would allow that. Probably would throw Bacon in jail on a tax charge.
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BHO is wondering how Hassan took over the Falklands.
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So you want to throw Bacon at the Muslims, and you really think that will help things?