Maldivian Information Minister: Non-Muslims risk losing the citizenship; Maldivian Embassy opened in Riyadh
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  • The Maldivian Information Minister, Mohamed Nasheed has acknowledged on his personal blog that Maldivians who convert away from Islam, or who are children of Maldivians married to non-Muslims, risk losing their citizenship of the country1.

    In other developments, the Saudi Arabian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Nizar Madani and the Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdullah Shahid formally opened the Maldivian Embassy in Riyadh on May 12. It was also proposed that negotiations should begin over the possibility of direct flights between the two countries2.

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