Remember also: in Islamic law, it is considered a good thing to conceal the faults of a fellow Muslim, as Muhammad said: “The servant (who conceals) the faults of others in this world, Allah would conceal his faults on the Day of Resurrection” (Sahih Muslim 32.6267). The ordinary understanding of slander in the West is that it involves making false charges that defame another person. But in Islamic law, the definition of slander doesn’t involve falsehood. The Shafi’i manual of Islamic law ‘Umdat al-Salik defines “slander” as “to mention anything concerning a person that he would dislike.” Nothing is said about whether or not what is said is true — only that the person would dislike it. And as the Qur’an warns, “Woe unto every slandering traducer” (104:1).
“Maldives: Human rights group shut down for ‘slandering Islam,’” Amnesty International UK, November 5, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
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The Maldivian Government’s closure of a widely-respected human rights group for “slandering Islam” has been strongly condemned by Amnesty International.
The organisation was shut down earlier today by the Maldivian Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment, which regulates the activities of NGOs in the country.
On 10 October, the Maldivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced it had temporarily suspended Maldives Democracy Network’s operations, alleging that the content of a 2015 report by the NGO contained “content slandering Islam and the Prophet Mohamed”.
The closure comes after a series of threats by religious hardliners against Maldives Democracy Network staff, including its director Shahinda Ismail.
Dinushika Dissanayake, Amnesty International’s South Asia Research Director, said: “The Maldives Democracy Network is being punished for exercising its legitimate right to freedom of expression….
Article posted with permission from Robert Spencer
