As the Maldives adopts more and more of Sharia, it becomes more and more intolerant. Here again we see that for some strange reason, those who -- according to Western Islamic apologists -- misunderstand their own religion of tolerance and peace seem to have the upper hand in a Muslim country. The Vast Majority of Moderates yet again fails to do anything to stop their supremacist coreligionists. Now, why is that? "Intolerance grows in the Maldives," by Sudha Ramachandran in Asia Times, http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/MK23Df03.html