Maldives leader: Blast that hurt Nasheed attacked democracy

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1. He has been outspoken against Islamic State, which had relatively high recruitment from there

Mohamed Nasheed: Maldives ex-president in critical condition after bomb blast

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The Indian Ocean nation is known for its luxury holiday resorts, but has also faced political unrest and Islamist militant violence.

Mr Nasheed, 53, has been an outspoken critic of hardline Islamists.
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This Indian Ocean archipelago is an Islamic country where its residents follow Islamic traditions and beliefs. In some of the distant islands and atolls, some are conservative or even radicalised. The authorities blame foreign hard-line preachers for the radicalisation.

The Maldivian security agencies say dozens of jihadists from the Maldives went to Syria to fight on behalf of the Islamic State group and other extremist organisations. After the war ended in Syria, some of them returned.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-57027873