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- noun Plural form of
Maldivian .
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Examples
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Though initially the teachers will come from France, in the long-term Maldivians will be trained to teach French.
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"Both the state and non-state agencies need to, at the very least, acknowledge that there are a substantial number of Maldivians who think about their faith and, sometimes, question it," he said.
Islam And Democracy: Can A Country Fully Embrace Both? Josh Fleet 2010
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“The Islamic Foundation believes that the person who announces apostasy should be punished according to Islamic laws,” the NGO said, warning that Nazim represented “a disturbance to the religious views and the religious bonds that exist with Maldivians.”
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Now it appears that the intrepid Maldivians have come up with a new strategy to fight the rising tide: creating mini floating islands!
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“The Islamic Foundation believes that the person who announces apostasy should be punished according to Islamic laws,” the NGO said, warning that Nazim represented “a disturbance to the religious views and the religious bonds that exist with Maldivians.”
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"Both the state and non-state agencies need to, at the very least, acknowledge that there are a substantial number of Maldivians who think about their faith and, sometimes, question it," he said.
Islam And Democracy: Can A Country Fully Embrace Both? Josh Fleet 2010
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Maldivians are unlikely to accept a return to the dark days of Mr. Gayoom, but as we've seen from the old U.S.S.R. to the Arab Spring, one of the risks for a new democracy is a regression to old ways of repression.
The Maldives Sink Into Instability Ron Gluckman 2012
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Later, Nazim told Minivan News, a Maldivian news website, that many Maldivians were "depressed" and "collapsing inside under the weight of the silence enforced on their questions of belief in Islam."
Islam And Democracy: Can A Country Fully Embrace Both? Josh Fleet 2010
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Later, Nazim told Minivan News, a Maldivian news website, that many Maldivians were "depressed" and "collapsing inside under the weight of the silence enforced on their questions of belief in Islam."
Islam And Democracy: Can A Country Fully Embrace Both? Josh Fleet 2010
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Who do these Maldivians think they are — Christian Inquisitors?
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