AFP Maldives Journal: Hardliners May Thwart Push for 'Affordable' Tourism Wall Street Journal (blog) The Maldives is almost entirely Muslim and the constitution does not recognize other faiths. The legal system is a mix of common law and Quranic law. Alcohol is banned, except on uninhabited islands — meaning inside the high-end resorts

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Maldives Journal: Hardliners May Thwart Push for ‘Affordable’ Tourism – Wall Street Journal (blog)