Offended Quote of the day

"As a people who have devoted ourselves to the Islamic faith and its values for nearly a millennium, we are deeply offended by the notion that terrorism is linked to Islam or Muslims.

On the contrary, Islam advocates peace, compassion, tolerance and peaceful coexistence. The portrayal of Islam as an enemy of civilization or of the free world is an insult to its noble principles. Such perversions are nothing but propaganda, hatched by evil people who wish to breed hatred among human beings, and their claims are no less harmful than terrorism itself."

FATHULLA JAMEEL, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Maldives at UN General Assembly 2001 dealing with terror after the 9/11 attack. The level of hypocrasy is impressive. To read more about the offended Jameel, read here in Dhivehi Observer, banned in the Maldives.