Yameen Rasheed, a martyr for the freedom of speech in this darkening age, was searching for his friend Ahmed Abdulla, who had been abducted. “Mr. Rasheed said Mr. Abdulla’s abduction followed a pattern of increasingly hostile actions against those who question how Islam is practiced in the Maldives.”

“Amnesty International noted that the killing of Mr. Rasheed took place against the backdrop of the Maldivian authorities’ growing restrictions on public debate. ‘This crackdown has intensified in recent weeks and must end immediately,’ the organization said. ‘Authorities should protect those who speak out, not try to criminalize them.'”

How bitterly ironic. In the U.S., if you question how Islam is practiced, you won’t get abducted (yet), but you will get shadow banned by Facebook and Twitter, smeared by the Southern Poverty Law Center and others, and the New York Times itself will liken you to the jihadis you’re calling out. Neither Amnesty International nor anyone else will say, “Authorities should protect those who speak out, not try to criminalize them.” And no one will recognize the double standard, either.

“Outspoken Maldives Blogger Who Challenged Radical Islamists Is Killed,” by Hassan Moosa and Kai Schultz, New York Times, April 23, 2017: