I give the relationship of any infidel couple that gets married in a Muslim country two to five years, max. As for this wretched story, it's good to know what they are really thinking, as opposed to what they say to our faces.
Unwitting Western couple mocked as 'infidel' and 'swine' by 'minister' during foreign language wedding ceremony at luxury Maldives resort Daily Mail (hat tip Danielle)
But this hapless pair were instead humiliated when the man presiding over the ceremony took advantage of the language barrier to publicly brand them ‘pigs’ and ‘infidels’.
The supposedly spiritual service was captured on video and beamed around the world via YouTube.
Read more here.
There is a dispute whether or not the local Maldivians support their government's tourist campaign. This past week a British couple posted their wedding video online only to discover that instead of receiving the local blessing ceremony which they paid $1350 for at their resort, the officiant hurled abuse at them. He called them, "swine, infidels, fornicators and atheists." He went onto to call their future children bastards. The ceremony concluded with the locals helping the bride to plant a coconut palm but it too was ruined by the obscene comments about her bust line.
As you probably know, the nation of the Maldives is located in the Indian Ocean. Its main industry is tourism. It is also run under Sharia law. Yes, they tolerate Western dress from the tourists but they don't allow you to bring your own Bible or unapproved book. This recent incident could significantly impact their bottom line.
Brisbane Times has this:
Police in the Maldives have arrested a marriage celebrant who abused a foreign couple as "swine" and "infidels" during a luxury ceremony in the holiday paradise, an official said today.
Maldivian police spokesman Ahmed Shiyam said the celebrant, who conducted the ceremony in the local language at an upmarket resort fringed by white sand and turquoise water, had been arrested with another hotel employee on Thursday.
A video of the ceremony, during which the hapless couple are taunted and subjected to a series of insulting and religious-tinged abuse, was posted on YouTube and has sparked fears for the country's tourism-dependent economy.
After explaining the ceremony in English, the group stands and 'minister' starts chanting in Dhivehi. Unfortunately for the happy couple, he is insulting them
After explaining the ceremony in English, the group stands and the 'minister' starts chanting in Dhivehi. Unfortunately for the happy couple, he is insulting them
Couple humiliated during ceremony at Maldive resort
Oblivious: The couple are unaware that they are being insulted during the ceremony that was conducted in the traditional Maldivian tongue of Dhivehi
In the 15-minute clip, employees at the Vilu Reef Beach and Spa resort abuse the couple in their native Dhivehi tongue.
The hotel’s food and beverage manager Hussein Didi is heard hurling insults at the pair as he conducts the service pretending to be the celebrant. He even declares their marriage to be illegal.
At one point he is heard reading verbatim from a script which, on closer inspection, is a document outlining staff employment regulations.
At the end of the 'service' the couple plant a coconut tree as Hussein Didi and his crew make rude remarks about the bride's breasts
At the end of the 'service' the couple plant a coconut tree as Hussein Didi - who conducted the ceremony - and his crew make rude remarks about the bride's breasts
Chanting in a tone favoured by religious scholars, Didi says: ‘You are swine. The children that you bear from this marriage will all be b****** swine.
‘Your marriage is not a valid one. You are not the kind of people who can have a valid marriage.
‘One of you is an infidel. The other, too, is an infidel and, we have reason to believe, an atheist, who does not even believe in an infidel religion.’ The unfortunate woman, wearing a white dress, and her husband, also in white, smile at each other lovingly and remain oblivious as Didi calls for the marriage to be enshrined in Islamic law.
Despite more than ten employees watching, none of them attempts to stop the event and some even take photographs.
As the bride bends down to plant a coconut tree, a man shouts: ‘Can see her breasts.’
Another responds saying: ‘My beard has gone grey watching those things… I have seen so many of them now that I don’t even want to look any more when I see them.’
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