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Date: 2006-03-11 14:39:53
From: Bernd Beckschwarte

Subject: AW: Greetings from Maldives

Abdulla,
Ladies and Gentlemen here,

As Maldives is a strictly muslim governed country, some
facts and partly my humble opinion:

There is maldivian law forbidding wine. There are probably
some exemptions or regulations for the tourists islands
which are strictly separated from the other islands.

Refering to the deep islamic nature of the country the
hotels tell the tourists that beer and wine would be
regularly not allowed on the Maldives...., but they had done
"special arrangements" to be able to serve wine to the
tourists. So wine there is ("..we regret this..") a very
expensive thing.. In clear words: corruption. To break the
law and draw personal profit of this. Friends of mine were
there for great diving holidays. Their beer was extremely
high priced....

A foreign wine exporter to the Maldives would normally never
be able to put legal action on Maldives Islands to claim his
eventually unpaid bills. So IMO any wine exporter would be
consulted best to send wine to the Maldives after advanced
payment only.

Regards

Bernd Beckschwarte

BTW disclaimer: I am no lawyer. I don´t know the Maldives´
laws in detail. I pay respect to all other cultures. I am
christian, and I like to consume a little bit wine
sometimes. So I decide in advance whether I would like to
spend my holidays in a country where wine is forbidden. If I
would like to go there, I would drink no wine nor beer as
the local people don´t like this. A question of respect
IMHO.


> von abdullabishar@avasmail.com.mv
> Gesendet: Samstag, 11. März 2006 11:11
> An: wineforum@wein-plus.de
> Betreff: [wineforum] Greetings from Maldives
>
>
>
> Dear ALL,
> I am from Maldives and would like to ask if any
> one is willing to
> export wines to Maldives, and willing to start a
> partner ship with
> me. As Maldives is a Touris destination and
> visitors from all over
> the world visit evrey day, and there is a great
> demand for wines and
> spirits from all over the world.
>
> My visitcard online:
>
www.wein-plus.com/karte/abdullabishar@avasmail.com.mv

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