But this time they failed. The blow to the head could have killed him. If Hilath had died it would be murder. What crippling effects the it may have done, we have yet to see.
There are many explanations and reasons. And there are many people involved in this attempted human sacrifice. The man who tried to crush Hilath’s skull. The attacker’s friends, helpers and supporters come next. And so on.
The accusations against him are the same old Islamic accusations. He had written blasphemous things.
They said that about Rushdie and leaders of the Islamic world issued “fatwa’s” calling for any Muslim anywhere to kill him.
A bounty was set on his head and in addition to the hooris in Jannah, the “jallaadh” would get a million dollars from the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Here in Maldives, the rhetoric is encouraging. Abdul Majeed Abdul Baari, The most prominent Mullah of the Adhaalath party and Minister of Islamic Affaires has publicly proclaimed that "Shari’ah law ultimately requires the killing of those who leave Islam."
This means that anyone who killed someone who "leaves Islam" is doing Allah's work, following his commands.
Those who perpetrated the attack on Hilath are also victims in many ways. They have not received a reasonable education in school. They have no knowledge of world history. They are ignorant of their own.
Instead their heads are filled with the litany of grievances taught in the Madrasas of Pakistan. The Muslims are in trouble because Muslims are not Muslims enough and the Jews are to blame. These stories are spread around the country through a well funded campaign originating from Medina, Saudi Arabia.
To understand these people sometimes it is important to know what they read and recite. Their knowledge of history of the world is very limited to basically the Siarath and other Islamic historical stories that really would not even stand up to a common sense examination.
In attacking Hilath they were doing what was done in Mecca 1400 years ago. In their minds some of them are living the times or Mohammed. There is this belief among them that the ideal life on earth was practiced by Mohammed and his followers.
They are trying to replicate it now in Maldives.
A famous episode in Muslim history inspires these people. The story of Asma bint Marwan.
She was a poetess who belonged to a tribe of Medinan pagans. She composed a poem blaming them for obeying a stranger (Muhammad) and for not taking the initiative to attack him by surprise.
Then in March 624, when the Allah-inspired Prophet heard what she had said, he asked, “Who will rid me of Marwan’s daughter?”
A member of her husband’s tribe volunteered and crept into her house that night. She had five children, and the youngest was sleeping at her breast. The assassin gently removed the child, drew his sword, and plunged it into her, killing her in her sleep.
This attack on Hilath was Allah inspired. Shedding blood to please a god is nothing new.
The Mayans ripped out the palpitating hearts of often willing people and offered it to Kukulkaan the "Feathered Serpent" God
They tried to kill Hilath to please Allah the "Crescent Moon" God.
A statue of Allah the moon-god sitting upon a throne found at Hazar in Palestine in 1950. The crescent moon shape is carved across the chest. Many tribes had many gods that were placed inside the old hidhu temple in Mekka. The crescent moon logo is found on Islamic state flags, hats, books and religious artifacts.