assalam 'alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh brother
Here in Maldives, we do not give freedom of Religion.
You may say, hey? How come? Is Maldives not on the face of the earth?
Answer is: I have spoken the truth. Maldives is a 100% Muslim country for more than 8oo years (eight centuries) now. None came with sword and warned us to leave our Buddhism and accept Islam. But we accepted the Only Religion wholeheartedly and within a year or few years, whole country became 100% Muslim with the mercy of Allah. Alhamdhulillah!
It is the choice of us, and according to western way of Rule called Democracy, we have the full right to choose what we want. So we have chosen the path that leads to Jannah.
Now comes the issue. Do we respect non-Muslims and protect them in our country? Yes. That is the reason Maldives is famous in the world as Paradise on Earth, and being on the top list of Tourism.
Living in this complicated situation of the world, we are also facing threats of Christian Missionaries and other anti-Islamic movements. They come in different names. Doctors, teachers, engineers, law makers, pilots and you name it.
Due to the heavy rain from anti-Islamic clouds, some people left Islam and demanded freedom of Religion. That was the time when we were making our new constitution. So they increased their demands and some political people also agreed with them and were demanding in the parliament. However, you see the mercy of Allah. After a very long debates and quarrels, it was written and passed in constitution that
no one is a Maldivian if he/she is not a Muslim. Each and every one in the parliament gave vote to it. Even the ones who debated negatively. If my information is correct, you will not see that written in any country's constitution except in my beloved nation's. Subuhaanallah! Alhamdhulillah! Allahu Akbar!
So it is our own decision and no one's else. Thus, inshaAllah Maldives will remain as a 100% Muslim country which will welcome and have smiling and cares to non-Muslims too, unless they make any offense to the Nation.
Then somebody may say, but how come you do not allow Churches and Worshiping places of other religions?
Let me give an example:
You are an owner of a school and you are searching for a math teacher. Several people came for the interview and you asked questions to them. One of the questions is:
2+2 = how much?
One person answers as 5.
Second answers as 3.
Third answers as 4.
Forth also answers as 4.
Immediately you wrote on your paper that person 1 and 2 will not be given the job, and 3rd and 4th will be given the job. (Assume they got equal marks in other areas).
Why did you not take them? Because even if you are not an expert in Maths, you are 100% sure that 2+2 will not be anything else than Haqq (truth), which is 4. So you rejected them.
Later on, there came many and many people who says 2+2 = something other than 4. Will you ever give them any chance to work in your school?
Likewise,
inshaAllah we will never give any chance for any Religion to be widely practiced here except Haqq (truth) which is Islam. No matter what pass they has, we will not give permission. It is our own decision and they do not have any right to break it, according to so called Democracy.
If they want to be peaceful with us, then we are much more peaceful than them.
wassalam 'alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh