Minivan News reported that the Ministry of Islamic Affairs has appealed to the Maldives Police Service on Wednesday to disallow any discos organised for the New Year’s Eve celebrations. According to Minivan news, Police sergeant Ahmed Shiyam confirmed that Dr Abdul Majeed Abdul Bari, the Minister of Islamic Affairs, had made an official request to the police commissioner, Ahmed Faseeh, for police to take action regarding this matter.
Sheikh Mohamed Shaheem Ali Saeed, the State Minister of Islamic Affairs, is reported to have said that the ministry had formally requested the police to stop the discos from taking place because discos allow men and women to mix together against the basic values of Islam.
According to Shameem, it is haram or forbidden in Islam for both sexes to dance together. Article 10 of the Constitution states the religion of the Maldives is Islam and Islam shall be the basis for all laws in the land.
Although Article 27 stipulates everyone has the right to freedom of expression, the right only exists as long as it is “not contrary to any tenet of Islam”.
Freedom is a relative thing. There are people who say that people should have the freedom to choose their sexual preferences. Such people argue that same-sex-marriages should be allowed too. This sort of western-freedoms are dangerous to a small Muslim community as ours.
I believe that it is a courageous decision by the MIA and it is indeed the right decision. But these things which are ingrained in our society by the ex-government cannot be rooted out overnight. But the new government and the MIA should show alternative preoccupations for the youth before they ban discos and such other forms of entertainment.
MIA should also review some of the television channels served in the current cable TV setup. Channels such as Fashion TV show semi nude videos just as some music channels do. All in all this is a good start from the new government, to say that Islam does not allow people of opposite sex to mingle and dance in discos!
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ReplyDeleteIt was the right decision made by MIA. We,all Dhivehin being Muslims and our country being a 100% Muslim nation, we should not allow this sort of illicit things happen in our small society.
ReplyDeleteThere are other things that MIA should look into and make corrective measures as these things should not be allowed to continue in this country..Be swift and take firm actions against those illicit, immoral and unislamic things that happen in our society.
Freedom of religion improves morality in a society, as paradoxical as this may seem. On the surface, USA looks like the most evil morally, but dig deeper into Al Mamlaka Al Arbiyya Al SAuddiya and the other religious societies (vatican, Taliban) and you will see these places are evil as all hell. There are many reasons for this. First, when religion does not depend on state for funding and is not controlled by the state, the religious are free to act as a check and balance against governmenmt corruption without fear of compromise. Also, because the religious have to work harder to win ppl over through inspiration rather than through intimidation, moral standards are elevated. To get power, even if its power to do good, you have to do evil to get power. Politicians often think that the few lies and crooked deals will be worth all the good they'll do once in power, but if a religious does it and religious are role models, it givves a bad example of the end justifies the means, ppl don't strive to be moral.
ReplyDeleteJasmin:
ReplyDeleteYou really don't get it or wat? Im telling you all religions are a big fat lie. So why are you quoting on Kuran?
Im not gonna spend more time with you and your may allah bless us. We have to work hard to get blessed and it will be the actions we take free from all these!
I fully and totally support Anon 2:29 above me. very true!
Many asked, why i call my self muslim and why i vote for muslim. Balaga i don't have to call my self, but is automatically labeled ennu. I did not study abt religions and chose ONE. It was apprently wat my forefathers followed and i HAVE to follow it. There is no buts, not questions! this is the problem with you ppl. now again don't quote from Kuran.
As i mentioned earlier, next election, we will only vote for whoever contends to give us freedom from all this religious crap. I hope its in near future that our mindset changes and accept the fact that NO nation can be 100% same faith.. Its very clear on how many Political parties we have. less than 300000 ppl and how many registered political parties we have. Different political view. So how do you expect to have same view on religion?
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ReplyDeleteU wrote … Jasmin:
You really don't get it or wat? Im telling you all religions are a big fat lie. So why are you quoting on Kuran? Im not gonna spend more time with you and your may allah bless us.
I quite agree with you, with a clarification. :-) All religions – WHAT WE UNDERSTAND IN THE TRADITIONAL WAY - are a big fat lie. Islam is not a religion in the traditional way. IT’S A “DEEN” – A COMPLETE WAY OF LIFE. The difference between a religion and a DEEN is huge. Maybe it would serve you well if you just stopped to assimilate what you read - To give yourself a chance. Just sisterly advice. :-)
Since you asked… I quote the Koran, because I believe it’s the word of Allah revealed to the prophet Muhammad –Pbuh; for mankind to lead their lives according to it.
If you ask me why I believe so? thats another dialogue! for another time. In the meantime, I quite agree with you that with your present mindset there cannot be any further discussion. So I just note as revealed in the Surat quoted earlier, to you your religion, to me mine. Forgive me! :-)
Peace!
thank you Bushry for taking MIA's side on this.
ReplyDeleteI support you fully.
Dear Brothers (like Bushree) and Sisters (including Jasmin)
ReplyDeletei have some news!
I spend last night in a resort, where management has arranged newyear celebrations for the staff.
i was thinking since it was a resort, it would be booz, girls ( who don't give a damn abt religion) and boys dancing on the disco floor. BUT as the party progressed, to my surprise there came a group of girls (ALL wearing buruga) with colorful dress and started their apparent arranged dancing events. I enquired abt this with the Human resources then and there. Because i read above article from Minivan, bushree clubescape and eveywhere and all the comments about Dr Mullar bannign Male' discos and how muslims are not suppose to dance or enjoy SO I just could not believe my eyes.
The HR guy told me that this is a professional dance group from Olhuvelifushi (LH.atoll) who are paid to perform. MOst of the staff are from Lhaviyani atoll and i think they have recommended this. There was a group leader, a girl (with buruga as well) and a man as well.
i was really surprized on how these ppl faith work and wat they wear contradicts their actions. NOw i thot it would just be some Bandiyaa or dhadi jehun only. but oh my god,believe me after a while, DJ started playing house music and they were so tuned they got on the floor for the DJ music and habeeys with the guys (resort staffs ) and the group manager (guy)... i can hear guys calling, wooo shake that booty woho! and the girls would!!! i mean i was by then exhausted with surprize!
Always staff parties are arranged without booz and very few foreign satffs would come, but to the few came and to their much amuzement they saw buruga wearing Maldivian chicks stripting infront a crowd and they were like.. "but no alcohol because Maldivians are 100% sunni Muslims".. Holy shit!!! hehe i could not stop laughing! i mean this is the bitter truth. I will be posting a video on youtube this afternoon and will give you guys the link...
Now im not saying that them Maldivian girls dacing and guys enjoying it was wrong. BUT wearing buruga and no alcolhol party, dancing and shaking booty was utterly wrong.
Im also not saying these ppl faith is same as some more intelligent commentators like Jasmin, but just wanted to share my amuzement i quite enjoyed last night. Enjoyed not in the sense by watching them dance unlike the rest of the guys in the resort who pray 5 times. But i was enjoying my observations and having fun to know how some see things for real and rest of the ppls perspective on their faith and religion is really bullshit..
To Anonymous January 2, 2009 1:05 AM
ReplyDeleteThis is a very interesting story. a good observation. There are some contradictory actions in out socieety. Gayyoom has misled us for sao long that it will not be resolevd within weeks but ratehr in months or years.
Dear anonymous January 2, 2009 11:34 AM
ReplyDeletetnx for the nice story. We need to do lots of work to change these sort of paradoxical stuff.
Indeed we muslims should support the Ministry of Islamic Affairs' stand and thank the new government for all these positive changes in the filed of Islam
ReplyDeleteVarah ran'galhu Dr. Abdul Maheej kurevvi kantha. Saabas!
ReplyDeleteTo Anonymous January 2, 2009 1:05 AM
ReplyDeleteI very much guess the part of girls wearing Buruga was an intended pun for Islam by the organizers.
Shame on those who pretend to be muslims in name only. Offering five prayers a day and wearing buruga is not Islam. Islam is a complete way of life. One can live Islam only by learning and adhering to Quran and Sunnah. sister Jasmine is a good example to follow.
For those who mock Islam Allah says in surah 2 verse 15
ReplyDelete'Allah (Himself) doth mock them, leaving them to wander blindly on in their contumacy.'
as u say MIA did the correct thing..but y only disco parties???????
ReplyDeletey not the circumcision parties? dancing girls??men posing as women?? r such activities allowed? r they halal? why hasnt MIA condemned such activities? y the double standards?
y can dr majeed earn money from resort sellin alcohol? is it halal?
somwbody make a dhivehi translation of kutti nasheed's disco article and the article following that and distribute 2 people of kulhudhufushi. they would looooooooove 2 vote nasheed.
ReplyDeletethe mr ultra secularist and champion of gaynlesbanism. he wants to make this country next turkey.
hey why not kick out all infidel tourists and close the resorts immediately. we can all become shepards. thats the ticket to heaven. am i wrong my fellow bin laa dheens followers?
ReplyDeletelisten 10.46. we dont want bin laaden, and we dont want secularism either. and if you think that your so called moderate islam allows to have djs and dance and have sex and smoke marijuana i dont know which religion u belong. so if you want to do above things especially in public go somewhere else.
ReplyDeleteLIsten 11:22.
ReplyDeleteyou do not have to belong to a religion to make sense. religion parts ppl. as you can see clearly here. BUt you were made to belive that religion is the solution to everything. Only if you open your mind and see things for real without any of your pre conceived opinions or judgments...
try it~
And if you think the non-believers should leave the country, i think they have every right to throw you out of the country as well. We were not born with a faith or label. Ppl made you believe in things that does not exist.
Now i can very confidentally say that, you (and most of the religion preachers) are kind of a person, who would die for religion even if you were born to a christian/hindhu/buddism etc family. If you were born as any other religion (other than islam), you would be preaching for that particular religion. I hope you can see my point here!