Maldives Royal Family Articles RSS Feed http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com en-nz Chris Abdul-Wahhab http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/index.html#37 This is a question that has intrigued Maldivians since early in 1944. A number of conspiracy theories have been put forward by many people over the years but no one has been able to produce a definitive answer. maldivesroyalfamily.com/37 Tue, 6 May 2008 09:52:12 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/index.html#36 The Princess Maandhoogey Tuttudon Goma died at her residence in Male today, 11 March 2008 at about 9:30 am local time. She was aged 93. She was a Senator in the bicameral Parliament of the Maldives during the short-lived first republic of 1953-54. The Princess was the last surviving member of the Maldive Senate. maldivesroyalfamily.com/36 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:09:12 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/index.html#34 If a Saudi Arab about to have a drink in the middle of wine-country New Zealand becomes alarmed by someone with a Maldive connection, things have become very serious indeed, I thought to myself. maldivesroyalfamily.com/34 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:33:07 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/index.html#33 Birth to Maldive parents, naturalisation and voluntary renunciation of citizenship, according to law, can be quantitatively determined and verified. Consequently citizenship based on these criteria can be enforced. On the other hand, profession or otherwise, of faith in a religion can be kept private by the person who professes or renounces it. Therefore it would be legally impossible to quantitatively verify a person's continued citizenship based on faith. One can step into the bathroom, for example, as a Maldivian and emerge as a stateless person and the authorities will be none the wiser. maldivesroyalfamily.com/33 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:17:06 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/index.html#32 Another page of historic photographs circa 1890s to 1930s maldivesroyalfamily.com/32 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:44:05 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/index.html#31 The first Maldive republic came into being on 1 January 1953 and lasted until 7 March 1954, when the monarchy was restored. The following were important political and judicial positions in the republic and the names of the people who held those positions. maldivesroyalfamily.com/31 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:11:03 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/index.html#30 We mourn the death of Sir Edmund Hillary who was dubbed the greatest New Zealander. Sir Edmund conquered Mount Everest for the Empire and the Commonwealth on the day Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth was crowned in 1953. His parting was a great loss to his family, the people of this country and also to Nepal where he holds honorary citizenship. We send our condolences to Sir Edmund's family and the Governor General the Honourable Anand Satyanand on this sad occasion. maldivesroyalfamily.com/30 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:52:57 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/index.html#29 This web site vehemently condemns the attempt at assassinating the Maldive president of the republic, Mr Maumoon Gayoom. According to Haveeru Online, the attack was carried out by a man wearing a beard and shortened trouser legs; the tell-tale trademark of Saudi-style Islamic fanatics. He was shouting "Allah-o-Akbar" (Allah is great), as he was being apprehended, according to the Haveeru Online report. maldivesroyalfamily.com/29 Tue, 8 Jan 2008 14:33:59 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/index.html#28 A death is always tragic, particularly when it is untimely and brought on by acts of criminals. A family has lost a mother and wife in such manner and that is a colossal misfortune. Does that make Pakistan's Benazir Bhutto a champion of democracy? The short answer is no. maldivesroyalfamily.com/28 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 11:00:01 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/index2.html#27 A 54-year old British teacher and mother of two escaped being whipped for allowing her class to name a teddy bear Mohamed, the most common name among Muslims which is also the name of Islam's founder. The bear was, in fact, named after a popular boy in class. Under intense international pressure, Gillian Gibbons was let off with a gaol sentence. Her ordeal is reminiscent of Mohamed ordering the killing of Asma bint Marwan, a mother of five, for composing poetry that allegedly mocked him. Asma was murdered in the middle of the night as she lay breastfeeding her youngest [see Ibn Ishaq: Sirat Rasul Allah (Guillaume's translation "The Life of Muhammad") page 675-6]. This web site condemns Sudan for its barbaric treatment of one of Her Majesty's subjects. We also call upon the Maldive political factions that seek British support either to gain power or retain it, to become civilised and condemn their savage brethren in Sudan. So far these factions are silent over this latest attack on a British national by their faith community. Do these barbarians realise that teddy bears are named after US President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt? maldivesroyalfamily.com/27 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:00:01 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/index2.html#26 In a barbaric judgment, a Saudi court has ordered a gang rape victim to be lashed 90 times. When the victim's lawyer protested, the sentence was increased to 200 lashes. maldivesroyalfamily.com/26 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:41:21 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/index2.html#25 In a Third World Islamic dictatorship stricken with discrimination, the last thing one needs is more discrimination, albeit allegedly positive. That, however, was what Maldive women members of parliament wanted to incorporate into their new constitution, when they proposed an amendment to create ten seats for women. When they did not get their way, the incumbent women members staged a stand-in, disrupting parliamentary proceedings. The new woman attorney general, who moved the amendment, threw a tantrum and stormed out like some snotty school girl who had her ponytail pulled by the classroom smarty-pants. maldivesroyalfamily.com/25 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:29:58 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/index2.html#24 We mourn the death of Tuttudon Sitti, celebrated veteran icon of the Maldive freedom movement and daughter of the 20th century political poet Budufenvalhugey Seedi. A formidable critic of the Gayoom dictatorship, she was a political street activist well into her mid eighties. Tuttudon Sitti was the maternal aunt of the editor of this web site. We extend our condolences to her children and their families. May God bless her soul! maldivesroyalfamily.com/24 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:59:59 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/index2.html#23 Recently a video link of a speech made by the Maldive finance minister Gasim Ibrahim was sent to us by a site visitor who wanted us to denigrate Mr Ibrahim. Going through the comments in the YouTube page, all we could see was how insecure some Maldivians are about themselves. Mr Ibrahim did an excellent job. Obviously he was not speaking in his first language but then English is not the first language of any of his cabinet colleagues or the overwhelming majority of Maldivians. It is not an embarrassment to make a speech in a language that is not one's first language. This writer has heard Maldivians who have studied at post graduate level in English-speaking countries, who hold masters and doctoral degrees do worse jobs than Mr Ibrahim at speaking in English. So Maldivians grow up and stop calling the pot black! maldivesroyalfamily.com/23 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:11:11 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/index2.html#22 This web site is the only media organ with a Maldive theme that openly and unreservedly advocates the path of embracing all the freedoms guaranteed by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. We call on the Maldive government and its opposition to abandon the path of bigotry and chauvinism. We call on them to grant its citizens and residents full human rights, as per Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. These rights include freedom to change one's religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest one's religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance. maldivesroyalfamily.com/22 Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:44:11 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/index2.html#21 According to a Divehi language article in Haveeru "Some fanatics [on the Maldive Taliban island of Himandhoo] believe that when a man's wife is pregnant it becomes the responsibility of his wife to procure him a sex-slave". This seems to be a most ingenious, mess-free and thoroughly Maldive solution to one's carnal needs. "Holy" traditions are replete with other means of acquiring concubines. Sahih Bukhari Volume 3, Book 46, Hadith number 717: "Narrated Ibn Aun: the Prophet had suddenly attacked Bani Mustaliq without warning while they were heedless and their cattle were being watered at the places of water. Their fighting men were killed and their women and children were taken as captives; the Prophet got Juwairiya [a female captive] on that day." The Koran 4:24 makes it lawful for Muslim men to have sex with infidel female captives. maldivesroyalfamily.com/21 Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:10:01 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/index2.html#20 The former Maldive attorney general Hassan Saeed has made public parts of a letter he wrote the Maldive head mullah and chief "justice", Mohamed Rasheed Ibrahim. Mr Saeed suggests that the current wave of Islamic fanaticism sweeping the Maldives is the result of Mullah Ibrahim's reckless negligence of his responsibilities. The former attorney general accused Mullah Ibrahim of permitting Islamic fanatics working out of the mullah's main mosque in Male of wreaking social strife. Mullah Ibrahim was indoctrinated at Cairo's al-Azher medrassa along with the Maldive president of the republic. Later he served in Saudi Arabia as a teacher before being appointed Maldive head mullah and chief "justice". Mullah Ibrahim inspired the establishment of the first Saudi-funded medrassa in the Maldives and other such centres of Islamic fanaticism. The most visible outcome of fanatical Islamisation has been the gradual imposition of the obnoxious buruga veil on Maldive women that has transformed many of them into walking tents. Traditionally Maldive women's dress was more sensible, given the temperature and humidity of the islands. Mr Saeed accuses Mullah Ibrahim of recklessly overlooking Islamic fanatics who allegedly engage in crimes ranging from paedophile marriages to other serious offences such as assault and murder. Under Maldive civil law, paedophile marriage constitutes a crime. Islamic Shariah permits paedophile marriage because Mohamed married a six year old girl and commenced vaginal sex with her when she turned nine. maldivesroyalfamily.com/20 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:00:01 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/index2.html#19 The Maldive security forces recently concluded the most pathetic of battles with the motliest band of unwashed, jihadi rat bags that Amr bin al-Ass would have envied. The battle of Himandhoo was just the beginning of the Islamic terror storm about to unleash over the ancient isles. We bring to our readers the first in a series of light-hearted opinions in the Divehi language by a Maldive contributor who wishes to use the pseudonym HJ. He was a regular contributor to the British-based Dhivehi Observer (DO), part of the Maldive "democracy" movement. DO and other organs of the movement regularly censor material even vaguely critical of Islamic terrorism. We do not have such inhibitions and strongly believe that terrorism, Fascism and Bronze Age barbarism have no place in the modern world. maldivesroyalfamily.com/19 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:05:05 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/div_maths.shtml#18 A site visitor has solved the logical/ mathematical problem about apples in bags maldivesroyalfamily.com/18 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 10:05:59 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/index2.html#17 Recently the Maldives was admitted as an Associate Member of the Asia Pacific Forum (APF) - although this is yet to be published in the APF web site. Associate Members are institutions which currently do not comply with the Paris Principles and are unlikely to do so within a reasonable period. According to a report carried in the Divehi language media, the ruling party in the Maldives (DRP) has censured the president of the Maldives Human Rights Commission Mr Ahmed Saleem as a result of a comment he made in relation to this. His apparent misdemeanour was saying that Associate Membership, as opposed to Full Membership was granted because the president of the Commission is required to be a Muslim. This is a classic case of shooting the messenger. Freedom of religion is a fundamental right guaranteed in international law, and gagging Mr Saleem will not change a thing. What the Maldive lawmakers who enacted this clause did not realise is that the clause presents a classic example of egging their own faces. The provision makes a farce of the hackneyed cliche about the Maldives having a 100% Muslim population. Requiring a Muslim Maldivian to be the president of the commission is an admission that there are Maldivians who are not Muslims. maldivesroyalfamily.com/17 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:03:03 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/index2.html#16 These people will believe anything; that the 9/11 Islamic attacks on America were carried out by the US Government; that the Boxing Day tsunami was caused by the Israelis and that the Battle of Badr Anniversary terrorist bombing in Male was carried out by the CIA. To the relief of the kuffarophobes, the Maldive police have dutifully released that vital piece of forensic evidence and few Maldivians or Muslims will ever believe otherwise from now on. Evidently one of the bombers, complete with his fundamentalist beard and all, was wearing a CIA t-shirt when he carried out the Badr-day bombing. That proves beyond reasonable doubt, in these people's minds that the American Central Intelligence Agency carried out the bombing. That these t-shirts are not connected with the CIA or that they are widely available everywhere is of no consequence. It would be as if the bomber was garbed by President Bush himself. The Maldive media are already gleefully giving the news prominent coverage. maldivesroyalfamily.com/16 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:29:09 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/index2.html#15 Ravi Nessman reported that "Some young [Maldive] people have turned to drug use, while others have embraced a conservative strain of Islam that had been virtually unheard of on the islands just a few years ago." The word "strain" defines it all. The root causes of Maldive woes lie in an ulcer caused by narcotics and a malignant cancer that has set in on the rest of the body that is the Maldive society of today. Unless the current generation deals with these two issues smartly once and for all, the Maldives will time-travel back to antiquity to become a seventh-century tribe that consumes camel urine as a dietary supplement. Decades of progress in the tourism sector and the status as the wealthiest country in South Asia will be lost for ever. It is not possible to have one foot in civilisation and the other in barbarism. The Maldives must unveil itself out of barbarism and join civilised humanity. If the Maldive authorities know the identities and motives of those who carried out the Battle of Badr Anniversary bombing, why are they sitting on it? Is the truth too hard to swallow? maldivesroyalfamily.com/15 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:59:03 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/opinion_maldives_practical_steps_against_terrorism.shtml A powerful, remote-controlled nail bomb has been detonated near a park adjacent to the main mosque and headquarters of the supreme council for Islam in Male, the capital of the Maldives. It was activated by a mobile telephone. The bomb was clearly intended for foreign tourists, several of whom were badly injured. The bombing coincides with the anniversary of Mohamed's first war against his tribe in Mecca. Many Maldive Islamists want an end to the bourgeoning tourist industry, which they see as a hindrance to full-Islamisation of the Maldives. This was the second bomb detonated in the same location near the mosque. In the early 1990s an Egyptian indoctrinated mullah who was the mosque librarian was implicated in a crude terrorist bomb attack there. Jihad has been dormant in the Maldives for many centuries. Jihad first reared its ugly head in the Maldives in the twelfth century when several Maldive Buddhist monks were beheaded and Islam was imposed on the population by force. Surviving copper plate chronicles document these jihadist murders. In August an Indian television channel reported that there was evidence that the Maldives was fast becoming the new terror hub. In 2005 we cautioned our readers of the seven danger signs of Islamic militancy. maldivesroyalfamily.com/14 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:07:39 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/div_maths.shtml This web site regularly attracts an average of 200 visitors a day, mainly from the Maldives. Many of the visitors ask us a variety of questions and so, over the years, we have established ourselves as a popular online resource for Maldivians. Recently we fielded two mathematics questions from a student training to become a primary school teacher at the Maldives College of Higher Education, informally known as the University of the Maldives. As we do not have a resident mathematician, we are asking site visitors if they have a solution to his two homework questions. They are written in the Romanised Divehi script. maldivesroyalfamily.com/13 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:27:47 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/editorial_maldives_name_nazi_2.shtml Maldive parents are forced to fill in a form and spell their child's name in Arabic. The form is then submitted to the Supreme Council for Islam to be whetted for the name's Islamic authenticity before civil authorities are permitted to register it. There are absolutely no public guidelines on what constitutes a name that is permissible in Islam. It is left up to the whims and fancies of some bearded freak who probably spent the previous night beating up one of his four wives, according to "holy" law. maldivesroyalfamily.com/12 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 09:32:56 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/index2.html#11 Today is the first anniversary of the Maldives' accession to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The Reservation made by the Maldives on its accession states that "The application of the principles set out in Article 18 of the Covenant shall be without prejudice to the Constitution of the Republic of Maldives." Article 18 guarantees freedom of religion. The Maldives is invoking its internal law to justify its failure to perform its international treaty obligations. This is contrary to the principles of international law and contravenes Article 27 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, which the Maldives ratified on 14 September 2005. The Maldives cannot have it both ways. It must either adhere to its international treaty obligations or withdraw from the community of civilised states altogether. maldivesroyalfamily.com/11 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:01:19 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/family_album_kakaage.shtml The Kakaage were among the most powerful political families in the Maldives in the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Kakaage have a reputation of being totally honest and loyal with a pathological aversion to corruption. Most recently the trademark Kakaage integrity was displayed by Arif Hilmy who served the current Maldive regime as its minister of finance until resigning in order to choose integrity over position. maldivesroyalfamily.com/1 Wed, 1 Feb 2006 01:30:00 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/maldives_photo_6.shtml Rare historic photographs that include some of the descendants of the King Ibrahim Nooreddine Iskander, the long period of interregnum in the 1930s and 40s and the royal militia maldivesroyalfamily.com/2 Fri, 24 Feb 2006 03:34:00 GMT http://www.faithfreedom.org/oped/KhaledWaleed20620.htm Discrimination against non-Muslims is absolutely rampant, very clear and open. It starts with aqama (red cards for non-Muslims and green cards for Muslims). The rule on taxation is different for the Muslims and the non-Muslims. Infidels have no right to build any places of worship for their religious rituals and practices. They are not allowed to observe their rites, celebrate their religious festivals or even extend greetings to one another in front of Muslims. This is open, clear and meticulously planned Islamic apartheid which might even surpass the enormity of the apartheid policies of White-ruled South Africa. The infidel world held South Africa to account. Is Islam about to hold Saudi Arabia and other "100% Islamic" countries to account? maldivesroyalfamily.com/3 Thu, 23 Feb 2006 13:52:26 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/letter_to_the_editor_via_factmaldives.shtml You have lost your right to criticise MDP by leaving your motherland. We Maldivians may criticize MDP, because it is one of our Political parties but we will not tolerate any outsiders critisising them as we also do not like our Government being criticised by outsiders. MDP may have their faults, but they represent a large part of our community. While they have their shortcomings, they have contributed a hell of a lot to the changes which are being brought. Do you think that this Government would budge so easily without their pressure ? So I would politely ask you to remove the article you ahve regarding MDP. maldivesroyalfamily.com/4 Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:33:50 GMT http://www.ahmednaseer.com/dhivehi/D62007.html (Note: Link may no longer work) In a well-written Divehi language article Ahmed Naseer has bravely gone where few Maldivians have ventured before in public. He has fired a salvo at the depraved Maldive mullahs within and outside government for using Islam to gain political capital. He also touches on the controversial issue of the mullahs’ lack of respect for women. We congratulate Mr Naseer’s courage and integrity for calling a spade a spade. In a world where Islamofascists carry out, to the letter, the Koranic commandment (47:4) “when you meet the unbelievers, smite at their necks...” the article is exceedingly bold. Most people regard Mr Naseer, who lives in England, to be affiliated with the Maldive opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) maldivesroyalfamily.com/5 Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:03:20 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/maldives_photo_8.shtml New additions to a collection of rare historical Maldive photographs of the last two centuries. There are two pages of photos maldivesroyalfamily.com/6 Sun, 8 Jul 2007 01:30:00 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/editorial_maldives_child_molestation.shtml Child molestation, particularly those of pre-adolescent girls, stems from an ideology that is imposed on the Maldives. Most Maldivians seem to be unwilling to acknowledge this and until they do, the problem will not go away. maldivesroyalfamily.com/7 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:37:00 GMT http://www.timesnow.tv/Newsdtls.aspx?NewsID=2261 The route that starts from Pakistan to Male in Maldives and to the southern [Indian] cities which have direct flights to Male. The Maldives is an Islamic state and recent evidence points to its traditional tolerant views being undermined maldivesroyalfamily.com/8 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:23:21 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/ A Maldive court has been asked to rule in a litigation that classifies a dog as a wild animal. The case involves an allegation that a government member of parliament called an opposition member a dog (emphatically the variety of the species, known locally as nagoo-balhu ނަގޫބަޅު which translates "tail dog"). Dogs are not permitted on the islands as per the dictates of the established Shafii school of SunniIslam. According to Hadith (Sahih Bukhari 1:9:490), dogs, like donkeys and women, are creatures that annul a man's prayer. The counsel for the plaintiff is of the opinion that dogs are wild animals. In parts of the world where the canine creatures are permitted to live, it is more likely that they (even the ones that have their tails missing) are either domestic or farm animals. It has to be a tough assignment for the island judge who has been asked to make a ruling based on a creature that is not permitted on shore on the islands. He has to determine if the dog is both homeless and had not endured the additional misfortune of losing its tail. The aggrieved opposition politician is seeking the princely sum equivalent to about $500 in compensation. maldivesroyalfamily.com/9 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:30:20 GMT http://www.maldivesroyalfamily.com/ This web site unequivocally and without reservation, condemns all acts of terror aimed at Civilisation by the world’s foremost barbaric force. We express solidarity with the people of the United States on this anniversary of the 9/11 attack on that great country. We also empathise with the State of Israel, which is another prime target of the terrorists. There is absolutely no place for co-operation with terrorists and terrorist-sympathisers in order to find a solution to the problem of terrorism. Terror does not have a “peaceful meaning”. maldivesroyalfamily.com/10 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:54:01 GMT