The erstwhile Administration of Maumoon AbdulGayyom ruling the nation for 3 decades since 1979 has met with numerous dissentions; some feeble while others brutal. After the coup d’état attempt in 1988 the government did allow very few civil and political rights in subsequent years. However, activists and campaigners attempting to exercise those rights were challenged… [Read more…]
January 24, 2012
“MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY, this is MALDIVES, MALDIVES, MALDIVES; an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, MAYDAY. Position 3 15 North, 73 00 East. We are being suppressed. Our ombudsmen are being harassed and abducted. Our dissents are being terrorized. Our wealth is being robbed. Our economy is being crippled. Our judiciary is being raped. Our faith… [Read more…]
January 16, 2012
Hudhaifah bin al-Yaman (RA) reported that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu ‘alayhiwasallam said: “Prophethood [meaning Prophet Muhammad (SAW) himself] will remain with you for as long as Allah wills it to remain, then Allah will raise it up wherever he wills to raise it up. Afterwards, there will be a Caliphate that follows the guidance… [Read more…]
October 22, 2011
Killed or murdered or assassinated or executed; the Libya’s erstwhile ruler Colonel Muammar al Gaddafi is dead. During the past two days, the mainstream media have been flooded with gruesome pictures of Gaddafi soaked in blood, but alive in the hands of his captives, only to find dead moments later. Fate was more or less… [Read more…]
October 2, 2011
Accession to democracy; then keeping it afloat – the new plight of this tiny island nation. This system of the kuffar overawed the nation with its deceptive illusion for freedom, equality, fairness and rule of law. Three years passed; and the acclaimed surreal sweet of this thing called ‘democracy’ is yet to be savoured. Instead,… [Read more…]
July 26, 2010
July 26, 1965 it was – the day, our beloved nation, the Maldives was granted political freedom from her protectorate and the mighty colonialist of the time; the Britain. It was also the day that ended a 77 year old charade by the powerful Britain on the tiny and feeble state of the Maldives that… [Read more…]
July 12, 2010
Hurray! Hurray! The Spaniards too have made it into history as champions of the greatest sporting event of the globe… Congratulationsss!!! And thanks a million to Africa in general and South Africa in particular. You have cheered the world; well, at least a large chunk of it, amid the egregious endeavours by insatiable Homo sapiens, causing… [Read more…]
July 3, 2010
It has been a week of rather nasty contentions, convulsions and convolutions here in the Maldives. The persistent furies and frenzies within the political sphere, leading to a tussle greater than ever, between the Executive and the Legislature, have made the week a blot in the calendar to denote the lapse into barbarism. As a… [Read more…]
March 31, 2010
Sun, sand and sea… Hued lagoons to dazzle thee… ‘Robinson Crusoe’ isles of dreams… Stunning world of aquatics in serene… These are phrasal descriptions of a tropical holiday destination, marketed with the slogan; ‘the sunny side of life’. It is paradise indeed – the paradise that ends travelers’ hunt for serenity. Travelers from different racial… [Read more…]
February 14, 2010
Festive days!!! Celebrations!!! Fanfares!!! Killjoys??? Social transformations??? Modernism??? Annual fetes, galas and gaieties in the present Gregorian calendar are copious and confounding. Although there are much erudition, conferring the logics and morals behind such merriments, I am yet to decipher their rationales. Having said this, the ‘elites’ in the society may judge me as a… [Read more…]
November 30, 2009
As the state-owned electricity service provider of the Maldives, STELCO enters into an agreement with a somewhat mysterious company called Falcon Energy; requiring STELCO to buy electricity at a rate of Rf1.92/kWh in a 20-year deal, some people in the profession have been murmuring whether this could be an economically viable decision for the nation.… [Read more…]
November 7, 2009
In 2007, the Maldives witnessed a furore against an article published in Minivan Daily – a newspaper operated under the umbrella of Minivan News. The article blatantly criticizing and renouncing the headscarf worn by Muslim women was written by a female columnist who was a stern supporter and an activist of the current ruling party… [Read more…]
October 18, 2009
At last, mankind has survived up to 21st century on the Gregorian calendar. This has been a journey of some two hundred thousand years as per the dictums by researchers of the fossils. Throughout the course, man has achieved numerous milestones whilst surviving epoch after epoch. The progressive advancement of science, the prowess in technological… [Read more…]
October 6, 2009
Assalaam Alaikum. I still remember when I was just a boy in the mid 80′s I used to go to the photocopier to make some copies. Back then in Male’, the capitol of Maldives where I was living, such services were very limited. Not to mention, those servics were not available at all in rest of the… [Read more…]
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