President Dr Mohamed Waheed Hassan told an audience at the Islamic Centre’s function room on Thursday night that peace and harmony in the Maldives “has disintegrated, while at the same time the country’s Islamic fabric has tattered over the years.”
Speaking at the function to mark the anniversary of the country’s adherence to Islam, Dr Waheed said that the Maldivian people should “give thanks and praise to the Almighty Allah for blessing the country with the eternal light of Islam.”
According to a statement on the President’s Office website, President Waheed noted the great contributions Islam has made to scientific and technological advancement.
Maldivian people are “peace loving, steadfast in their Islamic faith and of good moral conduct,” he said.
The recent change of government, which former President Mohamed Nasheed contends was a police and opposition-led coup d’état, “was not pre-planned by anyone”, the statement read.
It was, Dr Waheed said in the statement, “the religious and national duty of all citizens to strive to protect the peace and security of the country as well as work for the future.”
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WAHEED is the one who DAMAGED the PEACE AND SECURITY of this island nation WITH HIS ASSOCIATES! And now he is Calling Maldivian Poeple - TERRORISTS! when HE AND HIS ASSOCIATES ARE THE ACTUAL TERRORISTS TO THIS CRIME! WHAT FALSE WORDS HE IS UTTERING.! HE IS SENDING HIS DELEGATES TO OTHER COUNTRIES TO BEG FOR HIS ACCEPTANCE AS THE LEADER OF MADIVES! HILARIOUS! WHILE THE ACTUAL PRESIDENT ELECTED IS CHASED AWAY FROM HIS JOB! I THINK TE TIME HAS COME; FOR MALDIVES TO;- COMEPLETELY RULLE OT CORRUPTION AND PUT THESES CONSPIRATORS IN JAIL AND GIVE THEIR WEALTH TO ITS PEOPLE!
ALL WEATH BELONGING TO THE CORRUPT AND WEALTHY POLITICIANS AND CRIMINALS SHOULD BE CONFISCATED AND GIVEN TO THE MALDIVIAN PEOPLE. THE CONSPIRATORS INCLUDING WAHEED AND GAYOUM AND ASSOCIATES SHOULD BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE LAW AND PUNSHED FOR THE CRIMES COMMITED.
I used to respect Waheed because of Liberal views and values. But it seems he is happy to bury those Liberal views and values just for a chance to be a President. He is happy to pretend to like Islamist values so he can stay in "power". Sad thing is if he had any real power he wouldn't need to pretend to be an Islamist.
Jeffry, if you are reading this, why are you silent about this? You used to raise your voice against things like this.
Maldives-An Island Nation in Turmoil
As the sun sets on the once peaceful nation, tourists begin plans to spend their holiday dollars elsewhere. Imagines of radical unrest fill the minds of vacationers who now cancel reservations. The world is astounded by Waheed’s portrayal of “peace loving (people)… of good moral conduct” given the images blanketing the internet and world press. One wonders if he is delusional or so completely wrapped up in his own petty ambitions that he fails to realize the financial cost of this coup to the nation. What a sad day for the Maldives-once a paradise nation now lost in turmoil.