The Maldivian people should “bow in shame” following President Mohamed Nasheed’s dancing at a Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) rally on Thursday, the religiously conservative Adhaalath Party has claimed.
In a video of the incident, President Nasheed is seen dancing with a group of senior party officials while MDP Parliamentary Group Leader ‘Reeko’ Moosa Manik sings on stage at Thoddu in North Ari Atoll.
‘’This is not the behaviour we expect to see from the people who are supposed to set an example for Maldivians,’’ said the Adhaalath Party, in a statement. ‘’Their behaviour was uncivilised and irresponsible.’’
The party said it was a national shame that the President had participated in a rally where ‘’males and females danced together like in a disco with a DJ.’’
‘’Heads of nations are supposed set an example for their people. They are obliged to live a very honorable life,’’ said the party. ‘’We don’t see presidents of non-Muslim states dancing and performing circus acts in public.’’
“By all accounts [Reeko Moosa’s] singing was pretty awful,” acknowledged a senior government source.
“The Adhaalath Party has new leadership and this may be them trying to flex some muscle and show they are independent,” the source suggested, adding that Nasheed had emphasised the 800 year durability of Islam in the Maldives while handing out certificates to the winners of a Quran recitation competition this morning.
In its statement, the Adhaalath Party further alleged that the MDP had used government vessels to ferry “hundreds of MDP supporters” to Thoddu, which, it claimed, “shows how much this government is addicted to corruption.”
The political system of the Maldives was moving towards a dictatorship and what the people saw on Thursday night was “the real image of MDP,” the Adhaalath Party stated.
The MDP has had an increasingly conflicted relationship with the Adhaalath Party: its remaining coalition partner and the third largest party in the country. The party’s ranks make up much of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs.
In February 2010, the government capitulated to the Adhaalath Party’s demands that new regulations licensing the sale of alcohol to non-Maldivians in hotel of over 100 beds on inhabited islands be scrapped, after thousands of people protested in the capital.
Individual liquor licensing, which had been repealed in the lead up to the new regulation, was not reinstated, leading to a flourishing blackmarket around the illegal commodity.
Further clashes between the coalition partners took place in December 2010 over the visit of a group of Israeli eye surgeons from the NGO ‘Eyes from Zion’, resulting in protests in Republic Square, the burning of the Israeli flag, and statements that those Maldivians who accepted the free surgery were at risk of having their organs harvested.
More recently, the Adhaalath Party has threatened to split from the MDP if the government allows Israeli airline El Al to operate in the Maldives. The government has responded that flights will begin on December 13.
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President danced, Reeko sang and Adhaalath started having jitters becoz their Saudi 'masters' have told them that 'music is haram'. But lets ask Adhaalath what is their problem (political or religious) if Anni danced and Reeko Sang.
By dancing, Anni has also given a clear message to Adhaalath (Bari, Shaheem & Fauzy/Fareed) that salafism and wahabism will not work here.
In support of Dancing, (not the president but dancing itself), i propose that we take to the street and dance our asses off. Seriously!
Adhaalth can Arbitrarily decide who or what occasion people can dance in? If you are not getting shivers in your spine because of this, you really need to wake up and see where adhaalth is going with this.
If anni was a woman president Adhaalath would call this same dance equivalent as a balant attempt at mass seduction, and an invitation to have sex for money.
well, dancing is ok but what this dance has done is make adhaalath more popular and give a voice to the opposition who were silenced by ali waheed's move to mdp. three weeks ago maumoon was making headlines. then it was ali waheed (and mdp). now it's adhaalath. if this isnt such an issue why are you all here and all over social media defending the president? why are you googling for 'dancing presidents'? why do you even care about adhaalath's statement (considering the number of such statement's you guys ignored or probably never heard of)? and yes, adhaalath is a political party contesting in the next presidential election against this president. expecting them not to apply politics in their media statements etc is like asking a businessman not to apply economics in his business.
I don't mind dancing or singing as long as crows don't try to sing.
Hmm, Adhaalath Party would have the President subjugating women, making them wear clothing that deprives their very senses, would remove body parts of people accused of crime under nothing better than a kangaroo court.
What do they know of commonly accepted 'decent' behaviour? Shut up and please turn down your nonsense propaganda, we are sick your crap blaring around the city from speakers. Double standards abound from these hypocrites who make up their rules on the hoof. Just remember you guys you will be judged as the rest of us, you do not get a free pass.
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This kind of stuff is more like to shame a nation but they still liked him! Good stuff though 🙂
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMThTEA4M0o&feature=related