Sheikh Mohamed Shaheem Ali Saeed, chief spokesperson of the religious Adhaalath party and former State Islamic Minister, has been accused of sexual misconduct in a video broadcast by local media Raajje TV, in which he is seen speaking with a figure in a hijab before leading her through a doorway.
“The video shows Shaheem with a woman who is not his wife, talking and holding hands and going into a bedroom,” said Raajje TV’s Assistant News Editor Dhanish Nasheed.
When Minivan News expressed doubt that it could be accurately concluded that the room was a bedroom, Nasheed claimed that the corner of a bed was visible in the video.
Nasheed said Raajje TV obtained the video from the video-sharing website Daily Motion, however it has since been removed from that site.
Broadcasting the video as evidence of a “sex scandal”, Raajje TV claimed the station could not release further footage in the interest of public decency. Today media was speculating that the woman in the video was the daughter of a senior member in the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), however her face was not visible in the footage.
Although the only identifying features visible in the video were a profile of the woman’s nose, her watch and a white-cased phone, Raajje TV claimed she was not a wife of Shaheem.
Local media Haveeru reported the alleged scandal on January 7, but the story was removed within an hour of its publication online.
Shaheem has spoken several times to the media in recent weeks expressing Adhaalath’s discontent over the government’s reaction to demands made by religious protesters on December 23, 2011.
Asked whether the tape might be a set-up engineered for political purposes, Dhanish Nasheed insisted that it was not a set-up and that the station believed “something was definitely going on.”
In the video, currently available on Raajje TV’s YouTube channel, a camera at hip-level captures Shaheem speaking with a woman in a black hijab. Aside from her phone, watch and black bag, as well as a brief profile of her nose, no identifying features of the woman are visible during the film.
Shaheem smiles throughout the meeting, raising his eyebrows a few times in a playful fashion, and the two check their respective phones.
At one point the girl is directed to a water bottle behind the camera. The camera moves when she rises to take the bottle.
The meeting concludes when Shaheem takes the girl’s hand while circling around to sit next to her, just behind the camera’s view. The footage of the two holding hands appears to have been repeated several times, implying a longer grasp. The two subsequently rise and leave the room.
Shaheem, who has been identified as one of the world’s top 500 Muslims by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, told Minivan News he would issue his comment on the matter at a later date.
“I do not wish to comment on matters regarding my private life while I am waiting for evidence. I will issue my comment when the time is appropriate,” he said.
Shaheem indicated that his work with Adhaalath Party has not been interrupted.
Police officials did not wish to comment.
In early 2011 a series of sex scandal videos were released implicating members of Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF) and the former Cabinet Secretary.
A police investigation was launched in response to the videos and several arrests were made, including minors. They have since been released, however the cases have not yet been prosecuted as the investigations are ongoing.
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Two wives, and still want more. Couldn't wait until the 70? Better blow up yourself than getting humiliated, is it not?
Shaheem : Open your big mouth and start ranting idiocy regarding how others should live!!!
And while you are at it, excuse yourself by saying that as a man, penguin-women is extremely arousing and as such, a mistake has been made. The Devil, in the form a woman, has taken you for a moment, heh?
Just pure hypocrisy.
This is madness! Clearly, this footage is fake, and has been created by Jews! Allah's wrath shall befall the Jews who created the video, and the ones at 'Rajje TV' (which nobody watches) who aided in the distribution of the video. Surely, Shaheem is a pious Muslim, and not amongst the Jews.
In a way, the secularists are to blame.
Surrounded by images of promiscuous women and the constant barrage of assaults on our Islamic values, foisted upon us by the ungodly - even the most pious of men may be driven to do wicked things to alleviate his dismay.
No man is perfect, and the sheikh has indeed been tempted into sin by an impious woman; this, no one can deny this or make excuses for him.
May Allah (swt) forgive him for his sins. Amen.
Its the tourists fault. Most come to our heavenly land to simply fornicate. According to investigations 47% tourists visiting are not married. This disgusting behaviour by animal christians and jews in our pure land must stop!
"Don't touch, I will touch it..."!
Shiekh Imran and I are counselling Shaheem. He'll be ready with his statement at the end of the session if he has not already committed suicide by then.
Islam is officially secure. The nation has been saved. Thank you.
hassan didi,
mind your own business!
Nasheed said Raajje TV obtained the video from the video-sharing website Daily Motion, however it has since been removed from that site.
this is false, if you take a look at the google cache of that profile you would find there was a 43sec video under that name yet its not that video, rather i see this as their alibi to get away from staging this event, the cam moves and even zooms giving the impression that someone was following them and they tried very hard on their video to hide the lady's face? why?
and when we consider sandhaan lutfy's address to the public before 23 December this would be very clear.
and how sure are they she is not his wife?
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Hypocrite!
But don't worry, Allah will forgive you and you can do it all over again next week. Easy when you know how.
You are flirting with danger Minivan and RaajjeTV.
The ultimate result of these implications might lead to chaos within the MDP. Some of us know who the lady is and what the revelation of her identity would do to the MDPs upper echelons.
Competing interests within the MDP are threatening broader goals. Shaheem or no Shaheem it takes two to tango and this time around one of them is from the MDP's own camp.
The sheikh needs evidence? I've plenty.
Who would bother interrupting his work with the adaalaath party? They have a notorious president. kekekkeke.
shaheem probably represents the whole lot that explains why they are zipped. those websites have nothing to say.
whats wrong with u people...humans do mistakes and its not as if he is doing adultery or something!!! I'm not supporting what he did. But isn't this a bit too much. In Islam , the honor of a human is the same as his flesh. Give the poor guys a break pls
Somewhere, behind the scenes, there's some hard bargaining going on right now. That's why the Top 500 Muslim, Shaheem is refusing to talk. We all know what this bargaining is for... all shall be revealed soon.
Personally, I'd like to see Shaheem flogged in public, just as he has been calling for! That'd be justice. May his wailing cries of pain match the pleasures he got from this penguin-clad lady.
Also, this is nothing new. We've all seen the top brass of this country enjoying an alcoholic beverage or two and enjoying other worldly pleasures. At the end of the day, men are men. Cognac, whisky, Sula Shiraz or penguin-clad ladies are just minor weaknesses in these most Holy and Noble Maldivian Gentry.
i would like to thank Shihk shaheem for his efforts to demonstrate what is haraam...for sure i was enlightened while i watched the trailer,if u know what i mean....
Seiku Fakeem!
ALLAH AKBAR!
ALLAH WILL PUNISH HIM IF HE DID IT! MAY ALLAH PROTECT SHEIKH FROM THE NON BELIEVERS AND ATHIESTS. AMIN.
DO NEVER THINK THAT YOU GUYS CAN DESTROY THE RELIGION OF ALLAH. ALLAH AKBAR. THOSE WHO LIE WILL BE THE LOSERS IN THE HERE AFTER!
I'm confused, does this mean sex is legal now?
Well, if ghe shiekh is fornicating or not shoiuldn't be our business and shouldn't be a public matter on TVs etc. No one i perfect and thus no one is imune from sin. But please do not mix apples and cucumbers.. what has jews and others to do with the shikhs thingy?
I am sure his party activists will drag him and force him into resignation so he can go back freely to his lusty life.
Personally I would like to see Shaheem's private part amputated. All Sheykus are crazy, there are no pious men in this world anymore, anyone pretend to be is doing it for their personal gain.
@ Dhivehi Hanguraama and Sheyku Imaran,
Blame it on Jews. May you all rot in bloddy hell. Ameen
Mi ee haalu hunavarakee, Adhives Anga Galhaathi. Shaheemah thoyothee fain erifa???
Adduleaks has released similar videos including that of MDP Mariya - Pls do a search using adduleaks on google.
Those that judge the loudest, usually possess the greatest guilt....you people need to wake up.
"Personally, I’d like to see Shaheem flogged"
YES! Even if Ms. Pillay does not like it.
This is a low blow by the pro-Government news media. Why not the news media look into any MDP members life. There will always be something that we all have done wrong one time or another in the past. How about Reeko? Try to see his scandals.. and Im pretty sure it will outweigh any of ours by 10 to 1.
I do not believe the video ofcourse because it only gives way for assumptions. If it is true, than it is one of those human mistakes that did when he was not on the true path. There is a point when people get religious in life and really appreciates the things that Allah (swt) has given him or her. This point is when a person change from ways of arrogance to the straight path towards Allah (swt). I have been through this and so has many good Muslims in Maldives and around the world.
We have people close to Tupac and many from Bone Thugs & Harmony and Harlem world who are all famous rappers who used to have girls every other day.. who now has become Muslims and have left the misguided ways of Western culture Inshallah forever.
Here is an example of Loon who used to have the money, girls and nearly anything materialistic that many of the world's misguided still long to have.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yoi0mU4hTB4
Now if we look at the Sahabah - The companions of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). Doesn't Rajje TV know the history of the Sahabahs before their hearts were guided to Islam. Most notably Umar Bin Al-Khattab - the second greatest companion of Rasurullah (pbuh).
So try to educate yourself more about Islam and about faith in Islam. Faith is something which goes up and down in different moments in our life. That is why we keep trying our best to read more about Islam, about Rasurullah (pbuh) and ofcourse the Holy Quran. Even if it is repeating the same Islamic book, it keeps us on the straight path by reminding us of what is right and what is wrong.
So trying to come out with these videos is not a good image for rajje TV. It is a clear propaganda by the pro-government media. Maybe Dhanish Nasheed could enligten us about his dark days? He should remember that any direction he looks at this, he is to lose because his Creator will judge him according to his intentions if it was not for the sake of Allah (swt).
This is why in Islam, when someone else knows a secret of a Muslim brother or sister. Keep it to yourself, so that on the day of Judgement, maybe Allah (swt) might keep some of your secrets in front of all mankind.
Dont become like the ex-Malaysian prime minister Mahathir who stages many false evidence against Anwar Ibrahim to accuse him of things in trying to discredit his personal political character. They threw every possible allegation against him and the whole world knew that it was all staged from the start to the end.
So what people? What shaheem does in his private life is nobody's bussiness. And who said religious people doesn't have passions? Only the kaafirs and secularists are allowed to have romance? muslims not? Besides this video raises more questions than it answers. for one it doesn't show the gir's face which if found would be easier to verify.
Outlaws - Napoleon from a cocaine seller, famous rapper which sold over 40 million records to a Muslim which does not practice or encourage Music now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgp9D0-cQ4w&feature=related
@ Ahmed: It does not matter how the footage was obtained. There is an immoral video footage which is leaked and sheikh shaheem is in it. End of story!
Sheikhs are not suppose to be porn stars. Instead, they are suppose to use their knowledge and exercise good moral conduct so that it would set an example for others. How are we going to do that now with one of the most reputed religious scholar in the country commiting phonication/ extra marital sex behind closed doors and coming out to public in a pious mask.
Sad that the people we have to learn from commits forbidden sins. Shame on you Ahmed. Your comments are unworthy and sided. Though shaheem is a sheikh, it does not exempt him from from the law of Allah (swt) i.e. Quran.
The demonstration of whats Haram performed by Sheikh Shaheem is seriously cute. I'm so excited to see the full movie.
Why is minivannews continuing to publish this antisemitic hate comments of this idiot calling himself Shaikh Imran Abdullah?
Abu Ben Adam, may his tribe increase.
Sheikh Shaheem, may his tube increase.
these comment boxes should definitely have "like" buttons!
Shaheem must be flogged. He himself is the nations number one advocate for fornicators to be flogged. Thus, he must be flogged.
Who says Sheikh Shaheem is one of the top 500 global Muslims?
He is one of the top 500 INFLUENTIAL global Muslims.
With that kind of influence the police would know what might happen and probably that's why they didn't comment. We may even find the last scene of "Perfume" performed in every direction we look!
Sad sad.
We live in a wonderful world; a world itself is a self ruler, a system that is operating itself. Its contents, simply adapt to prevailing conditions. The Sun helps to power this system. Life began when the sun started to vaporize the water contents to condense and pour back to the land where the millions of live forms thrived in un imaginable forms. Life is so beautiful on this colorful earth, where every species, live in harmony as per the survival order that the earth has adopted. By the laws of nature, the human excelled to evolve in to a complex biological machine which has unique integrated programming methods. Most of the programming is based on avoidance of pain and the quest for pleasure. Under influence of varying circumstances, and also due the structural differences on our brains, we have different type of people who act and behave as per their hardware and software is integrated. Mullahs are one category of these machines but basic will be the same “avoidance of pain and the quest for pleasure” . Mullahs wakeup to 21st…. Give up your old database and update with newest, we can all live in harmony once again.
I'm sure the video is edited.
See the video from below link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsj4pUkeQBA
watch up to 3min 27sec. you can see the video been edited by putting a frame. after that it won't be much clear on face after you can't see his face at all. its a pure editing.
Just dont shout and think positive. any of your video too can be edited in same manner.. LOL
mullah's hehehehhe....
i wouldn't be surprised if the shake's start to grumble about some story of the past where a similar incident happened to a honest and pious Muslim scholar and in the end Allah (swt) forgave him....
Shake's will be Shake's , shaking is their profession , plus even the shake with the penguin was full of lust and tenderness. Mr. Shake Shaheem , hope you would have the decency to admit what u have done is wrong and start to behave for say another 10 more years and then come onto the public podiums to lecture. till then toodlooo....
FLOG SHAHEEM! FLOG HIM AND FLOG HIM SOME MORE!
That is the punishment reserved for fornicators by almighty Allah (swt).
As Shaheem himself says, shariah punishments cannot be challenged by mere mortals!
UN human rights chief Pilley should be given the honour of flogging Shaheem outside the Jusice Building, live on YouTube.
Pillay should flog Sheikh Shaheem for this blatant unIslamic act.
Stone him and flog the woman
Hold up, hold up...I thought it was stone to death if he was married, not flog.
OK people gather up some stones and form a line...
Seyku ( Idiot ) Shaheem!
We don't want idiots to tell us how to run the country.
We will tell idiots what the country can do for them.
Seyku ( Idiot ) Shaheem Isthiufaa ( Resign ), wait a minute, the guy has already resigned. Now we want him out of any position where he can influence the public.
Seyku ( Idiot ) Shaheem you moron!
for those sympathizing with Shaheem and saying his private life is to him, keep in mind no one would care if he were not so vocal abt the same sins he is so wilfully committing. i dont give a damn abt who shaheem sleeps with as long as they do not harm anyone else, but shaheem can not come out on streets and call rest of the maldivians infidels and ask for all harsh punishments and he himself knows very well he is a hypocrit.
be true to yourself, everyone, then things would be much better. Maldives is sinking to a shitload of bullcrap and hypocracy (of everyone)..
This is yet another 'I need some cash'...
Wow!
His last tango?
Was it a happy ending?
It really shouldn't matter to anyone else what Shaheem does in his private life.
If only Shaheem would follow this principle himself, before going on public podiums and demanding flogging and hellfire and punishments for the same 'crimes' he is now alleged to have committed.
That singular hypocrisy probably explains why there's so many people here calling to 'flog' him.