The Islamic Foundation of the Maldives has alleged that people on the island of Baarah in Haa Alifu Atoll practiced “black magic” to foretell the results of Local Council Elections held last week.
”A group of clairvoyants or soothsayers are said to have summoned the jinn to predict local council election results in their constituency,” said the IFM in a press statement.
”The black arts practitioners did so by constantly beating a possessed person with a traditional eakle broom while reciting a magic spell, and questioning the evil spirit believed to be speaking through the haunted person.”
The religious NGO referred to sources in the island and said the incident took place two days prior to the Local Council Elections.
”The local superstition states that jinns have the power to foretell the future, and the clairvoyants wanted it to tell the names of the candidates who would win the council vote,” the foundation said.
The Islamic Foundation said another such group of people in the island believed that the ”the party to which the first vote falls into the ballet box will win the election. So, they started queueing up for the vote just after sunset, with the hope of becoming the first person to vote in the next morning.”
The IFM said it had looked into the matter “from a religious perspective” and said the belief that demons or jinns have the power to foresee future, visiting fortunetellers, astrologers and palmists, wearing amulets or charms to ward off evil are forms of Shirk.
“The ignorant among the masses believe that Prophets possessed the power to foretell future and bring good or bad luck. However the Final Revelation, clearly states the Prophets do not have any such power. It is mentioned in the Quran that Allah instructed Prophet Mohamed to say he does not have any such power,” the Foundation said.
“Say! None in the heavens nor the earth knows the unseen except Allah..” (Surah an-Nahl 27:65)” the Islamic Foundation said on its website citing the Quran. ‘
The IFM said that Islam allows exorcism provided the practice does not involve any form of sorcery, Shirk or invocation of false deities. It is mentioned in Sunan Abu Dawud that Allah’s Messenger said, “The Last Hour will not come until some groups of my nation worship idols.”
Belief in black magic remains very common on many islands of the Maldives, despite being strictly forbidden under Islam.
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an extension of Nujoomy Ilm ... Barah Octopussy ....
Miothee Vaa Kameh.. Pis Pis
If none knws the future but allah, It shouldnt work. Unless allah lied. O.o
Doesn't this Islamic Foundation have anything else to do? Maldives is a democratic country, if people want to call powers beyond infinity they should be allowed to do that. It is not a business of Islamic Foundation to pontificate whether it is allowed or not.
Islamic Foundation, Salafu and Adhaalath do not have any mandate now. You freaks won only 1 seat in the local election so it says million words about how popular you beardies are. So don’t scare monger and refrain from taking Maldives and its lovely people to dark ages.
When do we move out of caves?
Would this have anything to do with Abdul Barah, the jinn and tonic specialist? Good job most of us are living in the 21st century and not in the past with the advanced island voters in certain areas. Shame we don't have any caves for some of these mystics to play in, much more spooky.
The IFM statement reveals a lot about the character of those issuing the statement. And minivan publishes this sort of crap as 'news'.
you know what. sometimes i wonder whether minivan news is a religious news website...
Jinni: Ermm..The same goes for you..Don’t you have anything else to do? Maldives is a democratic country, if people want to criticize those who call powers beyond infinity they should be allowed to do that. It is not your business to pontificate who to criticize and who not to..
"She accused me with her own iniquities and slowly slipped away"
Members of the IFM need to be rounded up and exiled on some uninhabited atoll......with a few bottles of wine......and a few pretty boys. These morons will take Maldives back to the stone age.
time to literally start witch hunts perhaps? round up all the witches "Mariyaa, Velezinee,Dhunyaa,Aneesa,Dhiyanaa saeed, Aminath Jameel ect " and put them to the test : tie them up and throw them in water .... if the float they are witches and should be burn , if they sink then the were innocent ?lol, Islamic foundations sounds like a sad eco of something that happened a thousand yeas ago
"you know what. sometimes i wonder whether minivan news is a religious news website…"
Not at all. This is how Minivan News tries to discredit the "scholars".
The most successful black magic in this country has been practised by the Islamic Foundation & company.
Just look at our women, and how half have willingly embraced covering themselves in black from head to toe.
Free today. Arrested in black tomorrow. Voila!
This was also reported on MNBC One. Nobody really believes in the whole black magic thing as a solution for all of our problems these days, unlike 50 years ago.
@ Affronted
Quite right.
how many times do i have to say, we need a harry potter division in the police department!!!
I support mode's sugestion! Maybe Minister of Islamic Affairs could oversee a Ministry of Magic as well!!
The online Haveeru edition first broke this story accusing DRP members in Barah performed witchcraft to foretell local council election results.
As far as I know, It wasn't a press statement by Islamic Foundation. It was just an article on the organisation's website expressing an individual's view on the matter. See the article on www.islamicfoundationofthemaldives.org
Very true rishmy, it's not a press release. It was an article. Minivan News has misunderstood.
is it broadcast ed by Islamic foundation? , is it on their official website, then they endorse it , whets left is a technicality isnt it .
@ (Jinni, Happy Infidel, odithan kaleygefaanu, Affronted & Zeenat). It seems you guys just appeared to this world or was summoned yesterday to this world without any means. unless or otherwise you guys could have learnt some about your "size".
If you guys like to ban Islam from Maldives, go ahead! Islam has never declined, and never would be in the future!
Talking about democracy makes us laugh 😉 Seems its your new world religion 😛 One important fact regarding this beautiful country is that this country has become once again a country of dark ages due to this curse - democracy.
Wake up yourselves and face the reality! Better late than never! Embrace yourself fully to Islam!
For the first time I've visited the IFM website and it is clearer to me that these people are no different from our friendly neighborhood televangelist Zakir Naik.
They are simply PROFITEERING FROM OTHER PEOPLE'S BLIND FAITH. Advertising shops that sell Arabised clothing and perfumes on their website, is this what any God wants? For those who believe in God please think to yourselves to see if God ever wanted people to make a profit or business out of "God".
"If you guys like to ban Islam from Maldives, go ahead!"
Notice how nafiu pulled this out of his rear end?
@ nafiu
You sound stupid, 'embrace yourself fully to Islam'? Or what? Welcome to the 21st century backward moron. And the Islamic empires are falling, if there is any grace they will fall and there will be freedom for people to choose what they want, what they want to believe and what not to.
Grow up!
@ nafiu
Why would an infidel like me 'embrace myself fully to islam'? I consider myself very fortunate to be born a 'kuffar'. Clearly the rantings of the mad mullahs has scrambled your brains.
And not even ONE person noticed that a 'possessed person' was BEATEN constantly to do this magic trick or whatever it is. Did you guys stop to consider that this poor person might have been actually sick. and people beat a sick person rather than give medical attention.
And yeah, well done to all of you for not even noticing that part in the article. We have proven that violence is norm and considered to be norm in Maldives now. And we call ourselves a peaceful religious group of people. How delusional!!!
thought the heading said
"Islamic Foundation "alleges" black magic performed in Haa Alifu Atoll to foretell election results"
all of a sudden you guys start fighting which proves you are a bunch of wasted by-product of the hypocrite democracy