The Ministry of Islamic Affairs said draft regulations under the Religious Unity Act will incorporate recommendations by Jamiyathul Salaf to “protect and defend Islam in an Islamic state like the Maldives”.
In a letter sent to the Islamic association yesterday, the ministry said recommendations made by Salaf earlier this month were already included in the regulations currently being reviewed by the attorney general’s office.
“The purpose of the regulations that have been drafted is to protect the country and Maldivian society from brutal and harsh practices, divisions and antagonism in the name of Islam and from practices that contradict Islam and Islamic culture,” it reads.
The 11 recommendations made by Salaf included removing anything that conflicts with Islam from the education curriculum or subject syllabuses, making it an offence to spread other religions and openly sell or possess any items that symbolise religious holidays of other religions, and specifying measures to be taken against expatriate teachers found to be promoting other religions or inciting hatred of Islam among students.
Moreover, the proposed regulations should empower the authorities to check printing presses and bookshops for material in conflict with Islam, and make it an offence to publish such opinions or views in the media.
Salaf also recommended obligating non-Muslim visitors to inhabited islands to adhere to a code of dress and conduct appropriate to an Islamic environment.
Furthermore, the regulations should ensure that photos and videos used in advertisements do not clash with Islamic codes of behaviour and make it illegal to introduce elements of foreign cultures that conflict with Islam.
Salaf’s recommendations further call for specifying penalties for those who openly “challenge or defy” God, his Prophet or Islamic shariah, and make it an offence to disrespect the Prophet or his companions.
Lastly, Salaf recommends the creation of a council to take measures against people who issue religious fatwas (edicts or decrees) without the requisite education or learning.
Unless these recommendations are incorporated in the regulations, Salaf’s letter states, it would be “meaningless” and could “open doors” to other religions and cultures.
Salaf claimed action was not taken against Christian missionaries under the old regulations, and were instead used to “punish, jail and torture” Maldivians who “loved Islam and tried to find the right path”.
The letter goes on to recommend that the proposed rules are put up for a public discussion among religious scholars.
In response the letter from the Islamic Ministry, signed by State Minister Mohamed Shaheem Ali Saeed, states that the president’s office, Maldives Police Service and experienced religious scholars were consulted during the drafting process, which spanned six months.
The letter goes on to say the ministry regrets that Salaf has been criticising the ministry and attempting to “mislead the public” about its policies instead of offering either assistance or constructive help.
Moreover, it reads, the ministry regrets that Salaf’s president Abdullah bin Ibrahim Mohamed refused an invitation to join the Fiqh academy or help draft Friday sermons.
“But ultimately, even if you do it from afar, we believe sharing such counsel is a good step for the future and we are grateful for it,” it reads.
Salaf responded to the letter today, thanking the ministry for assuring the association that its recommendations were already in the regulations.
“What remains now is the wait for the regulations to become enforced,” Salaf replied.
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@hussain: your knowledge of the biological process that is evolution makes me wonder if you were somehow missed out in the progression from homo habilis to homo sapiens :S
@real aisha & anon: awww c'mon i bet our dear bearded kurufatloonies (i've trademarked that word by the way, kurufatloonies) are dying for a bit of that action ;). and like someone above said, they're not exactly the best people themselves. they think beards and kurufatlooning and moonuburugaaing is all they need to save their souls so outwardly they walk the walk and talk the talk, act all holier-than-thou and preachy and stuff.
but ha ha ha the jokes on you because apparently God can tell whatcha upto beeeehind the veil. so to speak. If you really believe in said deity, you'd know that he can see into your minds etc. seeing as you're all "oh we're going to heaven yay!!!" you're probably safe though.
probably.
@afiya: (quote) "You ask similar questions over and over again and I have to repeat same thing what I have already highlighted. Isn’t it stupid that we go in circles? Lol"
e beyfulhun ge religiousness fuugosgen falhaigen dhiyaima vaa kamekey. we'd be like that too if we were "tr00 muzlimzz" *read brainwashed
The problem with sunnah is you guys make up things saying that is sunah for example keep girl children at home without giving them an education. Nowhere in Islam it rejects giving education to women but yet you fundamentalists do. This is to disempower women and you extremists to have your power control over women. I know you will try to twist my words. Again, I have already said these things. Than you have said that Allah gsve men to power control women, nowhere again this is said in Islam. This is one example of many. Do you think you guys are not exploiting Islam because you loudly say you follow sunah but you dig up past traditions of Pakistan and Taliban........This why, it indicates that you are trying to follow Salaf & adalath party ideology.
anon and others:
I have never seen any scientific article or evolutionary documentaries saying "fact of evolution". Because there is no 100% proof to say that evolution is a fact.
Let us wait for the Human Genome project findings. There is research going on to find the origins of man.
I know that NG, Discovery etc shows documentaries with a lot fancy animations as though evolution is a fact. But don’t be deceived by such things. Use your own logic and think deeply.
If you evolution is in indeed a fact then give me a logical answer for this question. How did the first living cell formed? How did matter come into existence? How did amino acids come into existence? What is the structure of DNA? What happens when there is a change in the DNA sequence? Does it give rise to a useful product? Is it logical to say that the giraffe neck grew long because deer or whatever it was did not have enough grass on the land? I don’t want to be rude here.
*applauds Afiya*
You've hit the nail on the head. My problem isn't with Islam. My problem is with the creative liberties taken by the so called sheikhs of Salaf. The Quran only says that it will remain unchanged till the day of judgement, not that the hadhees will remain unchanged. Why then is everything that these bearded ones say based mainly on hadhees? And that too, Hadhees as interpreted by Salaf 'scholars'
Why is this particular sect of Islam right, as compared to all the other sects?
In short, Why can't we all just get along? *sob*
Afiya
i knew u cant agree to Sunnah. all u can do is bla bla what the zionists and hypocrites say..and agree to atheists commenting..
u r arguing that women doesnot have any rights according to our belief.its not true... in fact women has the most special place in Islam..Islam honors and protects women as mothers, wives and children like no other religions do.this is our belief..
They should not mix with strangers for unnecessary purpose and they should not show off their beauty..these are all precautions to protect them..
i will highlight the things u r accusing us about..
About husband duty
"Men are the protectors and maintainers of women, because Allah has
made the one of them to excel the other, and because they spend from
their means. Therefore, the righteous women are devoutly obedient, and
guard in the husband's absence what Allah orders them to guard." (V.
4:34)
prophet(pbuh)said "The world and all things in it are precious, and the most precious thing
in the world is a virtuous woman." (Ahmad and Muslim)
About mother
a man came to the Prophet ! and asked:
"O Messenger of Allah, who is the person who has the greatest right on me
with regards to kindness and attention?" He replied: "Your mother." "Then
Who?" He replied: "Your mother." "Then who?" He replied: Your mother."
"Then who?" He replied: "Your father." (Ahmad and Abu Dawud)
About children
"Whoever looks after two girls till they reach maturity, he and I will enter
Paradise together like these two (fingers).” (Muslim and A t- Tirm idh 1)
About their rights
"And they (women) have rights similar over them to what is reasonable,
but men have a degree over them. And Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise." (V.
2:228)
About education
The Messenger of Allah ! once said: "Acquiring knowledge is
compulsory for every Muslim. (At-Tabarani)
This narration applies equally to men and women.
About receiving reward from Allah
"A woman will receive reward (from Allah) even when she gives charity from
her husband's earnings. The husband and the treasurer (who keeps the money
on the husband's behalf) will also be rewarded, without the reward of any of
them decreasing."
About jihad for women
"For them is a Jihād without fighting," which referred to the Hajj and '
Umrah.
About marrying one she likes
"My father has forced me to marry my cousin in order to raise his own status
(in the eyes of the people)." The Prophet told her that she was free to dissolve this marriage and choose whomever she wished to marry. She replied, "I accept my father's choice, but my aim was to let the women know that fathers have no right to interfere in the marriage." (Ahmad, An-Nasa 'i and
Ibn Mājah)
About supporting each other
"The believers, men and women, are Auliyā ' (helpers, supporters, friends,
protectors) of one another; they enjoin (on the people) Al-Ma'ruf (i.e.
Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam orders one to do), and forbid (people)
from Al-Munkar (i.e.. polytheism and disbelief of all kinds, and all that Islam
has forbidden); they perform As-Salāt (Iqįmat-as-Salįt), and give the Zakāt,
and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah will have His Mercy on them.
Surely, Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise." (V. 9:71)
in our belief a women is allowed to trade and work in institutions for women only, and at all times she must observe the relevant rules on Hijab and Satr. A woman's primary place is in the home but she may work if she has no one to support heror because her husband's income is not sufficient for the family's needs.
these are our beliefs..
@Afiya,anon,lolwut,moyameehaa
You people are shits.
My brothers and sisters
When you see a bridge, a
building or an automobile, you automatically consider the person or company that constructed it. When you
see a large ship, an airplane, a rocket, a satellite; you also think about how incredible it is. [You know by its
design who the maker is.] When you see a super international airport, nuclear plant or an orbiting space
station you have to be thoroughly impressed with the engineering dynamics that are involved. Yet, these are
just things that are manufactured by human beings. So what about the human body with its massive and
intricate control systems? Think about it. Think about the brain: how it thinks, functions, analyzes, retrieves
and stores information, as well as distinguishes and categorizes information in a millionth of a second, all of
this constantly. Think about the brain for a moment. (And don't forget the fact that you are using your brain
to consider itself!) This is the brain that made the automobile, the rocket ships, the boats, and so on. Think
about the brain and who made that! Think about the heart. Think about how it pumps continuously for sixty
or seventy years [taking in and discharging blood throughout the body] maintaining steady precision
throughout the life of the person. Think about the kidneys and the liver and the various functions they
perform. The purifying instruments of the body that perform hundreds of chemical analyses simultaneously
and also controls the level of toxicity in the content of the body. All of these are done automatically. Think
about your eyes, the human cameras, that adjust, focus, interpret, evaluate, discern color automatically,
naturally receiving and adjusting to light and distance. Think about it-Who created them? Who has mastered
their design and function? Who plans and regulates their function? Human beings do this? No, of course not.
What about this universe? Think about this. This Earth is one planet in our solar system, and our solar system
is one [of possible many] solar systems. Our galaxy, The Milky Way, is one of the galaxies. There are one
hundred million galaxies in the universe. They are all in order and they are all precise. They are not colliding
with each other. They are not conflicting with each other. They are swimming along in an orbit that has been
set for them. Did human beings set that into motion and are human beings maintaining that precision? No, of
course they are not. Think about the oceans, the fish, the insects, the birds, the plants, bacteria, and chemical
elements that have not yet been discovered and cannot be detected even with the most sophisticated
instruments. Yet each of them has a law that they follow. Did all of this synchronization, balance, harmony,
variation, design, maintenance, operation and infinite numeration happen all by chance? Do these things
function perfectly and perpetually also by chance? No, of course not. That would be totally illogical and
foolish. In the least, it indicates that however it came to be-it exists beyond the realm of human capability.
We will all agree to that. The Being, The Almighty Power, God, The Creator who has the knowledge to
design and proportion crated all of this and is responsible for maintaining it. He is the only one that deserves
praise and gratitude.
If I were to give each one of you one hundred dollars for no reason, you would at least say thank you. What
about your eyes, your kidneys, your brain, your breath, your children, and your life: Who gave you all of
that? Is He not worthy of praise and thanks? Is He not worthy of your worship and recognition?
My brothers and sisters, in a nutshell, this is the goal and purpose of this life. Allah said to us in the Holy
Quran: "And I did not create...mankind except to worship Me." [Quran, Chapter 51: Verse 56] this is what
the Almighty said. Our purpose in this life is to recognize The Creator, to be grateful to Him, to worship
Him, to surrender ourselves to Him and to obey the laws that He has determined for us. It means worship is
our purpose in life. Whatever we do in the course of that worship, [i.e., the eating, the sleeping, the dressing,
the working, the enjoying,] between birth and death is consequential and subject to His orders. But the main
reason for our creation is worship. I don't think anyone who is analytical or scientific will have much of an
argument with that purpose. They may have some other reason with themselves-but that is something they
have to deal with between themselves and Almighty God.
@Fathimath Afiya,Anon,lolwut,moyameehaa
Ya-Seen v. 8,9,10
Lo! We have put on their necks iron collars reaching unto the chins, so that they are made stiff-necked. (8) And We have set a bar before them and a bar behind them, and (thus) have covered them so that they see not. (9) Whether thou warn them or thou warn them not, it is alike for them, for they believe not. (10)
Lol. Allah will punish all you guys who harbour hatred for human beings and your language. Your writings will be cursed by Allah. I am only afraid of Allah and nobody else on earth. I am not scared of fundamentalists. You guys can gang up and invite more people to write your extremism views but that will not change majority of the population. I stand firm on my position of what I have said throughout my posts. I will continue to do so. Only Allah is all knowing. You guys are destroying our peaceful country with your extreme ideas in the name of Islam selling your Salaf ideology as Sunnah. Only Allah knows what you crave deep inside to control people with fear.
@ Habarey
May Allah bless you and enlighten your mind with love of religion. Islam encourages you to tolerate peace, love and kindness towards human beings. When did you become an affiliation to Allah? Only Allah will decide who is a true Muslim or not. Only Allah will decide who will go to Hell or Heaven. How can a mere human being even an Islamic scholar or pretending to be one by cutting and pasting verses from internet can do that. Most of you claiming to be ‘True Muslims’, don’t even know how to verify authentic information in Islam.
@nishan I know many women in your ideology who don’t have a life. They are closed behind doors even when they cover full body and face. This is one way men control women by locking them up at home. So let me ask you Salaf ideology group. If your women cover everything why can’t they work? Nowhere in Islam, has it said that women should not work. You guys just promote this idea so that you can brainwash women. Salaf ideology promotes women to stay at home to look after family but look at the number of women in your group who are forced to shop, do chores outside and so on. Your men are not able to take care according to your Salfa ideology even though you promote it. Children are your responsibility as well; it’s not a western concept. It’s a very Islamic principle; both parents are equally responsible to take care of them. Allah doesn’t put all the responsibility alone to take care and look after. This is an old tradition that you are promoting and why so children today in Maldives are left with no father to care for them or love them. It’s a Saudi concept as well. Funny thing is men are so busy even in Saudi Arabia and then men are forced to send women out with foreign labours.
There was breaking news event in Saudi where the driver abused a woman who whom he was driving around for months. The woman was pardoned by King, usually they stone women. Rape is unrecognised by Islamic scholars. Even if husbands rape women in marriages as I know a woman who covers full face – hijab. Her private parts were badly damaged by this long bearded guy who acted like an animal. She was his slave, who did all the bidding and pleased her husband in the name of Islam. Like many say I have no problem with Islam but with you guys trying to promote ideology in the name of Sunnah and how you guys are interpreting Quran. Look at the way you guys are quoting versus without understanding the true meaning in Quran. Because majority of Maldivians do not know Arabic, you guys think you can mislead everybody stating all what we talk about is western concepts and so on. Its logical reasoning and what Islam says that we talk about.
@Habarey
AWWWWW now you've made me go and cry. Boohoo!
Is this what you resort to when you can no longer carry on an intelligent debate?
😀 Or are you going to spout some nonsense about me being blinded to the truth
@Fathimath Afiya and others
You talk about rights, human rights, women rights, monkeys and donkey’s rights, cats and dogs rights, but a Muslim is not eligible for a single right, he has no right to speak, no right to own property, he has no right to freedom, he has no right to walk on the face of the earth. He is the lowest of lowest, you can walk allover him, u can jump all over him, you can kick all over him, you can take off his clothes, you can make him walk opposite, you can oppress him, you can urinate over his face. He is so cheap you can enslave his mother, enslave his sister, rape his daughters in front of him, you can put collars around their necks and take them walking like dogs. Today the situation of Muslims tells us that the blood of the Muslim is so cheap that you don’t need a reason for killing him. His blood his so filthy that, you will be rewarded for spitting his blood. You will be rewarded for removing him from the face of this earth. You can mutilate his body, you can smash his face. You can rip his nose and ears from his face,..
No you are true Muslims and Insha Allah you will remain as Muslims and Insha Allah, you will die as Muslims. Please I am asking you may be you can answer me, I am confused, I ask you is this what the Muslim is.
NO, a Muslim is some one with honor, some one with dignity, a Muslim is some body with respect. And in the eyes of Allah one Muslim has more value over the all the kaafirs who have ever lived. he will out weigh all of them, he is not the lowest of the lowest, he is the highest of the highest,
I look at the Palestine and what do I see, I don’t see a Muslim with respect I don’t see a Muslim with honor, I see a crying Muslim, I see a Muslim living near Al Aqsa but he has no freedom of movement, Al Aqsa belongs to Muslims but he is deprived from entering the mosque, and bow almighty Allah, I see Muslims who have been made homeless in their homes, I see children walking in the streets and been shot by the Israel people, and their mother looking for a Salahuddin Ayyubi..
I look in Chechnya and I see our Muslim mothers behind the bars naked ribbed by the Russians,
Oh Allah help us over these disbelieving people,,
I look in Pakistan, I look in Guantanamo jail, I look in Afghanistan and I become speechless, I look at the Muslims countries like Maqrib and Urdun I see Muslims behind bars. Why, because they adorn the Sunnah of the prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), because they adorn the teachings of the prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), they adorn the Quran, and because of this they are in prison.
But you don’t care, you don’t shed a tear. You will shed a tear when your favorite football club loose their match but you won’t cry over Muslims.
At if you can’t do anything at least stop mocking them. Stop saying what ever that comes to your unaware mind about fundamentalists (as you call it).
Oh Allah protect us from all kaafirs.
Oh Allah save us from hypocrites and show them guidance.
(Referring to Muslims in your view are extremists like Hamas and Taliban)
In Islam fundamentalists don’t believe in human rights but Islam is the first religion that endorsed human rights of children, women and others.
If we don’t follow your footsteps of Jihad to kill innocent people like in Pakistan or in foreign countries you label us as Kafirs and hypocrites. Aren’t the fundamentalists hypocrites? Nowhere Allah says to go to Jihad to kill people like blowing themselves up. Isn’t that a modern version of Salafism. I refer to extremists as the group who try to change the majority of the Muslims by fear, try to change the way of our life to fit to salaf ideology. The ideology of salafism for example preventing women to be free souls, or have extremist ideas of locking up girl children etc. Yes I refer them as hypocrites and have roots to Taliban and other such extreme countries. How come these extremists live well off, because they get money to spread extremism? Look at how little they earn but how they spend lavishly in supermarkets. Watch and see for yourselves. They gang up together because they get international extremism funding to spread salafism.
@Habarey: And this is what you resort to when defeated. Name calling. Like a little boy in Grade 5.
I have one thing to ask you salafis/wahhaabis here.
Your beloved "taliban" gets its funding from heroin production, piracy, terror rackets and slave trafficking. Who are they to talk of morals?
@Anon
I was hoping someone would bring up the opium fields. I bet they say "Oh but its for the infidels so it doesn't matter" or that "the drug stuff is rumor and propaganda from the infidels"
“And whoever contradicts and opposes the Messenger (Muhammad) after the right path has been shown clearly to him, and follows other than the believers’ way, We shall keep him in the oath he has chosen, and burn him in Hell – what an evil destination!” [al-Nisa’ 4:115]
O Allah! Do not grant a disbeliever any way to harm us. O Allah! We seek refuge in You from a bad decree, being overtaken by misery, the gloats of the enemies, and the pains of afflictions, and we seek refuge in You from the disliked manners, deeds, desires and diseases.
O Allah! Let us see the good as good, and bless us with following it. And show us the falsehood as falsehood, and bless us with staying away from it, with Your mercy, O Most Merciful!
And enable all the guardians of the Muslims to act by Your Book, and follow the sunnah of Your prophet Muhammad peace be upon him.
O Allah! Whoever wants to harm us and our lands and the Muslims, then keep them busy with their own troubles, and return their plots to their own necks, and make their plans the cause of their own destruction.
Habarey are you admitting atlast that you are the destruction to all of us. May Allah guide to the right path. May Allah open your eyes and cleanse your heart............ yes opium. There are many evil ways that the extremists make money.......... killing innocent people in the name of Jihad, opium, slavery, selling women and so on.........They brutalise and abuse people...... and then say there is no human rights. Funny...........
I will pray to Allah to open your heart and grant you the true understanding of Islam.
"If Allah wants to favor someone, He grants him comprehension (understanding) of this religion."
[Sahih Bukhari vol.1 # 71, Tirmidhi and Musnad Ahmad]
The Prophet (PBUH) said: “Islam began as something strange, and it will return, as it once began, to something strange; so give glad tidings to the strangers.” (Bukhari, Muslim).
Afiya
the sad part is for some stories you need evidence and proofs ,for other stories you don't need any evidence and keep yelling whatever the western media tell you.
And its not true what you say about women behind the veils. the sisters i know live a very happy life behind the veil.They are modest and feel respected and feel happy about it,and they are not like the people who go on showing off to the whole world ..they are happy because they are following the Quran and sunnah. they are happy and they hope for the eternal reward they get at last. they hide their beauty but knows when they are in paradise they are given the eternal beauty which outdo the beauty of even the maidens of paradise. You don't have any idea about the real happiness one achieves by fully following the Quran and sunnah.
Do you mean that it is what Allah should show to you. I totally agree. You seem lost in salafism.......
What is this so called 'isms. There is no such thing as wahhabism, salafism, fundamentalism, extremism, muhammadism in Islam. These are terms used by the west to give a negetive image on islam. Infact there are no sects in islam.
There is just one true islam and it is based on Qur'an and authentic Narrations or Sunna of the Prohet(PBUH). All scholars agree that Bukhari and Muslim collections of Hadeeth as the most authentic books after the Qur'an.
Sunna of the prophet is part of Islamic Shareea and when the messenger(PBUH) commands us to do something it is considered compulsary. There are several verses from the Qur'an indicating that we should follow what the Prohet(PBUH) commanded us.
But if the followers deviates from Islam and do things in the name of islam then we cant assosiate that with islam. Islam prohibits the killing of innocent human beings. Islam prohibits the violations of women's rights and human rights as a whole.
Is islam really violating women's rights when they wear the veils or cover their faces? No. Infact islam is protecting women.
Think about the number of rapes happening in USA. What could be the reason for this???
Say, "Obey Allah and the Messenger." But if they turn away – then indeed, Allah does not like the disbelievers (Qur'an 3:32).
Those who don't beleive in Allah please get indepth knowledge of science. Learning a little bit of science may lead you to athiesm. The best proof of the existence of Allah is the Qur'an and His Creations. Study this book and ponder about His creation as Allah says in many places in the Qur'an.
May Allah guide us to the true path.
Dear Afiyaa,
If you think every single man with a beard is a rapist like the Saudi guy than every Maldivian without a beard is cold blooded killer.Because the guy who [police arrested in relation to the alleged murder of Shereen] did int have a beard.
I think you need to read and understand things things before you comment.I cannot even dream to Muhammad(SAW).Its difficult when we have to explain things to people with minds of four year old.
Thank you.
When women go out showing most of their bodies, this is one of the greatest causes of crime and corruption of men’s morals, and of the spread of immorality. It is also degrading for woman, as we see women becoming cheap products for business-owners and advertisers, who show woman half-naked and devoid of modesty in order to attract customers and market their products.
A woman’s body belongs to her and is not to be shared with people. When she gets married it belongs to her husband and she should not let anyone else have a share in it. What does a woman want when she shows her body and exposes her charms to onlookers? Does she just want them to look and stare, and what is the affect of that on rapists and the foolish? How are you going to stop them from getting what they want by attacking you and trying to rape you. Are you going to show some meat to the hungry and then try to stop them from eating it?
In a modern study it was shown that:
65% of female workers are exposed to sexual harassment in their place of work in some European countries.
18% of women in America have been raped or been subjected to attempted rape at some stage in their lives.
More than half of victims were under the age of 17.
Kitaab Ihsaa’aat, Diraasaat, Arqaam (p. 140).
Islamic sharee’ah brought that which is best for men and for women, and for the family and society. It does not impose restrictions on women as some enemies of Islam claim. Islam allows women to work, seek knowledge, engage in business, testify in court, uphold the ties of kinship, visit the sick, and so on, but it has set limits regarding her going out in order to protect her and to prevent the foolish from harassing her.
In Islam, women are protected and looked after. That is not in return for her staying in the home only, rather that is because she plays a great role, which is taking care of her husband and raising and caring for children. This is an important role, because the soundness or corruption of society depends on the extent to which mothers are successful in their raising and teaching of their children.
One of the largest British insurance companies carried out a study on one million housewives, which produced amazing results. This study showed that the average full-time housewife spends 19 hours per day meeting the needs of her family, because she is the one who is raising the children, teaching them, looking after family members when they fall sick, and is responsible for the household budget.
In addition to that – looking at what the houswife’s value from a purely materialistic point of view, far removed from any emotional criteria – a woman who stays at home is the most valuable thing the family can have.
Op. cit., p. 118, 119
It has become clear to many wise women the serious danger posed by the false freedom that they are enjoying and they have finally realized where this path will lead them. It is stated in another study that:
80% of American women think that the freedom that women have gained in the last 30 years is the reason for the promiscuity and violence that are prevalent nowadays.
75% feel worried about the loss of values and the disintegration of the family.
80% have great difficulty in combining their responsibilities at work with their responsibilities towards their husbands and children.
87% said that if the clock was turned back they would consider the demands for equality as a social conspiracy against the United States and they would resist those who raise the banner of equality.
op. cit., p. 147
All it needs is for you to think about the matter a little, and look at real life, and you will see that hijab spares women from evil, harm and crimes. Islam has closed the door to such evils with its laws, including the requirement for women past the age of puberty to wear hijab.
I want a reply, not copypasta'd bits and pieces of Quran/Hadith.
I will say again.
Your beloved “taliban” gets its funding from heroin production, piracy, terror rackets and slave trafficking. Who are they to talk of morals?
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Ibn Ali, you may have been trying to look great with that long post of yours, but you have simply proved to me that all of you wish to convert our free women to breeding slaves.
I will say it again. A hijab will not protect a woman from sin, immorality and crime... it is not a magic shield or anything. It is merely a piece of cloth. Will a piece of cloth prevent her from being raped?. Or behaving "immorally"?.
As far as I see, no. Sometimes, the worst kind of women hide in that "hijab", in order to look "innocent and chaste". And sometimes, the kindest girls I have seen are the ones who do not wear burugaa/hijab.
This may be an alien concept to you, but to prevent rape, drugs and crime, it is necessary to exercise the rule of law for both genders equally. Despite what you and the criminals at Jamiyyathul Salaf thinks, women are NOT a "source of evil".
Yes there is Salafism in Islam. Salafism is being spread in the Maldives as well. Why deny the truth. Go to the Salaf website and its very obvious. If you are talking about women, look at the reality. Look at your women. You are hardly able to look after them. Preaching is one thing but reality is another. Its not western concepts you keep poiting your fingers rigidly. Its your minds that are blocked against reality. See whats going on at your own homes, with your wives who you try to brain wash to get your more wives in the name of Islam. Do you even look at your wives concerns, their happiness or rather try to enslave them. This is another beleif of Salafism. I could do on. Dont we talk things with evidence. But all I see is people through the internet, get verses from Quran and paste here. The verses should support the discussions. Unfortunately the commentators hard on their salaf ideology.
@ Rilwan @ Nishan
You are never hardly to follow any discussion or intelligent points. All you want to do prove your points which doesnt make any sense. Both of you ever do is as I have found is twist words of everybody who comments according to what you think. Maybe you do it deliberately. Allah knows best.
If you are copying sources from internet or any other source of information. Academically, the correct way is cite the source. For example.
http://minivannewsarchive.com/society/2009/12/22/new-regulations-will-defend-islam-in-the-maldives-says-islamic-ministry/comment-page-4/#comment-1006
Otherwise it will be assumed that you are just blabbering. I am sure if you are learned Islamic scholars,than you would know about it. I have serious doubts about your discussions, your knowledge and understanding of Islam.
Why dont you look up at statistics of women who stay at home and suffer unhappiness. I know plenty of housewives who are not happy because you guys are hardly appreciate their work, you hardly consider them as equal partners. Ofcos you will claim these are western concepts. Why dont you instead of preaching, go to your wives and talk to them. See how they feel about doing work from morning till dark while you are busy with your own selves in the name of Islam.
Look at the statistic of abuse in Maldives. Before the age of 15 years, one in every five women in the Maldives is abused by their family member or someone they know. I never seen your guys raise your voice against these kinds of wrongs. You will say that these innocent children are abused because of their behaviour. They should be married and abused by their husbands instead by others.
Dear Afiya,
I think you need to call some senior members of Salaf or Adhaalath and ask their opinion regarding women taking jobs.I have never heard them saying that women cannot work.But once again what i heard them say is that women can work only if there are no mix up of sexes.There is good reason behind this.I remember my first day at work.I was 18 then.I had to sit with six middle age women who started talking to me.Guess what the most of the talk were.ABOUT SEX.I was sicken to the point that i wanna vomit.Office romance is a big issue in west and maldives too.
To all the extremists writing here.
While you talk endlessly in a futile effort to intimidate and cow your countrymen, 100,000 young Indians, both male and female I should add, are studying at U.S universities to get a first class education and then to return home to profit their country.
And let us not forget young Lankans and Chinese.
How are you, nishan, and your radical co-believers with only 300,000 more or less poor and disheartened Maldivians, going to compete against this educated and enlightened force who have set up camp in your very neighbourhood. Do you really believe the Maldivian people can be kept down by people like you and your Salafis?
Do you want Maldives to remain a country barely subsisting on loans from India and the IMF or on Arab handouts?
Think about it, then go into a corner and be ashamed of yourself.
I assure you all that every foreigner skimming this thread will be appalled and ready to cancel all future holidays in your so-called “island paradise”.
Sulehria (2006) says that during 1990s, there is a marked international interest in Islam Fundamentalism even though the debate on this discourse has started since 1979 after the Iran revolution. Iran revolution was won by religious believers. Sulehria (2006) further reiterates that later fundamentalism took on military interventions. And it was in 1980s and 1990s that fundamentalisms developed individual such as (suicide bombers) as a way to attack. It was September 11, the attack of Taliban on US that caught the international attention on the phenomena of Islamic Fundamentalism. According to Sulehria (2006), Islam fundamentalism is a ‘reactionary, non-scientific movement aimed at returning society to a centuries-old social set-up, defying all material and historical factors’. He cites Taliban as the perfect example of embracing fundamentalism. Sulehria (2006) defines Islam fundamentalism as a phenomenon that finds ‘its roots in the backwardness of society, social deprivation, a low level of consciousness, poverty and ignorance.
Sulehria, Farooq, 5th Edition, The Rise of Political Islam, Jeddojuhd Publications, Lahore, 2006
Fundamentalists at all times have enjoyed liberty, money and opportunities by spreading ignorance. Fundamentalists were supporters of the west until post-war. Fundamentalists were not needed by west or their armies and this is when the Fundamentalists started hating the west. Fundamentalists would have an income of source by terrorist groups.......... we need to check and be aware.......
Dear Afiya and fatumath,
I heard the opposite of what what u have written.Global warming and terrorism are two main sources that politicians find foot hold in their hypocritical governments.Afiya and fatumath you need to open your mind and see what is happening all around u.What you call fundamentalists are growing and there is nothing you can do about it.Only thing you can do is hide behind a corrupt website and write comments about Islam.You people brag that u are on the right path and blame Salaf,Adhaalath and Islamic Min for spreading extremism.Just because you don't believe in a religious concept doesn't mean that it is extremism.
Dear Afiay and fatumath,
First u need to learn Islamic terms properly before you open your mouth.And do give me one name of Scholar or Imam who had been alleged with any undesirable behavior.I can show you more men without beards who had married more than two women than men with beards.By the way if you got guts ask women who are wearing hijab or nigab wether there are ill treated like prisoners.If you ask the under secretary of th president office who refused to give a dope test u wont get the answer.U guys don't wanna know the truth.We believe that each time we stroke our wife with kindness we get good deeds.And we act upon it.
Shame on women like you who follow your own desires and the wealth of world.
Dear Fatumath,
I don't know where you have been living in the past 30 yrs.You think just because we have a beard a and follow the fundamentals of Islam we are cave men.Our country is one of the richest country in the area.Our country had fallen into a pit because of spineless leaders our country had . If we appoint religious ,just and kind leaders we will never had to beg.Go check the era of Umar Bin Abdul Aziz(RA).
Our religion calls us to seek knowledge.Now nearly in all areas or professions you can see what you call fundamentalists.Islam had proven it self 1400 years ago and it will do so till the end.ALLAH(SWA) is enough for us.
I want a reply, not copypasta’d bits and pieces of Quran/Hadith.
I will say again.
Your beloved “taliban” gets its funding from heroin production, piracy, terror rackets and slave trafficking. Who are they to talk of morals?
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Ibn Ali, you may have been trying to look great with that long post of yours, but you have simply proved to me that all of you wish to convert our free women to breeding slaves.
I will say it again. A hijab will not protect a woman from sin, immorality and crime… it is not a magic shield or anything. It is merely a piece of cloth. Will a piece of cloth prevent her from being raped?. Or behaving “immorally”?.
As far as I see, no. Sometimes, the worst kind of women hide in that “hijab”, in order to look “innocent and chaste”. And sometimes, the kindest girls I have seen are the ones who do not wear burugaa/hijab.
This may be an alien concept to you, but to prevent rape, drugs and crime, it is necessary to exercise the rule of law for both genders equally. Despite what you and the criminals at Jamiyyathul Salaf thinks, women are NOT a “source of evil”. Heck, they did not have any hand in the making of the 2004 tsunami disaster.
fathumath
First i want to tell you who the real extremists are. The real extremists are people who follow the footsteps of satan not the people who follow the foot step of prophet (peace be upon him) and his(peace be upon him)companions. The real extremists are the zionists who are killing innocent children and attacking schools and hospitals. The real extremists are the americans who in the name of democracy torture our brothers to death in their prisons.
And what you have said regarding education does not make any sense because through out the discussions I have discussed about the importance of education in Islam.
And you can't just look down upon people just because you have a piece of paper called a certificate. Sad thing is that you couldn't gain any wisdom while you preach people about education.
Certificate is not all that is important in this life. Our prophet (peace be upon him) was illiterate but he (peace be upon him)was the one chosen from all those noble and literate people to be the last messenger of Allah. He(peace be upon him) was a perfect example of being merciful, compassionate, truthful, and brave. He (peace be upon him)had all the good qualities that were required in a man. And he (peace be upon him)explained us every good manners even the manners of the toilet. He (peace be upon him)explained everything which the ummah is in need of in all of its affairs.
So if we follow the Quran and sunnah we will be successful in this life and in the hereafter.
And you seem very jealous about our paradise island. But what ever you say this is one of the most beautiful country in the world. That is not how any intelligent mind would react.
And regarding the people who will cancel their vacations to our beautiful PARADISE ISLAND, I will say there is nothing to hide because nowadays even a two year old knows (except people who follow satan)that zionists are the real terrorist and Islam is about love peace and harmony. This is why you will hear that dozens of people are converting to Islam nowadays.
AND WE WILL DEFEAT THE OPPRESSORS IN THE NEAR FUTURE WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT... INSHA ALLAH. ALLH AKBAR.
I think we need to be careful and investigate the funding that Salafism and other fundamentalists are getting into Maldives in the name of religion. It’s really dangerous.........There has a bomb blast in Sultan Park and at the massage parlor. If we let the salafism and fundamentalism grow, it could destroy the peace of the country. The writings of the fundamentalists confirm my belief of dangerous tactics. Nobody can debate or challenge their ideology. They are anti-social, support social oppression, anti to of freedom on human rights, they are anti-democracy, they isolate women and girl-children, and they control people with power. As history has suggested, the fundamentalists promote social isolation because their main interest is to gain political power and control.
Dear Afiya,
You are unable to answer just a single question we ask.For the past 50 years or more what you called moderate muslims had governed Maldives.Is it the fundamentalists to be blamed for gang fights,rapes,murders,drugs,corruption and all the crimes.Crime is souring down our society.Is it the fundamentalists to be blamed for huge number of students failing in the cambridge exams.Is it the fundamentalist to be blamed for political fights and their quarrel.
To your information our women are happier than your wife's.You are slaves to west and your own desires.In the name of women rights the west display their women s nudity in magazines,movies and advertisements.In the name of women s right you ask your women folk to got to work to be harassed and to be raped in their work place.Abandoning your children.If this is the women s right you call out we don't want this.
Dear Afiya,
you are saying what you called fundamentalists are ill treating the women and they are people who are full of sexual desires wanting four wife's.What do you have to say for the fact that Presidents,Ministers,Managers and Directors using beautiful girls as secretaries in their office.They dressed up their secretaries from top to toe to satisfy their own false desires.For sure the Fundamentalist Minister of Islamic Ministry don't have one.Plus when ever a President or Minister arrives to an Island or school the girls are to be dressed up and displayed in the form of a dance.If this is the women rights you want, you can get this rights for your family.Please don't bother inciting us with what u call women s rights.
It was narrated from Anas (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “When a person is placed in his grave and his companions leave him, and he can no longer hear the sound of their sandals (footsteps), two angels come to him and make him sit up, and they ask him, ‘What did you say about this man Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)?’ He says, ‘I bear witness that he is the slave of Allaah and His Messenger.’ It is said, ‘Look at your place in Hell which Allaah has replaced for you with a place in Paradise.’” The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, “And he sees them both. But as for the kaafir or hypocrite, he says, ‘I do not know, I used to say what the people said.’ It is said, ‘You did not know and you did not follow those who knew.’ Then he is struck a blow with an iron hammer between his ears and he screams a scream which everything around him can hear apart from the two races (of mankind and the jinn).”
(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1222)
this thread is a good example of what happens wen ppl try to impose their thoughts and beliefs on others.
live and let live.
what good wud u gain from forcing ppl to do things they dont believ in? jus bcus we all r born to 'muslim' parents, that doesnt mean v all r muslims. n no one has to assume that and treat us that way.
wat do v get by callin this place a 100% muslim country while it is clearly not? no matter how hard v try, it wont change to either side. this place will never b truly 100% muslim, neither 100% non-muslim. so y not accept the fact n live togther in peace? there r other things v can find unity in. y does it have to b ONLY religeon?
from the lil knowledge i have, prophet mohamed never "forced" anyone to be muslim. he even lived with the non-muslims in peace in Madina. why cant v maldivians?
i respect others beliefs and i hope they wud return the same respect.
is this regulation going to impose fundamentalism and fundamentalist ways of life on our society? i sincerely hope not. let this be a way of strengthening our faith voluntarily. islam doesnt force non-believers to believe anything. just keep that in mind when makin up and following this regulation.
I am replying to my concerns about the peace, security and happiness of the Maldivians. Salaf should be disolved as the law on NGOs do not allow any kind of disharmony amongst the communities of our country. They are causing divisions, disharmony and rigid ideology in our peaceful land. I dont bother to reply to the fundamentalists as the history tells, they will not listen to others or budge from their extremist views. As you can see the fundamentalist views are being expressed to the extreme here.
Another concern is that the fundamentalists are aware that Maldivian is going through democratisation and citizens are at a vulnerable situation. Extremists will use this opportunity in the name of Islam to politically take advantage to brainwash our people. Mark my words!!