Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Maldives will not exist in the future: Commonwealth tells Riyaz Rasheed

Maldives will not exist in the future because of sea level rise, the Commonwealth has told Maldivian MP Riyaz Rasheed.

"In another hundred or fifty years Maldives will be submerged under the sea. We are thinking of cancelling the Commonwealth membership for Maldives because it is utterly pointless to keep a member country which will not exist in the future," Commonwealth told the MP in a letter.

Relations between the Commonwealth and the government of Maldives has reached an all time low after Vice President Mohamed Jameel Ahmed went to London to teach Queen Elizabeth how to properly pronounce Arabic words and recite Quran.

Thursday, July 16, 2015

MDP to sacrifice democracy to free Nasheed

Maldivian Democratic Party is to sacrifice democracy in the Maldives to free the party's founder and President Mohamed Nasheed, an MP representing the party said on Wednesday.

Ibrahim 'Ma-water' Shareef said MDP is going to sacrifice democracy and support the appointment of Ahmed Adeeb as the Vice President of Maldives if it results in obtaining freedom for the convicted ex-president Nasheed.

"MDP is willing to sacrifice democracy in the Maldives to obtain freedom for Nasheed. It was Nasheed who brought democracy to Maldives and it will be a small sacrifice for the sake of the father of democracy," Shareef said.

Asked if MDP was taking a huge risk by sacrificing democracy, Shareef replied: "Nasheed brought democracy to Maldives. He can always bring it back again once he is free."

Nasheed was charged with terrorism and sentenced to 11 years in prison recently in what many describe as a grossly unfair trial.

Friday, July 3, 2015

VP Jameel to teach Queen Elizabeth how to properly pronounce Arabic

Mohamed Jameel Ahmed, the Vice President of Maldives, is to teach Queen Elizabeth II how to properly pronounce Arabic and how to recite Quran. Jameel is at the moment in London.

Maldivian media has been speculating about the reasons for Jameel's abrupt visit to London but it has been confirmed by the VP's Office that he is in London as a personal tutor to the Queen.

"It is an privilege to spend this holy month of Ramadan in Buckingham Palace and teach Queen Elizabeth how to properly pronounce Arabic words and how to recite Quran," the Vice President said through a statement issued by his office.

"The knowledge of Tajweed is complicated and there are 17 Makhraj including Al-Khayshum or sounds which come from the nose and Al-Halq or sounds which come from the throat. Only an expert of Tajweed could properly coach a beginner in this knowledge," Jameel added.

Jameel had studied at Jamia Salafiyya in Faisalabad, Pakistan before completing a law degree at International Islamic University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He then went to the United Kingdom to complete his PhD. Jameel is as fluent as a native speaker in Urdu, Arabic and English.