Nasheed insults the people of Addu by setting up monuments with idols of worship

New MDP Flag for 2013 Election

Looking at the very sad situation in the Maldives today, I cannot help but ask the true question that's haunting my mind. What has happened to all the very nice God fearing people of Maldives? How could our own government and the leader in particular be the  instrument for transforming our beloved nation to a multi-religious country?

It has become incumbent on all of us the Maldivians to take a firm stand against this Ruthless, Brutal and Idiosyncratic President  Nasheed, get him, his lock stock and barrel out of here, so they can preach and practice their infidelity and a country and place of their choice other than Maldives, that accept infidels.

Certainly our constitution of 2008 does not allow infidelity in the Maldives. And import of idols, sculptures, busts and pictures of worship are contraband in the Maldives. It is sad  indeed that the Maldives Customs Service failed in halting and banning these contraband items from been imported into this country.  Whilst the Customs Services boasts of a high state of vigilance and well trained staff, if such items such as human size sculptures and busts get imported into the country unnoticed, then there is a problem with the ability of the Customs Services in the diligent discharge of their duties.     

I know not of a single customs officer high or low in their ranks, who ever raised a voice or a pen,  in the least blog disgust over the Nasheed's blatant insult to Islam, the Muslim People of Maldives, and particularly the People of Addu Atoll, by importing these idols and sculptures and making monuments of these.  We fully respect the rights of peoples all over this world with different faiths. We welcome these peoples to our country, but we have from times immemorial remained Muslim, and wish to remain for eternity. 

Any Person President or Parliamentarian who dare to destroy our religious harmony will bare the consequences of the wrath of our people. The Political Party to which Mr. Nasheed belongs, the MDP and a great many of it's leaders are a party to this hideous crime of importing religious sculptures and Idols and setting up the preposterous monuments in Addu City.  We the people of Addu deplore this hideous act by the President and Condemn him and hold him accountable for insulting our people and Islam in our own land.

By their own admission, the Minister of Foreign Affairs is quoted to have said that these idols of worship were brought to Maldives to be placed in Addu City on the request of the Government of Maldives from other SAARC member countries.  The time has come for all good Maldivians to raise their voices of discontent in the manner that the President of Maldives has disgraced his own  people in front of all the heads of states of SAARC.

It now little befits for Mr. Nasheed to hold an Islamic name such as "Mohamed". For him a more befitting name would one that sounds less Islamic such as "Mahamad" or "Shiloh" to precede his given Name "Nasheed". We deplore Maldivians who shun Islam over other religions. For Nasheed and all the MDP sympathizers who support Nasheed Blasphemous act in Addu City here is what we the people of Addu have to say. "You may build Conference Centers and Roads in Addu City, but you will never be able to build the bridge and win our confidence and  trust for it's you and you alone who destroyed it, we will hold you to account in 2013."

Slowly but surely we shall lay Presidents Nasheed's infidel idols to rest in the appropriate moment at the appropriate time in the most appropriate manner, and so shall be your fate Mr. Nasheed. Good Luck

Is Maldives heading towards a Police State?

Corruption, discrimination, nepotism, prejudices, political victimization are characteristics of an ailing dictatorship. Malicious misinterpretation of the constitution to fill in the voids and inadequacies of Political Parties and the Executive is corruption. These are the first steps towards a fully fledged dictatorship.

Dictatorships and the consequence of concentrating power in the hands of a single person are quite familiar to Maldivians. We have witnessed Kings and Presidents who exercised this prerogative and ruled over us. Generations of us still lives this nightmare of the chilling effects and consequences of their imperious abuse of power and justice, and do not wish a repetition of the past.

Mohamed Nashid was elected labeled a “Democratic Leader”. Just two years in office, he has begun to show resemblance to leaders of an era Maldivians dread and do not wish for. Even with a modern constitution protecting the rights of the citizens, clearly identifying the separated powers of the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary, he has evaded democratic checks and balances, and come out with his dictatorial instincts, with summary arrests, enforcing police brutality and spreading uncertainty and fear among the people.

Maldivian thinking largely still comes from their strong faith in Islam and is truly Islamic (submissive). Kings, Presidents and Religious Scholars have exploited this in the past and have successfully shaped our society to accept their Leaders, Religion and State as synonymous; they achieved the heights of subjugation. Few Maldivians had a basic education then; education for the mass was just knowing to read and write in Dhivehi and reading the Quran.

President Nasheed would like to think that his weekly radio address to the nation is a successful tool to penetrate the public and deceive them into believing in whatsoever he as the President, “Ruler” says is true even today, much as it was in the days of the Aristocrats and the Cleptocrats. He obviously believes that the mass of the citizens are still oblivious to democracy.

Little be it or much, today, many have had a fair education, and more people are well educated and this process is continuing. The “Dictatorships” of Mr. Gayoom and Nasir witnessed graduation of world class Maldivians both in Asia, Europe and the America’s. This responsibility is now undertaken by Maldivian Parents. I am grateful Gayoom and Nasir for not abusing the parents and their time to mob the streets of Male, when their political resolve needed strengthening, like many are forced-called upon to do now.

The little grace that filtered into the hands of the Maldivian people throughout the fifty year Cleptocratic and Nepotistic rule is sapped by the MDP. Nasheed’s Administration has planted the seed of decay in our society. He has to grow up; he has been elected President of the Maldives. He must adhere to the rules and regulations, respect our customs and traditions, and above all work within the framework of the Constitution. There is no such thing as “working outside the Chart”.

We have a legitimate Judiciary and a Legislature in place. If the Executive is dysfunctional for any reason, or if the President needs assistance in managing the affairs of his Administration, it is incumbent on the Him to do the repairs and apply the patches required in “collaboration” with the Judiciary and the Legislature. Mr. President and successive Presidents must cohabit with the Parliament (Majlis) as the only “The Representative body of the People” in this country.

The use the mob to threaten Judges and Parliamentarians are plunging the country into anarchy and lawlessness. By doing so it only strengthens the resolve of those who believe that Mr. Nasheed little befits to be the President of this country.

A "BAD DECISION" is a lesson to be learned.

Have you ever thought about the importance bad decisions play in your life? I'm being deadly serious about this because whether you realize it or not, your decisions, especially the bad ones, play a very important role in our lives.

Although poor decisions play a critical role in people’s life, very few of us ever realize it or even think about it. Most people look to sweep their lousy decisions under the rug or pretend that they never even happened. They would soon forgive; which is good and an excellent way forward, and forget; which is very wrong and it’s a huge mistake.

Every decision we make is made with the best of our intensions. We voted MDP and President Nasheed, not merely to get rid of a thirty year old “benevolent” Dictatorship, but because we knew the promises Nasheed made, were possible and if happened they would enhance our lives.

Not recognizing a bad decision is to miss out on a huge opportunity for improvement. Every decision - whether it turns out to be good or bad - provides an outcome. Good outcomes result in good, positive feelings and there is certainly nothing wrong with that. The bad outcomes on the other hand provide us with something far more important.

We wanted a life without debts to the “Kanmathee fihaara” (neighborhood unit shop), we wanted the prices of all goods and services to be at “Aiy foraa fashala” (reachable limits of the average citizen).

Making hundreds of decisions throughout the day is a part of life. Most are small, seemingly insignificant decisions like what to have for lunch while others hold a great deal more importance. You've got to understand, everybody is the sum total of the decisions they make. The small decisions and the big ones; we are a reflection of our choices. What “we” as the Maldivian people are is the sum total of the decisions we as Maldivians make.

Let's look specifically at only the bad decisions we make. The truth of life is that learning how to live successfully in general would be impossible without the benefit of bad decisions. Making bad decisions provides us with experience that eventually leads us to live a successful life.

He pursued us wearing the graceful hat, He drew a picture of the “People’s Man” struggling for our rights. Whereas, his struggle was for his own benefit, an ancestral dream, a struggle at the cost of the Maldivian people. We now know that a once perceived savior may not necessarily be so, given a changed circumstance. Truth like oil will surface on the water.

He lied to us, he cheated us, and now he is playing with our sentiments. They are not Leaders, they are Misleaders. We made a bad decision, and it should provide us with the experience and eventually lead us to success by remembering not to repeat this decision.

So here is a bad decision we have made collectively, and it is effacing our lives, so many humble citizens who’s means of livelihood was the government job, were thrown out of job into a situation, where the prices of basic necessities such as water electricity and stable food were to be raised to pay for the new political appointees today totaling to over Rf. 9 million a month. The toll on electricity bill nationwide has bitten into the scanty income of the average family.

So now that you’ve made that inevitable bad decision, be easy on yourself. Understand that there was a good reason why you made the decisions you made so accept whatever the outcome. Most importantly you've got to learn your lessons. There is nothing wrong with making a bad decision and learning from it. On the other hand there is everything wrong with making a bad decision without taking a good lesson from the experience.

Do not let this bad decision go a waste.

Remember the child who learned heat by touching a hot stove? it was clearly a bad decision. But by so doing, the child learned a crucial lesson. That child learned that touching hot stoves was a bad decision, and that he should not do it ever again.

Of course, one should always look to make good decisions and I think that goes without say. Nobody ever wakes up in the morning eager to make poor decisions. But, as fallible human beings, it is absolutely impossible to avoid them.

Bad decisions make for good stories, agreed? something which appears to be a bad decision with a seemingly dire outcome today would be spoken and written about for many years to come. But the good decisions have little story value. You would sleep over it, only to forgotten when woken up to another day.