Speaking in his weekly radio address, President Mohamed Nasheed has said he is hopeful the new penal code will exclude the penalties of death and amputation.
After debate, the People’s Majlis sent the revised draft penal code to an ad hoc committee for further review, on Wednesday.
On death penalty, the President said: “A fair, a very fair trial – in my view as fair as the justice delivered during the Prophetic era – must be ensured before taking human life.
“I don’t believe that the Maldives’ judicial system has the capacity to meet all requirements for such a fair trial. Ultimately, the burden of pardoning or the burden of implementing death penalty is upon the President.”
The President said, in his opinion, it was unwise to make death penalty a codified punishment in law.
“I’m hopeful the penal code would be passed without offences punishable by death,” said the President.
Speaking on amputation, the President said amputation as a penalty has never been the common practice in the Maldives.
He said the consequences of the only two instances of implementing amputation in the past were negative and bad.
“I don’t think the penal code should include amputation as a penalty,” said the President.
Underwater cabinet meeting
In his radio address, President Nasheed spoke on the underwater cabinet meeting to be held at Girifushi tomorrow.
He said the underwater cabinet meeting will be a significant achievement in drawing the world attention to the Maldives’ efforts to address climate change.
The President said: “It’s crucial that the voice of Maldives’ politicians – or the cabinet – be heard throughout the world. This is because of the threat posed to the Maldives from climate change”
He further said a dialogue between the Maldives and the rest of the world must be started. The underwater cabinet meeting, the President said, would facilitate such a dialogue by attracting the world attention on the Maldives.
“There is hardly any news media that have not talked about this event,” said the President.
Some of the major international media outlets are in the Maldives to cover the event. Television Maldives will broadcast the meeting live around 10 o’clock in the morning.
President Nasheed, including the cabinet, will hold a press conference after the dive.
Bill on former presidents
In the radio address, the President also spoke on the bill on the privileges and immunities of former presidents, which was passed on Tuesday.
Referring to the controversial “Article 9” which was ultimately removed, the President said it was unacceptable that any citizen had the immunity from being tried in a court of law.
The bill provides for pension and other allowances for former presidents.
President Nasheed also reiterated a theme he has raised on several occasion. He said former presidents should remain as former presidents should they wish the respect and admiration of the people.
“If former presidents become opposition political leaders, the respect and admiration they get will be on that capacity,” said the President.
In his radio address, the President highlighted on his trip to Laamu atoll, his scheduled visit to India on 21 October, on the World Food Day, which is being marked today, and on government’s decision to make a claim for an extended continental shelf for the Maldives.
The cabinet in a meeting on Tuesday decided to explore the possibility of having an extended continental shelf for the Maldives.
A transcript of the radio address, broadcast on the Voice of Maldives this morning, is available on the President’s Office website.
listen/download the speech from www.vom.gov.mv
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whether president says or not!!! we need to implement islaamee shariah here in maldives before crime goes out of hand!!!!
DDRP/PA and Umar Naseer will be supported by religious extremists in this debate. If we allow the death sentence and amputations it will be equal to Talibanization of the Maldives and many more draconian laws, rules and regulations will follow.
Should such a law be passed President Nasheed should not sign it for many reasons and insist that only 2/3 majority of Majlis overriding his veto could make that law in the Maldives. We the public who did not vote a single openely contesting self-declared Mullah into parliamnet will be watching how this plays out and will be able to identify which closet Mullahs should be voted out of parliament next time.
This type of law cannot be even contemplated without a national referrendum, if at all.
if we dnt include the death penalty then the penal code will be unconstitution as the Constitution say each and every law shuld be pass according to islamic shariah. .. the judicial system is nt in fair, becox of not implementing the tru islamic Law, now maldives is going beyond humanity,murder,kidnaping,drug dealers are now full in our country.so we need to implement death penalties for those who distrupts the society.
kuda kufuru is the best till he becomes the bodu kufuru? so much for democracy and change, wonder where the 'jamiath salaf' group is now?
probably would come up with some pathetic wows and victory!!
The Mullahs here want death penalty given to drug offenders when it is not so in Islmic Law.
Of course child abuse shall have none whatsoever nor a revised harsh punishment. Remeber Mullahs in Somalia are flogging women for wearing bras even when it is worn under their black ninja clothes.
There has to be 4 completely honest persons as witnesses for any crime in Islam and such persons cannot be found here or can be bought for money nor can the Gazis famous for their corruption be trusted. And the Mullahs want no punishment for child abuse and slavery. We did not bring about a democratic revolution in the Maldives just to hand it over to a Mullah Autocracy. We accepted clauses in the Constitution that defend Islam, but we will define what kind of Islam and not the extremists. Remeber none of you people could get elected in spite of being able to get 80% of girls in the Maldives wear a head veil willingly and unwillingly, against our culture and beliefs with the help of pseudo-Arab pretensious Islamist Marxist Dictator Gayoom.
Something very unusual will happen in the Maldives. For every single person killed or hand chopped there will be revenge targeting Mullahs, DRP/PA thugs and Umar Naseer, and all and anyone who voted for such a bill.
India aai Pakistan ge madrassaa thakuga kiyavn ulhunu iru firihen kulhi kulhefa, Saudi ah nuvatha Misurah gos sheikh vee hurihaa lha kudinnaa elhey munaafigun emmen maraaleema hurihaa massaleh nimunee. Eyrun nuthibeyne drug dealarunnah vikey gaazeenves. meehun maraa meehun magumachchah dhookuraa gazzenves eyrun husvaane. dollar chaapu kurevuna dhey gaazeencves eyru thineynee islaahuge ge magu ga narakaaiga. hurihaa kameh hallu vee.
Mi aalaaiggandu heekuranee aharumen madun thibeema neygenee ey dhoa. Hayaai kuda kamuge hadhdhun nettifa. Jaariyaa ves gen gulheveyneyoa. Anhen kudin rape kuranee e kudhinge kushunnoa. kihaa bodu aafaatheh mee. marah maru veeyyaa furathama mi hurihaa aalaathunah islamee sharia ey e meehun e kiyaa etheege hithi dhakkan vaanee.
nooney rangalhu.
furthama maran jeheynee Rani Group stadium ga. eyge kurin e kudhin kiyaadheyne resort thakashaa ehen than thanah gen gos ekudhinnaa moshenee kon baeh kan. eyrun e goup ves maraa leveyne. dhen ai kandan fashan vaanee. furthama illa bey
dhen maran jeheynee kuda kudhinna ekhey aallaiggandu, dhen maranjeheynee firihen kulhi kulhey sheikhun. eyrun baraabaru vaane.
Do you have any remedy for the skyrocketing crime rate? Researchers, infidels as many regard, have substantiated the claim that death penalty is also a way of deterrence. So why do we want to ignorantly put off the only option available to make the society safe for everyone. I don't think Maldives is only for goons and underworld. And without a proper legal system where everyone's rights are protected, we are reversing to ad-age...One thing, why do many of the American states have death penalty. They are the initiators and guardians of the great democracy which we have foolishly embraced to see another Mexico in the making... You have to take responsibility for the safety of the people of Maldives, and not only the murderers and kidnappers under the sun...
4:18 anonymous
fucker you think you have a version of Islam... Then go and get a blow-job from a slut .... don't say about this Islam and that Islam... Islam is a single version and deviation will be to the effect of non-islam.. remember you moron,... I am not a mullah but hate people who try fuck-up with my beloved religion...
For a number of reasons, including possible manipulation of the judiciary by politicians or other power brokers, there is no absolute guarentee one will have a completely fair trial in a court of Law.
Therefore, it would be a brutal betrayal of the deeply Just essence of Islam to have the death penalty (Hadd) applied in the Maldves.
The word Adhaalath, most often translated as justice, can also be translated to mean equity - fairness, an even distribution of something. It implies what we would call social justice, equality before the law of all, and absolute objectivity in the implementation of any Hakm (law).
I hereby plead with the Adhaalath party and with all Muslims to consider this.
On many occassions, the Prophet (SAW) did not implement the death penalty (Rajm) for certain Hadd level crimes although other's frantically pushed for it to be implemented. This was because, absolute objectivity could not always be guarenteed in the decision making procedure.
For example, in the Hadith's of Bukhari and Muslim, as narrated through Sahih Isnad (reliable chain of narration) we read about some Muslim's killing other Muslims because they were 'not Muslim...' They said Shahada only at the edge of the sword, it was claimed. In response to the claim that their Shahada was not genuine, the Prophet (SAW) said, "Did you cut their hearts open to see the Niyat (the quality of intention) of their hearts?' The point being, if there is any chance that there could be a mistake, then only Allah (SWT) can judge in the Qiyamath, the judgement which is in the Akhira - the after life. Unless absolute objectivity can be guarenteed, the Prophet did not implement or advise Hadd.
On other occassions, according to Sahih Isnad in Bukhari and Muslim, it was obvious that a child was not the child of the Father who thought they were the Father. For Malsahah (social utlity) the Prophet (SAW) said, the Child belongs to whose bed on which it was born. It was not beneficial to prescribe Hadd though it was technically due. The Merciful essence of Islam and the Islamic intent of social harmony, social justice, would be betrayed by Hadd in such circumstances although Hadd was techically due.
Application of Shariah always gives the benefit of the doubt, very rarely was Hadd applied by the earliest Muslims and Madhab, it was Sunnah to give the benefit of the doubt.
So, I plead, for the cause of justice, please ask yourself, would it be true to justice to trust a Maldivian Judge with the application of the death penalty?
I say, No, it is not islamic to apply death penalty in Maldives.
Very sad to say I cannot support President Nasheed`s view on this. Its high time such laws to be implimented. We have to know we cannot be better than our Creater. Those laws are laws of the Creater. Right now the crime status of this little country cannot be ignored. I fully support in implementing Islamee Shariah. That is the only way because that is the law of God...
Human Rights commission will start barking on this matter for sure, because that commission is only there to protect the criminals & law offensers. Where is our human rights? Goons are let loose on the roads and we have to keep ourselves locked in our homes!! Very fair human rights... Shame on you Nanreethi Saleem... I hope our President will think about implimenting Islamee Shariah and change his view...
We need more Jaariya's for the holy men in Adaalath party.
I know the idiots who commented against death penalty are bloody drug addicts, robbers, looters and thugs. If Shariah is implemented they will be the guys in the top of the death penalty list.
Adhaalathun biru dhakkanee dhoa.
Bunan vaahaka eh. Aharumen hurihaa abinnaa jaariyaa in thah burugaa baalaigen kaleymenge aniyaa verikamuge vaahaka dhakkaa dhuvahah kekkollaa. in shallah, mikan varah avas vaane. varah aniyaa veri baeh mee...islamunneh noon...haivaanun.
Commenting on 4:18 anonymous
Look at this language from an Islamic Scholar
"fucker you think you have a version of Islam... Then go and get a blow-job from a slut .... don't say about this Islam and that Islam... Islam is a single version and deviation will be to the effect of non-islam.. remember you moron,... I am not a mullah but hate people who try fuck-up with my beloved religion..."
Fact is Islam has more than 2 dozen theological interpretations, 2 major deviations, Shia and Sunni, 4 major sects, at least 6 subsets of each and Sufism and people who don't believe in Imams and Mullahs just like all good Muslims for almost 4 centuries after the death of a Man Called Mohamed who said he was just a Fallible Man and should be treated as Just Another Man. He told each and everyone of us to seek the truth for ourselves, and prohibited a Priesthood in Islam.
If he said that what is so special about these Mullahs? Do they have a clue as what Islam is or Justice is in the Court if God,
drug or alchohol use is not a high crime in islam....but child abuse, rape and robbing from the state are far bigger crimes...no wonder u buggers cannot be trusted to implement true islamic sharia.
Why should we not implement death penalty if someone is convicted beyond any reasonable doubts?
"In the United States, 38 states allow the death penalty for crimes such as murder and treason.
The most common methods by which people are put to death in the United States are lethal injection and electrocution.
Over 300 convicted criminals have been put to death in Texas since 1976, whereas some states that allow the death penalty have not actually put anyone to death in years.
Western European nations have abolished the death penalty and the U.N. Commission on Human Rights has called for a moratorium on all executions.
Approximately two-thirds of Americans support use of the death penalty. "
Source:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/world/sharia_9-29.html
Not all Maldivians are Muslims, or believers. And, even those who believe, are not fully practicing the religion or their faith.
Double standards applied on all walks of life.
Sharia has never been part of the Maldives 'version' of Islam, until now.
The President is right, we cannot include death penalty and amputation in our penal code. We are not in Saudi Arabia.
ހމމމމމމ މި ބިލް ފާސަ ވެއްޖިއްޔާ މައުމޫން، ހަމީދު، ޔާމިން، އިލަޔާސް، ރެޑްވޭވް ސަލީމް، ފަތުހުއްލޯ، ޒާހިރު ހުސޭން، މިމީސް މީހުން ތިބޭނީ ތަންތަން ބުރި ކޮށްކޮށް ގޮންމަސްބުރި ތަކެއް ހެންތާ
i will never agree with what president said. the islamic sharia is revealed from the Almighty who knows what is best for the mankind. Hence, we should implement Islamic Sharia in Maldives. we will not find a sounding solution for the crimes that are being committed through out the community otherwise.
After reading all these comments one cannot help but think about the deep divisions that exist within our society.Some commentators appear as born christians albeit in Moslems garb against their desire..Others act as if they really have some thing serious to worry about if this law sees the light of day.
Others got so desperate that they made direct threats of harming a selected groups of individuals and party members of a particular group.
What every one have forgotten is how desperately this country needs security and peace for its vast majority of peace loving citizens.
When can the law guarentee that murderers will not walk freely in your own neighbourhoods due to loop holes in the justice system.
How many of us want to turn a blind eye to the ever rising waves of deadly crimes and give a free hand to a selected group of thugs and their supporters and live an eternal life of fear and misery.?
Now it should be clear to all level headed people of this country that the new criminal law is not about Jaarias,Homosexuals,pedophiles , druggies , junkies, or their sympathizers........
Its about survival and security of this country and its high time that people stop accusing each other and get down to real business.
There is no point in talking about past 30 years if you dont have the courage and vision to do some thing concrete at least for the next 10 years....
Its time for the Majlis members to show guts and keep aside all the personal differences and do some thing for this country where we can all live in peace.
Real men and pussy cats will be clearly identified when this bill comes to majlis for discussion.
Whatever it is the security of an entire islamic nation is much more important than the vested interests of those that live in the
fringe of this society..........
We have tolerated all these nonsense for many years and the patience has almost run out now....
So junkies, murderers, pedophiles,rapists,highway robbers( if you can call Ameenee Magu a highway) and all other junk and vermins....... beware, your day of reckoning is comming.Very soon you will not have a free ride. We have immense faith in the Majlis members and are sure that they will not leave the entire Maldives to the mercy of criminal gangs...and monkeys..
Lastly I urge President Nasheed not to get pressurized by criminals and thugs.The fine art of sympathizing with them is best left to the master of the game Mr Nan Reethi Saleem.After all isnt he paid to do this?.
Long live Maldives.
we have to obey the laws led by our creator Allah SW. Allah knows whats best for us. if president nasheed denies to implement the law then he is afraid of someone, he is not afraid of Allah. we cannot pass rules and regulations against islam. we have to follow islam. May allh bless all of us and to implement islamic shariah
Raajeey ga onna Islaamee shareeathuga Gazee aku rangalhu hukumeh koffiyyaa 2 savaa boa libeynee...nurangalhu hukumeh koffiyaa 1 sawaaboa. elhaa ah nubai hukumeh koffa meehaku marralias savaaboa libeynee.. mee mi ulhey saudi, pakistan, egypt ge figuhu ilmu verin emmen ebbas vaa kamekoa.... balaa eh noon.
meehun maran hukum kureveynee thasarraf fudhey bayakah. mi baga maruge hukum kurumuge kuring islamee sharee ai kiyavaa dheyn jeheynee., mee Islam dheenaa islaamee shareeathaa idhikolhu vanee kee noon.
Assalamu Aleykumwa Rahmatullahiwa Barakhatu
What if your children were put to death for a crime that was made up – false? False charges occur very frequently in Maldives. What if the drug dealers and corrupt ones who control the courts killed your Son or daughter on charges of “terror” or manufactured charges of murder, Zina or anything – but all your children really did was try to prevent the drug dealers from harming the ppl – and were killed for that based on some false charges made up that they committed zina?
I by no means say that the death penalty is not part of the Sacred Law. Indeed, I also really believe that drug dealers and those murderers deserve the death penalty, as per the Qur’an and the Shariah Law. Especially those who have harmed children or who have harmed the sacred trust between parent and child, they must die.
However, I fear implementing the death penalty in Maldives will not see the real criminals killed, but will see the innocent killed by the criminals who control the courts. Implementing the death penalty in the Maldives will amount to a grave oppression – a grave injustice – and that is Haram! That is why I argue, it is not true to the Just essence of Islam to apply the death penalty in the Maldives.
As the Ummah is as one body, and one feels the pain of every other– I cannot but help fend for the potential victims of injustice under a system which MAY see the rich and powerful use the death penalty to exterminate their enemies unjustly.
Think about all those who stood up against tyrants in Maldivian history, imagine if they had of been killed by the State in the Name of Islam even though they were fighting for True Islam which is Peace and Submission to the Just Will of Allah…- I mean – how many crimes were manufactured against them? They would have been killed if the government’s (Sultan’s – Presidents) could have done so – .
What I am saying is for the love of Islam, for the love of Shariah Law, I do not want people to abuse and misuse my beautiful Islam in the name of implementing it, as to do so is seriously Haram. I am fighting for the dignity of my religion, I am obeying Surah 4: 75 and, “Fighting for the oppressed Men, Women and Children…’
I am asking you to consider Islam properly and deeply, obey the Word of Allah – our Prophet (SAW) said, “There is No Barrier between the oppressed and Allah…” So be very careful before you throw the innocent into oppression in the name of fighting for Shariah Law…
In the the current system… The real criminals walk away from the courts – in fact control the courts, and that does not look like it can be changed! So, the killers and the drug dealers will be killing the innocent and oppressed in the name of implementing Islamic Law, does that sound like Islam to you? That is serious Fitnah (dissension) from Islam…
Of course, the death penalty was practiced by Our Beloved Rasul (SAW) and is ordered by the Qur’an. The issue is, the reliability of the current system. Shariah Law – the Hukm (Law) is deeply sacred, it is a massive Amanah (trust) which must never be taken lightly or under estimated. Allah is Al Quddus, the Holy, and every injustice is made right in the Qiyamat. Read the Hadith about what is in store in Jahannum for Muslim leader’s who missapply the Shariah Law for political ends or for the wrong Niyat. The Judge who orders a death is to be held accountable for his motives, it is a massive Zalim to missapply the Hudud. I do advise anyone wishing to implement the Law to be aware not to play politics with the Sacred Law.
A Qadi must be a qualified Mujtahid and must investigate the issue extensively before making a decision to kill someone. Notice the word Mujtahid, notice how this word for study and decision making about the Law requires Jihad – as is contained in the word. If he exhausts all avenues of possible doubt, only then will he be rewarded for decision making, and those doubts include ones own heart’s doubts!
I would like to see the Sheikhs and defenders of Islam comment on this notion that a Good Judgement will be Rewarded by 2 Sawaab and an Erronous Judgment by a Judge(gazi) will be Rewarded with 1 Sawaab. If that is so this Sharia business should be brought to an end once and for all. We are willing to listen and learn only to Justics...don't give me the nonsense that God does some crazy and unfair things in mysterious that will have a good side to it that we may not understand crap...crap is crap...n justice is justice and God gave us a brain and allowed to reason out logically.
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