Innamaadhoo island council asks Islamic Ministry to take action against Sheikh Shameem
17 Mar 2014, 4:23 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Innamaadhoo island council, in Raa Atoll, has filed a complaint with the Islamic Ministry against Sheikh Ibrahim Shameem Adam after he allegedly preached inside the island’s Friday Mosque without first obtaining permission.
Speaking to Minivan News today Council President Ibrahim Fayaz said that Sheikh Shameem went to the island last Saturday and requested the council’s permission.
Before receiving a response from authorities, however, Shameem held a sermon on the island, said Fayaz.
“They announced that there will be a sermon that night on the topic of sports and entertainment and held the sermon without our permission and we did not do anything about it because then they say Innamaadhoo council had obstructed religious activities and that we are anti-Islamic,’’ he said.
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