Politics

Salaf sents letter to Islamic ministry to clarify concerned issues

22 Apr 2010, 5:43 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Religious NGO Jamiyyathul Salaf has sent a letter to the Islamic Ministry seeking to clarify issues concerning the Islamic Ministry and the  implementation of Shari’ah law in the Maldives.
The letter was sent to the ministry last Tuesday and was to the addressed to the Minster of Islamic Affairs Dr Abdul Majeed Abdul Baary.
There were more than 15 issues the NGO appealed the ministry to clarify, including:

Details of how the Islamic Ministry acted on the issue of appointing females as judges and president

The issue of massage parlours and how they are being dealt with

How the ministry is acting against people who form isolated congregations

Details of the conversation had with the residents of Himandhoo, after they formed an isolated congregation, and the result of that conversation

How much freedom [the ministry] has given the Imams to worship according to the Sunnah.

To clarify if the ministry had information that someone had tried or was trying to build a church in the country

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