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Continue reading →: Burglary and Theft on the Rise: The Public is Responsible!
Haveeru reports that theft and burglary are on the rise in connection with the holy month of Ramadan. It has been reported by the media that most of those who are engaged in the burglaries are those who have previsous criminal records. We were told as young children that Ramadan…
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Continue reading →: The People's Reform Agenda: How?
In a comment to my post “New Solutions for New Problems!” a fellow blogger commented: “Time has come for us to depart from the old structures which slows us, yes, but we have to get the people who are on the seats of People’s Special Majlis believe that. Why don’t…
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Continue reading →: Taking infants for a ride! Can the government restrict it?
AafathisNET reports that an accident involving a motorist who had taken an infant for a ride without the mandatory safety jacket. Apparently the accident did not result in any fatal injuries as both motorist had been riding at low speeds. The report argues that the streets of Male’ are heavily…
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Continue reading →: Does Islam Perpetuate Child Abuse
CAWM would like to remain indepdent. However, the following comment from Anonymous is quite inaccurate and does not reflect the faith of Islam nor of its Prophet Muhammadh (PBUH). “Islam is perpetuating a large amount of child abuse because Mohammed is the perfect man in the eyes of muslims. He…
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Continue reading →: Sex Video of Nine Year Old
Jazeera has reported that they have come across a video of a man having sex with a nine year old girl on. Apparently the girl has consented to the sex act and it is not the first time as evident from the video, the paper reported. Maldives Police Service said…
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Continue reading →: Are we a Knowledge Based Society?
It is after the Madhaha program just after the Friday prayer broadcast on TV Maldives. Usually, the Madhaha program will go on until. This is my favorite program on TVM which I watch without fail every week. Suddenly at 1.25 pm there is the unannounced interruption to the program with…
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Continue reading →: Ramadan: A month of feast and entertainment
Today is the first day of Ramadan – the Muslim fasting month. It is a public holiday in the Maldives and indeed a very special day. The mosques are full at prayer times. The general fabric of society still seems to hold onto its expressed Islamic rituals at the basic…
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Continue reading →: Three Year Old Dead in Bandidhoo
A small child is reported to have died by falling into an open pit. Maldives Police Service is reported to have said that the girl was found dead in an open pit prepared for the intallation of a tube well, around 12.15 pm, on Thursady, the first day of Ramadan.…
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Continue reading →: Are the Daily Five Prayers really mandatory?
This morning as I took my taxi ride to STO Trade Centre from Villingili ferry terminal, I was listening to a radio program in which a student was interviewed regarding her prayer habits. In the interview she said that she woke up early enough in the morning for the morning…
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Continue reading →: Who has failed who?
Commenting to an older blog of mine, Shahuru said that “there is a misleading [notion] that tourism owners have put [to] us for too long. That resort investments are big and difficult to cover – with ten years of experience- take my word, you don’t need to lease any islands…
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Continue reading →: Secular versus Religious States
The following is a post by Mhilmy on secular versus religious states which is directly related to my last post and also the current poll on my blog.I think that this sheds additional light on the issues that has been highlighted so far; and in a very appropriate fashion. maldives…
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Continue reading →: President Nelson Mandela on Chld Abuse
SANTAC reports that President Mandela said: The Abuse of children has become a question worldwide in various forms. […] One of the problems, as I think and I would like to mention here, is that many of the people who abuse children are parents, uncles and breadwinners and that the…
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Continue reading →: Issues and concerns on education and schooling
This blog post is inspired by fellow bloggers Hilmy (Live: Positive: Values) and Shahuru (ra:zuwa:) and Yasir (Deep Fry Philosophy) in their blogs in September. Hilmy suggested in his post, that “in some cases, punishments such as canning are still necessary as a deterent measure to reinforce the values of…
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Continue reading →: GMA Declares War on Child Abuse
Manila Standard Today reports: President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has signed Proclamation 1137 declaring “Child Abuse Prevention Year” until October 2007, making the Philippines the first country to issue such a declaration. “It is time to take concrete actions nationwide to stop the threats to the health and welfare of our…
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Continue reading →: Change of Addressee of the Petition and the Letter
We would like to inform all those who have already signed our petition to the Chief Justice to the Minister of Justice is on the basis of legal advise given to CAWM by a legal expert. He said that the judges of lower courts do not come under the Chief…
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Continue reading →: Is it a natural right to be gay?
One of the comments on Nasheed’s blog Talking Point states: “Sir, could you clarify your personal position on gay issues. … Yourself being a lawyer, I would appeal you to respect our natural rights. Good lawyers do not always take the populist stand. They have to stand for rights of…
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Continue reading →: The Creation of Six Maale in Maldives!
In my previous posts on this blog I have shed light on a new structure for the governance and administration of the country; one that would be more efficient and appropriate to cater for the needs of the people. This idea of creating municipalities which are named after Male’ the…
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Continue reading →: CAWM Mailing List
We have setup a Yahoo! Groups mailing list for CAWM. Members/subscribers to the mailing list can get messages sent to the group, to their subscribed email address. Non-members also can send messages to the group. In addition, anyone can view the archive of messages sent to the group address, via…
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Continue reading →: Justice Ministry trying to appease public fears
Justice Ministry is reported to have proposed amendments to the Judicial Procedures Manual article 173 which defines judgements for sexual offenses. The proposed changes have been submitted to the Attorney General (who does not exist at this moment) for his advise. We are not quite sure of the legality of…
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