There are no Gays in the Maldives

I’m kidding. The only problem with gays is that they are so insecure about their sexuality they go to great extents trying to prove that there is nothing wrong with them. Seriously boys. Nothing is wrong with you and the majority of the society has no issue with you. Like the elders say, “firihen kulhi akee kulhey echcheh nooney… firihen kulhi akee kulhevey echchekey”. So, like I said, no big deal as long as you leave the children out of it.

Now go back to doing what you were doing. Or call me a closetet gay (aww).

via The Gamaaru Blog

March 30, 2009

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Two Men Arrested For Alleged Homosexuality

Police have arrested two men on suspicion of involvement in alleged homosexual activity in a room in a house in Male'. The arrested persons are 18 year old Mueenu Dheen of Bangaldesh and 37 year old Iqbal Mohamed Hussein of Shaviani Maroshi Bageechaage. 

The men were arrested on the 25th of March around 12:15 in the night following reports of such acts in a house in Maafanu. The men were apprehended in a special operation by teams from the Serious and Organized Crime Unit and Special Operation and Security Department of the Maldives Police Service.

Briefing the media, Acting Head of Inspector of Police Hamdhoon Rasheed said that when police entered the room occupied by the two men forcibly discernable evidences were seen in the room of such homosexual acts by the two men.

Further, inspection of the room also revealed phonographic CDs and a picture of one of the children involved in the paedophilic cases being investigated by the police at present.

Inspector of Police Hamdhoon Rasheed said that Iqbal Mohamed Hussein (37 years) of Shaviani Maroshi Bageechaage arrested in the case already carried a previous record for homosexual activity.
The case is being further investigated by the Serious and Organized Crime Unit of the Maldives Police Service.

Via Maldives Police Service

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Is Islam the Cause of Paedohpilia in Maldives?

The question has crossed my mind several times – in fact every time there is a report of sexual child abuse in the local media, and the subsequent comments when it is posted on this blog and CAWM group wall on Facebook.

The accusation is that it is Islam that promotes sexual child abuse and that it is inspired by Prophet Muhammadh S.A.W’s marriage to Aisha R.A.

The Islam that I know and believe in does not promote sexual child abuse or the abuse of any human being inlcluding women. It is a religion of respect and dignity. Our Prophet is an icon of tolerance and all human qualities that we hear about in the civilized world.

It is sad that some “uneducated” and “uncivilized” minds who have come to portray Islam as unfit for civilized human existence. It is the likes of our magistrates and religous clerics who take a simplistic and pure literal meaning of certain arabic literature to show that children are good for giving away in marriage.

A very classic example of the arrogance of certain “uncivilized” Islamic clerics is what one Sheikh said on national TV recently. He is reported to have said that there is no specific punishment in Islamic Sharia for homosexuality. He made this remark in a discussion relating to the paedophile who had sexually abused over 35 underage boys!

It is the cleric’s lack of a proper breadth of understanding in Islam that he could not see the obvious, in the teaching of Islam; and not a wrong with Islam itself!

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Letter on Paedophilia

Dear Editor,

Following the recent bust up of a peadophilia ring by the police, Haveeru's take on the issue has alarmingly transended from paedophelia to gay sex and finally to lesbianism.
Last night's Haveeru editorial said there was not only gay hanky panky that was going on in this country but women were actually doing it with other women and nobody sees this as a problem. I think there is a tinge of some fetish pervertism in these writers.

I think its about time Maldivian society learnt the difference between paedophilia and homosexuality between consenting adults. And I think the police also should understand the difference.

If the police intend to prosecute/persecute all gay people for sexual misconduct they should also go after all the hetrosexual casual sex going around the parks and waterfronts of Male' at night. Both are forbidden by the law.

Regards,

Anonymous


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Politics or Homophobia?

Pedophilia of any hue, be it heterosexual, homosexual or incestuous, is a heinous crime that must be condemned in the strongest words and punished with the harshest penalties. There is no dearth of any of these varieties of sexual abuse of children in the Maldives. However, the homosexual variety appears to be singled out for public outrage.

Currently there are fast expanding Face Book groups calling for imposing the death penalty on one Mr. Hussein Fazeel, who is under investigation for homosexual child abuse. However, when some months back, a former official of a prestigious government office was exposed after he allegedly had sexual intercourse with his own daughter for several years, the Face Book groups were missing. After being the topic of gossip for a few weeks, the public appears to have forgotten the whole affair. Why this difference?

Is there any moral or religious reasons for this difference. Even though I am not a religious expert, I don't see any reason why incest with one's daughter is a lesser sin compared with homosexual child abuse. Fornication is punishable with Hadd and according to some scholars stoning to death, whereas no such punishment is prescribed in Islam for sodomy.

Over the years, the label of homosexuality was used as a tool against political opponents. Historically the most famous incident involved the ouster and banishment of King Mohamed Shamsuddin and his heir Prince Hassan Izzuddin to Fuahmulaku. In the letter accompanying them, Fuahmulaku officials were instructed to strictly prevent islanders from visiting the duo, because they were supposed to practice lucid acts. Interestingly, the coup and the propaganda were engineered by Prime Minister Abdul Majeed and his family. What history records of their sexual orientation leads one to believe that the whole affair was a case of the pot calling the kettle black.

In later years, homosexuality among high officials appears to be tolerated as long as they had the right political connections. In the last 30 years despite rumors of some powerful leaders being gay, they faced no consequences. Thus it appears that the public attitude towards homosexuality is shaped more by politics and homophobia than moral and religious reasons.

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Police Arrest Two Men Who Sexually Abused Several Young Boys

Police on Thursday said that they had arrested two people who had been sexually abusing a large number of young boys.

The two men are Moosa Ismail, 40, and Ahmed Ibrahim, 33 and Police said that the two had been arrested in two separate cases. Last month Police had captured another pedophile, Hussain Fazeel, 38, who had had sexual relationships with a large number of young boys and had kept an extensive digital video and photo collection of his activities.

Speaking at a news conference held at the Police Headquarters last Thursday, the In-Charge of the Serious and Organized Crimes Unit, Inspector Hassan Habeeb said that they had been led to Moosa Ismail while investigating Hussain Fazeel’s case. He said that Moosa Ismail, who runs a ‘gaadiya’ (cart) business on Boduthakurufaanu Magu, had enticed young boys to him by giving them money, mobile phones and other kinds of gifts. In addition, Moosa would even take them to hotels for meals and built a close relationship with them, Police said.

Habeeb also said that in addition to the two pedophiles, Moosa and Fazeel, Police had also taken into custody six other men who were over 18 years old for questioning. He said that they were getting a lot of information about other pedophiles from the kids who were arrested for having homosexual relationships.

Some of Moosa’s victims had also been sexually abused by Fazeel, Habeeb said, but admitted that there didn’t seem to be any direct connection between Fazeel and Moosa. Police said that Moosa, who is a married man, had preyed on school children too.

Habeeb further said that so far they had detained 13 people in connection to the two homosexuality cases. Two kids, under 14 years of age, had been questioned before being released, he said.

“We are currently looking for 20 other people believed to be connected to these cases,” Habeeb said.

Police said that the Health Ministry’s Gender and Family Protection Services were taking care of the children who had been taken into Police custody in connection to the cases.

In addition, the Head of the Police’s Child and Family Protection Unit, Sub Inspector Mirufath Faiz said that when Ahmed Ibrahim, from Lhaviyani atoll Naifaru, had been arrested at his house the two boys that were living with him had been there. Mirufath further said that Police records showed that Ahmed Ibrahim had been arrested on several occasions for having homosexual relationships.

Ahmed had been arrested in 2002 on charges of having sexual relationships with a 17-year-old boy. He was arrested again in 2004 for having sex with a 13-year-old boy. When he was arrested again on similar charges in 2007, he was already serving a three-year banishment sentence given in April 2006 for having sex with a 13-year-old boy. Mirufath said that the Department of Penitentiary and Rehabilitation (DPRS) had notified them that Ahmed Ibrahim had fled to Malé to escape the banishment sentence and had been in hiding since then. He further said that Ahmed Ibrahim had been keeping the two kids, one 14 years old and the other 17, after lying to their parents that they were working for him. The two children had suffered extensive injuries due to the sexual abuse and were now undergoing treatment, Mirufath said.

“He had brought the 14-year-old to Malé and told his parents that he was working for a German couple,” Mirufath said. “He promised the parents they would get $15 a day. The 17-year-old had been looking for a job when Ahmed brought him over promising to give $600 per month. He also said that the boy would have to go on safaris and fishing trips with tourists.”

Mirufath said that the 17-year-old had tried to escape from Ahmed several times but that Ahmed had blackmailed the boy by saying that he was “pregnant with the boy’s child”.

“Our investigation has revealed that the boy’s parents are now divorced,” Mirufath said. “Ahmed had used that to confuse the boy further by saying that the boy would face great suffering because of the divorce.”

Police have now handed over the two boys to their parents.

Police are now investigating the possibility that there was another child involved in the case.

Via Haveeru

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Paedophile Arrested

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Police Arrests Paedophile For Sexual Abuse of Large Number of Children

Police has arrested another person on suspicion of conducting child porn with a large number of children and video taping such acts. The person arrested is 40 year old Moosa Ismail of Male' Municipality Special Register.

Briefing reporters on Thursday Head of Serious and Organized Crime Unit, Inspector of Police Hassan Habeeb said that Moosa Ismail was arrested following substantial evidences obtained from the investigation of paedophile Hussein Fazeel (38 years old) on the 11th of January 2009. 

Hussein Fazeel was arrested for child porn activities and for storing phonographic pictures of child porn taken with his child victims.

Responding to a reporter's question whether the two had collaborated in their paedophilic activities, Inspector of Police Hassan Habeeb said that investigations conducted up to then had not revealed a direct link between the two. However, he said that the two had used the same children as their victims.

Police arrested Moosa Ismail on suspicion of homosexual activities on the 19th of February. Police also detained six under aged children for investigations along with another 5 adults. Since the children involved suffered from mental and psychological torments, they are being treated with the help of officials from the Department of Gender and Family Protection Services. Inspector of Police Hassan Habeeb said the involved children and their parents are cooperating with the police and providing immense help in the investigations.

Investigations conducted up to now have confirmed that Moosa Ismail operated a cart run business on Bodu Thakurufaanu Magu. Moosa Ismail lures children to his web by providing them with presents, money and food from hotels. He establishes a close relationship with the boys through such behavior to bring them to his room.

In addition to the boys mentioned above, police are also searching for other boys involved in such cases.

Moosa Ismail, the paedophile, involved in the case is a married person.

Via Maldives Police Service

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