Parliament accepts amendment to implement Hadd

Parliament has accepted an amendment to the Penal Code, to determine that penalties prescribed in the Islamic Sharia must be handed over to those who are convicted of Hudud crimes (Crimes against God).  The amendment proposed by Makunudhoo MP Anara Naeem was accepted with 44 votes in favor while there were no votes against the bill. The amendment proposed to clause 1205 of the Penal Code states that if a person is convicted of a Hudud crime, the penalty prescribed in Islamic Sharia must be observed.  Hudud crimes in Islamic Sharia include adultery, fornication, homosexuality, apostasy, robbery and theft amongst others.  In...

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Adhaalath condemns Maldives abstention on UN gay vote

The religious conservative Adhaalath Party has condemned the government for abstaining from a United Nations vote on a resolution against providing gay marital benefits to all UN employees. The secretary general of the Adhaalath Party, which condemns homosexuality, told Vnews the abstention indicated that the Maldives did not oppose providing the marital benefits for gay couples. In a tweet yesterday, Adhaalath said that it was “shameful” that the Maldives abstained from voting on the resolution, which was voted down last week. Secretary general Iaadh Hameed added that the government’s foreign policy should be built upon Islamic principles and values, and that those policies should not encourage irreligious acts. The vote on the resolution was held on March 24, after Russia challenged...

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Not opposing pro-homosexuality regulation is an embarrassment: Adhaalath Party

Adhaalath Party has said that it is a embarrassment for the Maldivian people that their representative at the UN did not participate in a vote for a resolution Russia proposed in which they opposed a pro-homosexuality regulation made by the UN Secretary General. In answer to a question put forward by CNM, Adhaalath Party Iyaad Hameed said that by not participating in the vote, the government was telling the international world that they did not oppose homosexuality and because of that stand by the government the Maldivian people are suffering a great embarrassment. He said that the Maldivian foreign policy should depend on our religion,...

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Amendment proposed to Penal Code seeks to implement Hadd

Makunudhoo MP Anara Naeem has proposed an amendment to the Penal Code, to determine that penalties prescribed in the Islamic Sharia must be handed over to those who are convicted of Hudud crimes (Crimes against God). The amendment proposed to clause 1205 of the Penal Code states that if a person is convicted of a Hudud crime, the penalty prescribed in Islamic Sharia must be observed. Hudud crimes in Islamic Sharia include adultery, fornication, homosexuality, apostasy, robbery and theft amongst others. In Islamic law, Hudud crimes trigger a class of punishments that are fixed by God which ranges from public lashing, publicly stoning...

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