vai-holhi

a giraavaru saying

‘giraavarey nukiyaharey kuda male’ ey kiyaharey’

Jost Gippert A Glimpse into the Buddhist Past of the Maldives: I. An Early Prakrit Inscription

Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens, Band XLVIII 2004

Vienna Journal of South Asian Studies, Volume XLVIII 2004


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Jost Gippert
A Glimpse into the Buddhist Past of the Maldives: I. An Early Prakrit Inscription
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Herman Tieken, The Mahābhārata after the Great Battle; Yigal Bronner, Back to the Future: Appayya Dīkṣita’s Kuvalayānanda and the Rewriting of Sanskrit Poetics; Jost Gippert, A Glimpse into the Buddhist Past of the Maldives: I. An Early Prakrit Inscription;
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The State and National Foundation in the Maldives

Rizwan A. Ahmad

Department of Anthropology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BTr.ahmad@ucl.ac.uk

The Maldivian state deploys an officialaccount of national originationwhich depicts the Islamic conversion of the islanders and thetranscendence of jahiliyya(pre-Islamic ignorance). Encoded inthis account are claims to legitimacy which culminate in theconflation of political and religious authority. This articleexplores how the foundational claims of the Maldivian stateare subject to popular debasement, specifically through thejuxtaposition of a popularunofficial rendition of national foundation.

Key Words: Islam • jahiliyya • Maldives • popular debasement • Rannamari • state

Cultural Dynamics, Vol. 13, No. 3, 293-315 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/092137400101300303

http://cdy.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/13/3/293

DRP attempted to kill cabinet with "sorcery"

Adhaalath party has alleged the main opposition Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) used “sorcery” to try and kill the president and his ministers during the underwater cabinet meeting on 17 October.

A statement published on the party’s website on Thursday says that a sorcerer was hired despite the party learning from an astrologer and a fortune teller that the president and the ministers would emerge from the water unscathed.

“The black magic of their sorcerer to make sure the cabinet members don’t emerge from underwater failed,” it reads.

It adds that the sorcerer prayed at Bahaa’udheen mosque with his back to the qibla in an “unclean state” at 11.30am on the day of the dive for help from “jinns and shaitans [devils]”.statement goes on to say that DRP was “jealous” and resentful of the cabinet’s history-making dive and its leaders “shed tears” when they watched the event on television.

It further mocks DRP’s alleged claim to overthrow the government on 3 November, saying DRP could not bring down a government it did not vote for but was rather elected by other people.

Speaking to Minivan News today, DRP MP for Thohdhoo Ali Waheed said Adhaalath party seemed to have a faction called “Adhaalath Kids”, in the manner of TVM’s and DhiTV’s children programme “TVM Kids” and “DhiKids”, to issue such “stupid press releases”.

“Maybe they used such tactics to win last year’s presidential campaign,” he said. “So, like thieves and fools, thinks all others are such. Adhaalath party leadership are just trying to make news in order to dissolve the current religious issues in the country.

“Just one question to them. Last year they questioned Madam Nasreena’s buruga [former first lady who does not wear the veil]. So why not question Madam Laila’s [current first lady who does not wear a veil] buruga rather than creating such stupid releases!” he said.

“Extremist party”

Another press release issued on Thursday by Adhaalath party states that DRP was an “extremist party” that revolved around one individual, referring to its leader and former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom.

“While Ali Waheed said the Adhaalath Party is run for the benefit of just three people, has he forgotten that DRP is an extremist party that is run for the benefit of one individual?” it reads.

At a press conference on Thursday, DRP MP for Thohdhoo Ali Waheed said Adhaalath existed to protect the interests of just three people: Islamic Minister Abdul Majeed Abdul Bari, State Minister Mohamed Shaheem Ali Saeed and Hussein Rasheed Ahmed, the party’s president.

Ali Waheed said he talked about how Adhaalath was not doing anything to combat irreligious elements in society.

“I said there is an idol in a restaurant near the president’s office and we even have photos of it,” he said.

The Adhaalath Party was trying to justify their lack of action by saying they were conducting investigations, he added, which never yielded any results.

“Their answers are what a politician would say, not people who want to protect religion,” he said.

Waheed said he was not overly concerned with the Adhaalath Party’s statements to the media.

“There’s not even an office boy in this country that was elected from the Adhaalath Party,” he said. “We are in the much happier situation of being elected by the people.”

He added it was likely that the press releases attacking DRP were drafted by the three senior members of Adhaalath party.

“Jealous”

The Adhaalath press release states that the call for prayer was stopped for “one individual” and religion was “distorted” to serve his purposes.

“The state system was demolished and the treasury was emptied for him, parliament was paralysed and he tried to control the judiciary,” reads the Adhaalath press release.

It adds that the party was spreading falsehoods for the sake of one man and it seems to have forgotten “article nine of the evasion bill”.

The press statement goes on to say that there have been positive developments in religious matters since the Adhaalath Party took over the Islamic ministry.

Laws have been made and enforced against prostitution at massage parlours that went on with the authorisation of the DRP government, it continues, and the religious sermons that went unchanged for thirty years have been improved.

“Today we are hearing the truth from religious scholars who can speak freely now. The incarceration and torture of religious scholars has stopped,” it reads.

The Adhaalath Party functions on the principle of discussion and consultation, it reads, and DRP was “jealous” of its success in religious matters.

Unlike DRP’s leaders, it adds, Adhaalath’s leaders were elected in a popular vote and DRP’s numerous efforts to destroy the party were unsuccessful.

“It would be wise to accept defeat,” it reads. “God willing, religion could never again be used as your property or as a shield against any threat that faces you.”

It urges the Maldivian people to beware of the remarks of people like Ali Waheed who had “sold their souls”.

by Ahmed Naish, Minivan News
Photo and video by Dhivehi Observer

POSTED BY DHIVEHI OBSERVER AT 1:14 AM

46 COMMENTS:

Anonymous said…

wow that’s an expensive clip, I guess the sihuru man is caught now for doing kufr.

1:52 AM

Anonymous said…

This is the most stupid thing i have ever seen. The Adhaalath party leadership brings shame and disgrace to the It’s memeber’s. I supported Adhaalath party. But the leadership’s stupidity has gone beyond human imagination.Not even a 10 year old will publish stupid and crazy staements with such bogus vedios on the public domain. this is either an MDP cock up using Adhaalath as a mean to try and destroy public support to DRP or else this shows the ignorence of the party leader Majeed. May Allah expose those who lie spread fithna in the society. Aameen.

2:26 AM

Anonymous said…

maumoon verikan beynun vegen koffaane komme fadha kameh ves. mi haaru eheree dhurugai. november 3 gai mdp meehun gos maumoon nagai ganegen gos fas gadah vattaalaa faanethee. ehaa fidi . adhi noohugai liyefai othey, drp ge isvering ge therey gai himeney thasneem , hamdhoon , maumoon , evvaa than thanah nudhanee, e beyfulhun nakee, royal veema ey. royal mi kiyanee, rasmathi fushun vadai gen thibbevi beyfulhun kameh me beedhain nakah neygey. kihaa hevvaa. maumoon mi faharu filan van naane thaneh nethee maa bechee dhoa. adhi seyku rasheed viy kahal washing machine huskuri fotteh mi fahru hoadhan veene kanneyge. mi kahala fidin mi ulhenee verikan hoadhan. Iraadha kurevviyyaa maumoon aa eynaa ge evves meehakah dhuvahakuves kaamiyaabeh nuvaane. Aameen.

3:36 AM

Anonymous said…

i’ll tell you this, where maumoon is living today is the “fandi tha kings house”. so it’s not that hard to digest maumoon and ilyas with black magic or sorcery. maldivian people have heard about former failed dictatorships ties with people doing black magic, and these crooks (DRP harcore might do anything to hang on to power, a disease that’s worst than HIV ) GODbles our country, ali waheed. alhan, nihan, three stooges were very small kids at that time, with corrupt practices these idiots got their education plus money from the dictator so it’s their obligation to serve the master rather than the public, it’s payback time, “what a waste in the name of opposition”

3:50 AM

Anonymous said…

Only Dhivehi Observer can bring this kind of exposure; this is way too exlusive!

Why, because DO is still “People’s Press” and everyone works for DO…

Nice one Sappey!

4:20 AM

Moshaibism said…

Check whether Seenu Hithadhoo Ibrahim Didi was there. Ibrahim Didi is the man who does black magic for Maumoon. He normally comes to Male’ close to election. Check where this guy is, if he was in Male during this incident, then he should have done all these.

4:54 AM

Anonymous said…

Adhaalath Party is a big joke. These guys need to be sent to South Waziristan where they seem to have learned their ideology! 

How can these idiots call themselves Muslims? It’s people like these that halted the development of Muslim nations since the Middle Ages.

6:31 AM

Anti-Golha said…

Everybody knows that nobody with a sound mind would now be associated with Gayyoom and his DRP. DRP is an extremist, fascist and terrorist group of whose only objective is to over through the 1st ever democratically elected government in the Maldives.

These power hungry corrupt fanatics with criminal minds would do anything to crush democracy and grab power to prevent exposure of reality - 30 years of corruption, misappropriation of state funds and high-treason.

Don’t forget - 30 years Gayyoom came to power unconstitutionally - possessing fir arms. His 30 long years of power was therefore unconstitutional. There is no escape for him, He has to face justice. No wonder he he would attempt to kill the president and cabinet of a government which fights corruption, serves the nation and trying to build democratic institutions.

He tried to use gangs (which his family controls)and other DRP supporters (which is on the decline, haha) to kill senior members of the government, now he is trying sorcery, and finally the old man come after the HEP with the old, illegal pistol he had acquired 30 years ago. I feel sorry for the old Golha!!!

6:50 AM

Anonymous said…

Maybe this is just a drama..!!

9:07 AM

Anonymous said…

Do you think you can fool the public with a low quality video clip. Well, the actors sucks and director you are really on Booze. Sappey, maybe for a moment you thought you are Spielberg huh… I heard a 100,000/- was spend for the charming actors…lol

9:46 AM

Anonymous said…

holy shit!!
i thought i was reading 
Bakhabaru news O_O

10:25 AM

Anonymous said…

Few days ago I read an article in “Haveeru” and This over size baby Ali Waheed says, That he wouldn’t or DRP would not come out on the streets like how MDP did to come to power.

Hey, you over grown baby, now I know what you mean, by not coming out on the streets to topple the govt. you would rather go into mosques without wiping your butt, ha. what a bloody child you are.

11:29 AM

Anonymous said…

Baby Ali Waheed, Novemberu 3, kaleyah salaan buni.

11:36 AM

Anonymous said…

Ali Waheedhu, Sarukaaru vah taa lan magu mah chah nunikun nan gya dhen Maumoon aa eh koh edhah arra dheku dhin hila veli eki than thaa thelaa ehkoh gen dhaman veenu, khaa sa koh ukulhu valhu ga.

Noonihyaa Baby Waheedhu, doctoru game kulhey nee Ghassanaa ekeega dho.

11:41 AM

R.T said…

I am not a person who supports gayyoom or any other party, but i think adhaalath is getting too personal towards gayoom, and this statement is ridiculous. I really am ashamed and sad about the position of so called “religious” party and its leaders. it is merely becoming a party seemed jealous towards a specific person, giving baseless statements. These people know religion then we do, but we are not stupid to tell what is right and what is wrong. Hussain Rasheed is using the party as his personal way of expressing his jealosy towards Qayyoom.

11:43 AM

Anonymous said…

Oh my goodness! 

I can’t believe DRP is so desperate. They are becomming a cheap bunch. With the kind of MPs they have (with the exception of a few who are really elite), this should be no surprise to anyone.

11:52 AM

Anonymous said…

Did they really think a “sihuru” can keep the whole cabinet under water for as long as they want? Till they all die of drowning? You can’t be serious!

11:54 AM

Anonymous said…

Its about time we dissolve executive and Judicial power and let Majlis run this country.

1:27 PM

Anonymous said…

Sappe,

Nobody has to use “socery” to destroy this cabinet. Its already destroyed by itself. If a general election is held today, sun would start rising from west if MDP led coalition would win even 20% of vote. enjoy the 5 years as an envoy my friend hehehhe….

1:35 PM

Anonymous said…

Baby Ali Waheedhu, Nov 3 ga sarukaaru boa vathah vah taa lumah fahu Moonbe’, dhivehi raajje ah vadai ganna vaanee Malaysia ga veri kamuge huvaa kuru mah fahu.

DRP ge Baby Waheedhu ge varah bodu edhumeh e ee, huri ha heyo edhey meehun nuthaa hiraa bodu faalan dhoshah maruhabaa kiyan vadai gathun.

E ah fahu huri haa bey fulhun, M.Theemuge yah goes, Baby Waheedu, aa raeese ge ukulu valhu ga fudi bih looring theras dhemun onnaa ne.

1:42 PM

Anonymous said…

Heheh! I think DJ Majeed of Adhaalath, should move to Afganistan and run for President!

What do you say?

4:53 PM

Anonymous said…

Adhaalath kids. TVM kids. DhiTV Uhchu kid and now Kiddy MP Ali Waheedh

5:30 PM

Anonymous said…

ބޭބީ އަލީވަހީދު: ނޮވެމްބަރު 3 ގައި ސަރުކާރު ވައްޓާލުމުގެ ބޭނުމަކީ ކޮބާތޯ؟
މައުމޫނު: މަގޭ މުޅި ޒިންދަގީ ދިޔައީ ނޮވެމްބަރު 3ނަކާހުރެ.
ބޭބީ އަލީ ވަހީދު: އެއީ؟
މައުމޫމު: ނޮވެމްބަރު 3 ގަ ބަޔަކު ކަމެއް ރާވާކަން މާކުރިންވެސް އެގުނު. އެކަމަކު އެދުވަސްކޮޅު މަގޭ ނަމްބަރު ދިވެހިން ކުރީމަތީ ތަންކޮޅެއް ދަށުގަ އޮތީމަ ހިތައް އެރީ އެމީހުން އަންނަން ދެން މަޑުކޮށްލާނިއްޔޭ. އަދި ކަމާ ނުބެހޭ މީހުންވެސް ބަންދު ކޮށްލާ ހަދާލީމަޔޭ މަޖާވާނީ. އެހެން ވެގެން އަހަރެން ޖަހާހާ ބެރަކަށް ނުނަށާ މީހުން ހައްޔަރު ކުރީ.
ބޭބީ އަލީ ވަހީދު: އެކަމާ މިހާރު ދެރަވަނީ ކީއްވެ. 
މައުމޫނު: އޭގެ ތެރެއިން ބައެއް މިހުން ހައްޔަރު ނުކުރިނަމަ މަށައް މި ތުރާލެއް ނުޖެހުނީސް ހެން ހީވާތީ.
އިއްލަބެ: އޭރުވެސް އަޅުގަނޑު ދެންނެވީމެއްނޫންތޯ ހަމަ ހިތައް އަރާހާ މީހަކު ބަންދު ނުކުރާށޭ. އެމީހުން ފަހަތުގަވެސް ތިބޭނޭ ހެޔޮ އެދޭ މީހުން.

5:43 PM

Anonymous said…

ކެބިނެޓް މެންބަރުން މެރިޔަސް، ނަޝީދު ކަތިލިޔަސް، ނޮވެމްބަރު 3 ގައި ހުޅުޖެހިޔަސް ތިޔޮތީ މައުމޫނު އަބުދުލް ޤައްޔޫމް ވޯޓުލައިގެން ބަލިކޮށް ވެރިކަމުން ބާލާފަ. އެކަން ނުވާކަމަކަށް ނުވާނެ.

5:46 PM

Anonymous said…

BLACK MAGIC in MALDIVES POLITICS.

This is very special ingredient in Maldives politics this has been proven in history.

The modern days of PROVEN POLITICAL BLACK MAGIC was successfully applied in KAAMINEE & ENDHERI regime in Maldives.

My self I have victimized same in Dhoonidhoo as political prisoner during 19-NINTEENS.

H.E.P Mohamed Nasheed has been experience same in DHOONIDHOO & GAAMAADHOO specially in transit jail nick name by ALI HOKKO Restaurant.

My some family OLD GUARDS are very close to top RING LEADERS as BLACK MAGIC professionals in Maldives few has expired now.

Lets not BLAME DRP for this.There is many members who’s faith was not synchronized with SIHURU or HAAHOOR or BLACK MAGICS same applies to MDP.

Lets have a look at few of KAAMINEE & ENDHERI SIHURU activities.

1-Endherimaage main gate has COPPERS PIPES with THAVEEDHS.

2-ALIVAAGE SOIL BED has cover few HOT SPOTS with SIHURU.

3-HUKURU MISKITH PARK with Inaa Fathah Naa an Surah with cement calligraphy unfortunately Nasir the place turn as NASIR CEMETRY. 

Actually this was made for directly something targeted to ILIYAS IBRAHIM from Qayyooms SIHURU LEAGUE.He made OPEN HEART SURGERY & narrowly escaped since retire from self nominal presidency after Qayyoom.

3-HULHULE has 3 HOT SPOTS namely one in VIP FAALAN.

4-Male’near BODUFAALAN COVER UP & DIG for SIHURU HOT SPOT.

5-SAGAREY PARK Center the place whre ANNI seated has underground SIHUR HOT SPOT.

5-In front of Sultan Park BURU was DIG & SIHURU Planted under ground.

6-Henveyru SUNAAMEE BINAA, THINBAARU GAA & SURFERS Monitoring HUT has been used as key RED HOT SPOTS for SIHURU.

7-The ring in Qayyooms KASHI INGILI was engraved underside with arabic latters. To hold presidency for ever. Unfortunately on Singapore Family Doctors advice due to skin related matter ring took fro few days or 1 week. Every single things which related to PRESIDENCY & SIHURU has been completely changed after few months ANNI has WON THE ELECTION.

Due to this mentioned bad experience now by HOOK or CROOK he will leave the country depend on local Political Upraise.

This underwater cabinet relate SIHURU most likely may be directly belongs t0 QAYYOOM not DRP not ILIYAS IBRAHIM.

Pls. dont try this at HOME.

This is today’s reality of Maldives politics no matter how old & back world this concept is.

In POLITICAL TERMS H.E.P Mohamed Nasheed has mention this in publicly “GAAHIRAAGE HIRAFUS” this means Qayooms APPLIED SIHUR what he has experienced in his life time. 

Research By, Aruvaali Aadhanu.

5:53 PM

Anonymous said…

anonymous 4:53 PM, he would lose even then.

6:42 PM

Anonymous said…

im not suprised with this news as gayoom is the father of black magic and ilyas is grandfather of black magic

8:52 PM

Anonymous said…

This goes on to shows that Adhaaltha party leaders are weak in their faith and their bleif in the almighty Allah. contrary to what we have heard that Adhaalath party leaders Majeed, Mr Rasheed and such like been Islamic scholars, I think this shamful statement of Adhaalath party brings the genunity of these so called Isamic schoolars Emaan and education into question. This has taken Adhaalath party’s acceptence in teh society all time low. And no doubt if Adhaalath party rests its belief on black magic rather than their faith to Allah, Allah in no time will destroy the party. Majeed, Rasheed and shaheem has to learn to be proper muslims and have eemaan before writing these kind of nonsense in the public forums.

9:18 PM

Anonymous said…

have any one seen the press release of adhaalath party i wanna read it to belive it ….. if they did its very childish ……

11:16 PM

Anonymous said…

hehe.. sihuru moodhu adeega nujeheneebaaa… kekek.. keekey dhen bunaaaneee… thi gondi gandu hinfaegen kaleymen kavvalha ves dhaanee dho.. dhoo nukollaaaathi..

1:09 AM

Anonymous said…

To the comment at 4.53pm…

I say DJ stand no chance there for Karzai would be more popular. lol

1:25 AM

Anonymous said…

Adhalat bigwigs look like jokers and monkeys now.
Every one knows now that they are the worst lame ducks people in this country will ever see in a life time.
Some interesting observations.
* Why cant the Adhalat do some thing about mini skirts on the road in this 100% muslim nation.
* Inspite of all what they said we still have DJ parties and the best Majeed could do was to get the nick name as DJ Majeed.
* Why they are mostly silent when the head of state utters confusing and at times unislamic statements.
* Isnt it a good idea for them to stop child hood marriages and sexual slavery in the name of religion?
* Are they just innocent bystanders when we see a huge groups of Maldivian youngsters going to Pakistan, Afghanistan in the name of Jihad and bringing nothing except disrepute to the nation and misery to the family members left behind.This is not their jihad in any case.
* Do they have any thing in their power to stop loose religious cannons like Sheikh ( aka Seyku) Fareed from staging hilarious dramas in the artificial beach ( eg: Arguments between the creator and his slaves, with sounds etc..) in the name of religion.
* Dont they know that at this rate the destruction of this country will come from within its own by elements sympathetic to fascist Taliban and their associates.
* When will they stop uttering foolish statements on black magic etcc and try to divert the attention of the public from real issues?
* Why do they keep quiet when hard core fanatics in this country issue religious fatwas to the effect that all the mosques should not be used for prayers since it might have been built on unholy tourism related money.
* Dont they have a role to prevent young kids becomming total illiterates because their mis informed parents refuse to send them to school.
It is unlikely that the Adhalat chaps will even think of any of these real issues.
At the moment they seem to be more focussed on flimsy issues like black magic and heresay just to divert peoples attention from real issues and real failures.
This will be the sorry state of affairs for an uncertain time to come and at least as long as these materialistic and double dealing mullahs have the chance to occupy a position of power and have the freedom to mix religion and politics for their own advantage.

1:26 AM

Anonymous said…

Ali Waheed should look at himself in the mirror.all I say is go fuck yourself. tks

1:33 AM

Anonymous said…

why that man is prostrating in the ‘right’ direction at the end of clip?

7:20 AM

loveforall said…

Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and his brother Yamin Abdul Gayoom are doing sorcery from the very begining . Under the 2020 Logo kept opposite the Sultan Park they have buried a stainless steel tube with SIHURU>.It was prepared and welded at Haajaraa Ibrahim Didi Workshop. It was taken there by the National Security Staff.
Plse try and dig the Place and remove this bloody sihuru.

10:12 AM

Anonymous said…

Kind of crap which i used to see from bahabaru. Well only DO can publish such bullshit. M nt a fan of DRP no a bid fan of MDP. BUt this vidoe is all crap. People do sit in the mosque facing other sides. I even do tht while reading somethin or sometimes studyin for my exams after prayers. And if you pause at 31 secnds you can see the person prayin facing qibla and so are the others too. Its funny since the change of leadership til today you are all taking about maumoon and drp, try doing somethin for the country and talk about. 30 years is over now. wht has changed? Nothin at all, it got only worse.

10:55 AM

Anonymous said…

Haha haha, Baby Waheedey, lol, yeah that guy truly is an over grown oblix.

11:08 AM

Anonymous said…

Ilyas, Nasrina and Abass’s Father actually performed Fanditha - some kind of smoke signals, to push the British out of Maldives - that is what it says in Maumoon’ biography. So, I believe, it is highly possible. I often hear people say, I will pray for you to die and their prayers has power, so Fanditha is like a kind of a very very powerful prayer.

3:56 PM

Anonymous said…

Sappe You are The Best . Thikahala muhinmu habaru kolhe dhevey thy sukuriya

4:00 PM

Anonymous said…

believe it or not maumoon is a master of sorcery in his 30 years of dictatorship he used astrology, sorcery and money to win his elections. he himself proved it by convicting his bro in law. he came to power by performing a special prayer by 40 men who died later one by one. and every monument build under is regime is standing under some kinda of sorcery the dates of the foundation of these monuments is laid on dates which he checks from astrology. but he does not believe that there is supreme power above us. who wen decides to change things it will not even take micro seconds. His words are true if people tried to change their situation and worked for it he would change it.
we tried to change the dictatorship to a democracy and we are blessed with a democracy. Maumoon does not believe that it is in Allah hands to to chose a ruler.

4:29 AM

Anonymous said…

underwater cabinet meetinga thibi enmen maran golhaa sihuru hadhaafa fonuvi jinni eburi ais 15 dhuvas therey DRP office bandhu kuran angaifi….
=udhuhey zaeem=

12:35 PM

Anonymous said…

Rather pointing at each other, 
why don’t you find a solution 
why don’t you talk 
Why not walk together
why not shake hands 
Why not smile at each other 
Why you think it’s not discrimination when you say DRP or MDP 
Rather we dividing into small parts why not we put our acts as one and be powerful…Peace

1:56 PM

Anonymous said…

do you know kudahuthu mohamed didi Anni s grandfather his bread and butter was making sihuru How he once cheated one giravavu man by making a thaveed from a kaadu koopan foi ,bacause he totally forgot his promise to give him a thveed Ask this from Ziyads aunty whosfather whos is too grandfather of Zizatey and his aunty only told me about it .Both anni and Ziyaatey has the sihuru foithah from the grandfathers So dont blame anyone else Anni your sihuru has no effect

7:19 PM

mohamed said…

yeah,maumoon abdul qayyoom will do “anything” to come to power.the guy shud think about the days left behind in his life n do some good deeds. May God bless us n keep us free from the devilish forces of maumoon.wake up.

12:21 AM

Anonymous said…

What a stupid article. who believes this. is this a kid’s joke heheh. Shame on adhaalath party.

12:43 AM

Anonymous said…

funny how this sihuru business is believed, practiced and feared in our modern society. ha ha

4:27 PM

Makunudhoo Jinns: The story

Yesterday, I called up a friend in Makunudhoo who is pretty familiar with the mass hysteria (or jinn possession, depending who you ask) that has gripped the students of the island’s school for the past month to have a little chat about the events taking place there. Some of the events, including the digging of the school grounds, are missing from here because we had talked about it an earlier conversation which I sadly didn’t record. I am posting a transcript of the later conversation here (with permission). It is a translation from Dhivehi ofcourse but I’ve avoided doing the sort of fancy rephrasing and rearranging that is advocated in Dhivehi translation classes in the hopes of preserving the original as much as possible. The bits inside brackets were added by me to help make subjects and contexts clearer.

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Me: Hey, this is Jaa. You busy?
ZZ: No. No. Excellent time.
Me: I just wanted to get some more details on what’s happening in the island. I am hoping to write it up on my blog.
ZZ: Great. Go ahead.
Me: Can you tell me how this happened. Did it happen to many at once or was it just one kid?
ZZ: It was one kid at first. It was about a year ago.
Me: Is it! How does that relate to this event?
ZZ: It happens to this kid every now and then. But it got so serious only this month.
Me: So the kid has fits? Regularly?
ZZ: Yes. There are about 3 or 4 kids in the school that gets fits.
Me: So what happened this time?
ZZ: What happened this time was that one of the kids got possessed, by Jinn. Following that, a boy in Grade 10 said it was happening because of a tree in the school. He said he was going to hit the tree with a ball and went ahead to kick a ball into the tree. When he did that the ball is said to have hit the hand/fingers of a Jinn child and broke it. The boy fell unconscious immediately following that.
Me: I see.
ZZ: The boy’s hands were contorted as well.
Me: Uhuh. So that was the first two kids?
ZZ: Those two escalated the situation. There are a total of about 6… err 10, 12 kids now. 10-12 have been admitted sick now.
Me: I see. The kid that this first happened to… you say it’s regular… Had a doctor been consulted earlier?
ZZ: They went to a doctor even the first time. They didn’t call it a Jinn event then, it was diagnosed as fits then. It is only now this became a Jinn possession. So many kids had fallen sick at the same time so it wasn’t believed to be fits.
Me: Newspapers made it seem that this happened to a lot of kids, at the same time. Did it happen that way or was it gradual… one by one… a few at a time?
ZZ: No no. This school is 40 years old. And in this 40 years, about every year or every six months a kid would fall sick. That is fall during assembly. Whether that’s because of fainting or something else, it’s not known. But since talking to the Jinn (by the fanditha/blackmagic practitioners), it has appeared that the school is also attended by 1000 Jinn children. And that the Jinn parents number to 300,000…
Me: Uhuh
ZZ: And that their kids are not as good at studies as us Dhivehi, us humans. They are taking revenge because they haven’t been improving and also because when our kids play ball during assembly, err PE, the ball hits their kids.
Me: How did this spread to other kids?
ZZ: Apparently the Jinns have made a list… those Jinns. So all kids on the list are to get sick and it’s been happening that way.
Me: So the first day this happened, a lot of kids fell sick and the second day more kids fell? Is that how it happened?
ZZ: Yes that is how it happened this week… this month.
Me: I see.
ZZ: Yea.
Me: Has any of the kids gotten better?
ZZ: No. None of the kids have gotten better.
Me: But the fanditha is still going on?
ZZ: The fanditha is proceeding very strong. They have now put 150 Jinns into a can and sunk them into the sea… the fanditha men have said.
Me: I see.
ZZ: A psychologist came to the island last night. The psychologist assessed the kids and said it wasn’t related to Jinns. But the parents didn’t believe that. They say it was caused by Jinns and no treatment by the psychologist will treat that.
Me: I see.
ZZ: So the psychologist had to leave (the island) immediately.
Me: Hehe. I see. Umm. Is there any news if any sort of change, like that of odour, was noticed in the area?
ZZ: This is happening not because of a change in odour. There are no smells. There were a number of trees. Even the affected sick children are saying that something lives in those trees and they see it as their land. So when the tree was cut, those Jinns got furious and many more children fell sick.
Me: But wasn’t the tree felled recently?
ZZ: Yes. Things got this bad when the tree was felled.
Me: I see. But why did the tree have to be felled? Didn’t one of the kids say things would get better once the tree is felled?
ZZ: No no. Not that because it would release the kids. It was done with the intent of sending the Jinn off. It was assumed that they wouldn’t stay there once their home was destroyed and so when the parents requested for the tree to be felled it was done so.
Me: Uhuh.
ZZ: Now the Jinns have moved to the largest “nika” tree in the island.
Me: So how far has the fanditha proceeded? How long is it to take?
ZZ: It is going on full speed. They had a 40 man chanting last night and they are going to do chants tonight too. He (the fanditha practitioner) says he doesn’t want to “cure” the kids just yet because he still needs to question the Jinn over certain things. He assures though that he is going to leave only once he “cures” the kids.
Me: Did he say how long he is going to take?
ZZ: He hasn’t given a date yet.
Me: So hopefully the Jinns would go away soon? To a nearby island.
ZZ: (Laugh) People have asked for the Jinns to be sent off to another island.
Me: How about the two near uninhabited islands?
ZZ: Not those two islands. People have requested the Jinns to be expelled from the island, to make it so that they are unable to enter the school. People would like a (magic) barrier to be placed around the island to prevent the Jinns from coming in. The fanditha men has now created the wall around around and they have expelled around 300,000 Jinns from out the wall. They say that only a few infidel crippled Jinn remain now.
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Me: Thanks!
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I made a short post earlier about this incident in Makunudhoo and linked to a few interesting research papers related to mass hysteria in hopes of putting things into a more scientific perspective. MaldivesHealth has since posted on the amusing case of the genitalia vanishing epidemic in Nigeria and more. It maybe true that it really are the Jinns that are at the root of the problem Makunudhoo is facing, yet centuries of (global) experience and amassed knowledge tells us that it is far far far more likely to be a … This entry was posted by Jaa on Friday, May 16. 2008 at 03:39

http://www.jawish.org/blog/archives/298-Makunudhoo-Jinns-The-story.html

Mass Hysteria and Island communities

Posted by: maldiveshealth on: May 16, 2008

·         In: Women and child health| death| disability| interests| mental health| religion|special needs

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Well. Consider this as a little update. I said something about this mass hysteria thing before. I tried some how to make the Makunudhoo island crisis and the Nigerian Genitalia Vanishing Epidemic look similar. In Congo this year (2008) sorcerers were arrested for stealing penises (again? u must be joking?). In Maldives this year (2008) sorcerers were arrested for allegedly doing some sort of white magic ( Jon Stewart here / don’t miss this). My o my.

If you are one of those who is scared to go to the toilet alone at night, then Do NOT watch this. I warned you.Constant reinforcements of these scary images can make your heart beat faster. Don’t look behind you. A jini is watching over your shoulders right now. LOL

Infact, mass hysteria is a scary thought and interesting social phenomenon. It can run in schools and other organizations. Most notably, research indicates a considerable number of these cases arising in situations and places where there is a strong belief in supernatural and such. I was reading through stuff related to this and came across a very interesting story from India, where mass hysteria ran in a family for 2 decades affecting 10 members of 2 generations. Sounds interesting , isn’t it? I had to post about this case. It is such a cool case. It seems only 4 reports of family mass hysteria is known to be recorded so far. The case is taken from

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences (2002), 56, 643–646
Short Communication
Mass family hysteria:A report from India

SURENDRA K. MATTOO, md, NITIN GUPTA, md, APRAJITA LOBANA, md AND
BALRAJ BEDI, ma
Department of Psychiatry,Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

In 1997 the index family brought its member RL, a 24-year-old male married laborer with 8 years of schooling, for treatment of affective disorder . This Hindu extended family from a north-Indian village consisted of 31 members including RL’s parents and three siblings, grandfather, and four uncles and aunts and their 16 children. The highest educational level was school completion in children and 5 years of schooling in parents.While three uncles were full-time farmers, RL’s father and one uncle were unskilled workers with the government. The government-serving uncle and his family stayed at a town 50 km away and visited the village almost every month and for vacations, farm work, and family and social events. The remainder of the extended family stayed in the village. RL’s parents and uncles pooled and shared equally the financial resources and expenses, while the kitchens were separate. There had been no legal, financial or social problems within or outside the family. The family was the best educated and the most well off in an all-Hindu village. The villagers had a strong belief in the goddess (multi-incarnation, worshipped by Hindus across India), but additionally worshipped two local village deities (Guga Peer and Kheda) whose temples were adjoining the houses of the index family. The family had a strong religious orientation.

While daily evening prayers would be joined by most of the family members, all members would join special religious celebrations (two to four per year), when there would be feasting during the day and musical prayers late into the night. In some daily prayers and in all special prayers, two to four men of the village would have possession attacks characterized by rotatory movements of the head and body in a squatting position, initially loud invocation of the deity, later utterances as if they had been possessed by the goddess, and responses to peoples’ queries about problems such as illness, theft, loss, business etc. by explaining the problems and suggesting solutions in terms of prayers and rituals. The possession would spontaneously end in 10–30 min, with a patchy memory of the happenings afterwards. The villagers believed such episodes to be god’s recognition of the person’s religious devotion. The villagers also had a strong belief that faith-healers of the area could cause misfortune (accidents, financial loss, illness, death etc.) or relief from such misfortune, by prayers and rituals. In 1975 the eldest aunt of RL had sudden unconsciousness for which doctors could find no cause or cure. On the third day she responded to the treatment of a faith-healer from a neighboring village. The faithhealer continued to visit them for the treatment and became a family friend. Some months later he offered his daughter in marriage to the youngest uncle of RL.

After accepting the offer the family came to believe that he was a dishonest faith-healer (casting spells on people to extract money for treating them, he was suspected to be the cause of the aunt’s illness that he had treated). Also, as a relative his social behavior was found to be unacceptable. In 1980 RL’s family reneged on the marriage proposal despite apprehensions about some reprisal. Later, they heard that the faith-healer had talked of his revenge by causing pain and suffering to their womenfolk. With in a few weeks RL’s mother, followed by his second aunt, developed vague ill health: aches and pains, easy fatigueability, indigestion, insomnia, menstrual disturbances, occupational dysfunction etc. There was no evidence of depression in terms of sadness, undue worrying, guilt, suicidal ideation, loss of appetite/interest/libido etc. Many doctors who were consulted over the years could neither find a medical cause nor provide any relief. Convinced of the faithhealer’s mischief, in 1982 the family went ahead with the marriage of RL’s youngest uncle. The would-be bride and her family were aware of the faith-healer’s wrath. Within a few hours of joining the family, the bride suddenly developed severe pain in the right side of the abdomen. Yelling in pain, she rolled on the ground for approximately 10 min before becoming semiconscious for approximately 30 min. Recovery was spontaneous, with residual generalized aches for a few hours and a patchy memory of the episode. Such ‘dissociative’ episodes recurred every few weeks or months, with repeated medical examinations revealing no abnormality. Six months later, in 1983, RL’s first sister developed persistent vomiting for which doctors could give neither a medical cause nor a cure. The family was convinced of the faith-healer’s mischief because the vomiting was associated only with food cooked at their own home and eaten at their own home or farms (there was no vomiting vomiting with-home-cooked food eaten at other people’s houses or farms), and there was no weight loss over time.

In view of the financial and psychosocial distress to the family (repeated medical and faith-healing treatment cost heavily and brought no relief), through emissaries and personal visits, the family pleaded with the suspect faith-healer who denied any wrongdoing. Although only 11 at that time, being the eldest son RL felt distressed because he could do nothing to help the family. In this background, in 1985, during one of the aunt’s ‘dissociative’ episodes, RL grew angry and loudly abused the goddess for not ending their family’s misery. The elders reprimanded him for this. Next afternoon he had his first ‘possession attack’. While fully awake he ‘saw’ a lady in a red dress at some distance, felt thrown off his cot by a slap on his face, and started rotating his head and body repeatedly. The family members gathered around him, and, assuming that the goddess had possessed him, addressed her for reasons and relief. RL replied back in a changed authoritative voice confirming the possession to be due to his insulting behavior the previous day, asking for certain rituals and prayers, and assuring relief to the entire family. After the required rituals and prayers were carried out, RL’s aunt’s ‘dissociative’ episodes and his sister’s vomiting stopped completely while the mother and second aunt’s ill health decreased considerably. RL continued to have four to eight such episodes a year during the late night temple prayers (with patchy memory of the same) and became a ‘hero’ for the family and the village. The action pattern exhibited by RL during the possession attacks was similar to that exhibited by other villagers and was accepted as typical of possession by the goddess.

A year later, RL’s fourth aunt followed by the first sister had recurrence of‘fresh ‘dissociative’ episodes once in a few weeks to months. Also, RL’s mother’s and second aunt’s ill health continued with a low severity. From 1991 onwards the elder daughter of the second uncle (living in town) also started having similar ‘dissociative’ episodes, both at the village and in the town. In 1995 RL developed a manic episode (irritability, physical and religious over-activity, overspending, pressure of speech, ideas ofgrandiose ability and identity) associated with two to four ‘possession attacks’ a day. He got married during this episode. This ‘mild’ episode, passed off by the family as his youthful response to marriage, resolved spontaneously without any treatment. During the family gathering for RL’s marriage,led by the fourth aunt one after another, at intervals of a few minutes, RL’s two sisters, elder daughter of first uncle, two daughters of second uncle, third aunt and her elder daughter, fourth aunt’s elder daughter and a sister of the third aunt (visiting them for the marriage), all had a ‘dissociative’ attack similar to the one described earlier. During the marriage, one after another, two to six of these women had many ‘mass’ episodes. After the marriage these women continued to have ‘dissociative’ attacks sporadically. Faithhealing treatment for these during and after the marriage brought no major relief .

A few weeks after his marriage RL started remaining aloof and quiet, showed decreased interested in self-care, socialization, religiosity and sex, lacked initiative, complained of weakness, spent long hours in bed, missed work and lost wages, with ‘possession attacks’ continuing to occur once or twice a year. In August 1997 he had a second episode of mania withdelusions of grandiosity, and auditory and visual hallucinations that necessitated hospitalization.

Physical examination including electroencephalogram (EEG) revealed no abnormality. No hypothalamic or hysterical/dependent traits were evident. On this basis an International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 diagnosis of bipolar affective disorder (current episode mania with psychotic symptoms) and trance and possession disorder was made. Additionally, in 1996 RL’s younger sister developed an episode of mania, similar to that of RL except for possession attacks. Because the family attributed her illness to the suspect faith-healer, she received treatment only from faith-healers. Our management focused on treating RL’s mania and exploring with and educating the family about the illnesses of RL and other family members. RL was treated with haloperidol, lorazepam and trihexiphenidyl, nine sessions of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and lithium prophylaxis. Over the next 4 years good compliance and euthymicstatus were maintained, except for a depressive episode for 2 months in 1999. All available family members were interviewed to explore and understand their beliefs regarding various events in self, family and the village.

Possible relationships among internal (physiological and psychological) and external (physical and social) events were discussed. Freedom to choose and exercise their belief system was accepted. While in hospital they were allowed to continue faith-healing treatment alongside the ‘medical’ treatment. The family came to accept RL’s and his sisters’s bipolar episodes as illnesses needing medical treatment; they continued RL’s treatment and also brought his sister for lithium prophylaxis. But RL’s possession attacks, RL’s mother’s and aunt’s illnesses, understood by us as somatoform disorder, and dissociative attacks in all other women, continued to be considered by the family as caused by the faith-healer. They never brought them for treatment despite assuring us that they would do so if faith-healing treatment failed. At last contact in August 2001 some of these women were continuing with milder forms of their illnesses while RL, euthymic on lithium, continued to have occasional prayer-related possession attacks.

After reading about this case, as usual, i was wondering about the Makunudhoo crisis and what they have gone through and the long lasting negative effects it will have on the island community.

2 | maldiveshealth
May 16, 2008 at 6:53 am

Jaa. I cant seem to comment on your blog. some problem i guess. Thanks for the info. U need some more practice with interviewing skills though. 

I traveled to Makunudhoo about 10 years ago. Even then they were obsessed with the kind of trees (from the pic that appeared in haveeru news paper) they had cut down. Even then they talked about the flowers and jinns. I can recall very clearly. Makunudhoo is a very isolated island and strong believers of supernatural beings inhabit the island.

This must have been going on for decades. What we are seeing now must be full blown hysteria.

It is a “blessing” that Makunudhoo is isolated. Otherwise we might be seeing this “infestation” spreading like hay fever. As we all know Kuffar Jinns are merciless.  Lets just hope that soon the poor islanders get some comfort from the mumin Jinns. 

http://maldiveshealth.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/mass-hysteria-and-island-communities/

BABURU KUJJAA -shamau

BABURU KUJJAA

It was years back. After my secondary studies I was taken to serve the Military. Prior to any active duty, every individual soldier was given a special military training. along with hundreds of fresh recruits, I was taken to an uninhabited island where they have built a military training centre. More than a month passed and I was so desperate but full of hope in returning home as a well trained soldier. We were given training step by step. And day by day it was getting tough for us to hang to it. It was then, me and my platoon mates were sent to night duties to various key points of the base. Duties were split in pairs of two, which is also known as buddy system. Luckily my buddy was also my classmate when I was in school. So we were quite a good pair. It was our platoon’s duty night. Each platoon has three sections. And each section will take over the duty for two hours. That’s not much of a time for a soldier. And we never deviated to it. Always the off-duty recruits should woke up by the on duty mates. So they came and woke us up. It was 02:45am I got fresh and went to the mess room along with my buddies. Had a coffee and by 03:00am we were there on our duty point. This time it was the armory (where all the weapons are stored). My buddy and I was really close since our childhood. So we share a lot common stories. We were discussing so many things regardless to any horror incidents. And also we had some cracker biscuits on our webbin porch (pocket).So enjoyed eating and chatting face to face.
Suddenly we both turned our heads as we saw a swift movement near the bush. But didn’t take that seriously. My buddy said it was supposed to be an instructor trying to bear out our duty. So we got back to our chat again. Again the same swift movement happened in front of our eyes. But this time, with a reverberation and a more clear view. The figure ran in to the Magoo bushes (a mangrove plant which grows near the beach). This time my buddy said it’s an enemy (instructors played enemy during trainings).Lets do it. We need to defend our duty posts. And we both walked near the bush. And with the muzzle (tip) of our AK-47 rifles we strolled into the bush. I was looking back at that time in order to keep a clear view of the entrance of our duty post. But there was no one. So we had back again and went on with our chat. Some few minutes passed we were crunching our cracker biscuits and drank water, which made our bodies refreshed.
In every few minutes either one of us was supposed to walk near the post. So my buddy went on. I lost him from my sight as he walked behind an upright “thaangee” (a cylindrical water tank). And I was waiting for him to return as I was afraid when I was alone. Suddenly he shouted out my name loud. And keeping my fears aside I reluctantly ran towards him. but “Oh! My god!” I thought it was just a joke. He laughed as I sighed to his face. But though he laughed his face showed me some kind of a different emotion which I cannot even explain. I didn’t have the courage to ask him what it was. Before I asked him anything he said it was nothing “lets look around”. So we walked in circles around the “thaangee”. My ears gave me signals of a silent but creepy sound. It was supernatural. So we reversed our walk. And with a few steps we were forced to stop and quietly observe the foot steps of this stranger. And from the sounds of silence we knew it was not far away from us. And with a glance we saw it ran again on to the bushes. Still we were not able to figure out the physical appearance of the stranger. We loped in to the bushes killing our fears. And we ghost walked (an army method of walking in the dark) within the bushes but with no luck had to come out. We were wretched of this stranger at this point.
Then happened the worst moments of our lives. Though, I was wearing a long sleeve army uniform. I had Goosebumps all over my skin. The stranger was just a few steps ahead of us. It was a he. And he had conquered our duty post. He looked exactly like a negroid (African tribe-black skin) six or seven year old boy. But his head was a bit out of proportion. It was larger than a normal boys head. His eyes were smoldering in a white light. And he was physically very thin but had a belly hung like a maternal mother of three months. This Black boy’s male hood was uncovered. And like us, he was motionless. Seemed that he was also afraid of intervening with us. Still he was starring at us. And I thought to myself that the scary boy might chase us. Holding grip on my rifle I ran towards light. And besides me came my buddy. We went to the mess room and stayed there till sunrise.
Now I believe that, super naturals do occur and ghosts do exist. This was my first ever ghost sighting. And later I found out that this strange boy seen only at night is a ghost species. Which is locally called the ” Baburu kujja” or “Kuda foolhu”, and this strange creature is said to be harmless unless molest towards him. His skin has a slickery grayish substance, which if contacted in human skin will be irritating and will end up to a never disappearing smear on skin. And this creature is said to be an ever lasting young boy till infinity. They say beware not to talk or touch the creature or do any harm to it for your own safety.

http://shamau.blogspot.com/2006/08/baburu-kujjaa.html