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4 unusual facts about Adhaalath Party


Adhaalath Party

Note that both Sheikh Hussain Rasheed Ahmed and Dr Abdul Majeed Abdul Bari have since left Adhaalath Party due to disagreements with party policies.

Former Adhaalath Party leader, Sheikh Hussain Rasheed Ahmed, accused former President Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom of not being a Sunni Muslim; however, the courts controlled by the dictatorship of Maumoon dismissed these charges as baseless.

In January 2009, former Minister of Islamic Affairs, Dr Abdul Majeed Abdul Bari, for the first time, ordered restrictions on New Year DJs in the capital city of Male'.

The Adhaalath party members dominate a newly introduced Ministry of Islamic Affairs, headed by prominent party leader Sh.



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