Abdul Majeed Abdul Bari | |
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ޢަބްދުލްމަޖީދު ޢަބްދުލްބާރީ | |
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Minister of Islamic Affairs | |
In office 12 November 2008 –7 February 2012 | |
President | Mohamed Nasheed |
Succeeded by | Mohamed Shaheem |
Personal details | |
Born | 1963 |
Died | Colombo,Sri lanka | 22 May 2018
Political party | Adhaalath Party (2005–2013;2015–2018) |
Other political affiliations | Maldivian Democratic Party (2013–2015) |
Children | 5 |
Alma mater | Islamic University of Madinah |
Abdul Majeed Abdul Bari was a Maldivian politician and Islamic scholar who served as the first Minister of Islamic Affairs of the Maldives from 2008 to 2012. [1] Majeed died on 22 May 2018,in Colombo,Sri Lanka at the age of 55. [2] [3]
He was the first Maldivian to earn a Philosophy of Doctorate in Quran Tafseer. [2] He studied at the Islamic University of Madinah. [4]
Majeed served as the first president of the Centre for Quran Studies and the first chief of the state-run Fiqh Committee. [2] [5] He was also a senior lecturer at the Maldives National University,joining in 2012. [2] [6]
As a member of the Adhaalath Party (AP),Majeed served as the first Minister of Islamic Affairs during the presidency of Mohamed Nasheed. [1] He was reappointed as the Islamic Affairs Minister in July 2010 after the en masse resignation of Nasheed's cabinet. [7] In October 2011,Bari resigned as Minister of Islamic Affairs following his party's decision to break its coalition with the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) government. [8] He was later reappointed by Nasheed as the same post a week later. [9] [10] Although opposition MPs in the People's Majlis (parliament) were to vote against his reappointment,he was endorsed by the parliament in a narrow vote. [11] [12] [13]
In 2013,Bari left the AP and joined the MDP. [14] In 2015,he reversed his decision and rejoined the AP. [15]
In 2016,Majeed was briefly detained at Bandaranaike International Airport for carrying large sums of money. [16] [17]
On 19 May 2018,Bari's family revealed that Bari had suffered a stroke in Sri Lanka and was under a medically induced coma. [18] He was found on the bathroom floor of his hotel room and was rushed to the hospital. [4] He had suffered a brain hemorrhage. [18] He underwent three surgeries and was put on ventilator support after. [4] On 22 May,he died. [19]
Former presidents Mohamed Nasheed and Abdulla Yameen called Bari a notable reformist and offered condolences to his family. [2] [20]
He was buried at the Muslim cemetery in Colombo the next day. [21] A book of condolences was opened by the Maldives National University for Bari. [6] An absentee funeral prayer was held at the Islamic Centre the next day as well. [22]
In 2025,Sheikh Imran Abdulla raised allegations regarding the circumstances of Bari's death. [23] He accused a group of people of being involved in Bari's death. [23]
In 2019,President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih posthumously received the National Award of Honour for his contributions towards Islamic awareness and Islamic education in the Maldives. [24] [25]