And we said thereafter to
the children of Israel, dwell Ye in the promised land, and
when the time of the promise of the latter days comes, we
shall bring you out of various peoples.
Koran: Surah el-Isra:
Verse 104 prophesied modern Israel
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Dome of the Rock on Temple Mount in Jerusalem
Capital city of Israel
Arabs who have a territorial claim on Israel in a public demonstration.
They are waving and eating body parts of murdured Israelis |
The State of Israel was
the first country to send an ambassador to Malé after the
United Kingdom relinquished control over Maldive external relations.
The ambassador of the Jewish State presented his credentials at
the Eterekoilu to His Majesty King Mohamed Farid in 1965.
This made the Maldives
the first Muslim country to recognise the State of Israel and establish
diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level.
The Chief Justice of the
time, Mohamed Jameel Didi, who was, ex officio, the chief
Islamic cleric, made a representation to the King advising His Majesty
not to receive the Israeli ambassador. The King did not receive
his advice. As Jameel Didi's constitutional role precluded him from
interfering with political decisions, he was persuaded to resign.
Subsequently the old office of chief cleric which combined judicial
and Islamic functions was disbanded and the judiciary modernised.
The Maldives withdrew
recognition from the Jewish State in the late 1970's under pressure
from a cell of pseudo-Islamic activists who were students at Egypt's
al-
Azhar medrasah (Islamic
seminary) in the 1950's and 1960's. By the late 1970's some members
of this cell had manoeuvred their way to positions of influence
with the backing of oil-rich Arab states. One of them was Jameel
Didi's son (click to see genealogical note).
A quarter of a century on, the cell still clings on to power. 
Battle lines were drawn in the Malé
tea shops during the 1967 war that saw Israel re-capturing its ancient
capital of Jerusalem along with the remainder of the Promised Land
that was still not under its rule. A speciality at a popular tea
shop was a Maldive cake called misuru boakibaa which literally meant
Egyptian cake. A rival tea shop introduced a cake called isuraailu
boakibaa- Israeli cake. The outcome of the war made the Israel cake
go up in popularity.
| Official
contact between
the State of Israel and
Arab and Muslim countries
The
following countries have diplomatic or other official
contact with the State of Israel |
| Arab |
Non-Arab |
| Egypt
Jordan
Oman
Qatar
Tunisia
Morocco
Mauritania |
Albania
Azerbaijan
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Comoros
Eritrea
Kazakhstan
Kyrghizstan
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Tajikistan
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan |
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| National Anthem |
|
National Anthem |
So long as
still within our breasts
The Jewish heart beats true,
So long as still towards the East,
To Zion, looks the Jew.
So long our hopes are not yet lost
Two thousand years we cherished them
To live in freedom in the land
Of Zion and Jerusalem.
To live in freedom in the land
Of Zion and Jerusalem. |
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Kol od balevav
penimah
nefesh Yehudi homiyah
Ulefa-atej mizrach kadimah
'ayin LeTsion, tsofiah.
Od lo awvdah tikwatenu
ha'tikvah bat sh'not alpayim
liheyot am chofsi beartsenu erets
Tsion birushalayim.
liheyot am chofsi beartsenu erets
Tsion birushalayim. |
| Mohamed
Jameel Didi was Majid's mother's maternal first cousin. Jameel
Didi's widow is Majid's maternal grandfather's first cousin.
Majid's maternal grandmother and Jameel Didi's father were
first cousins. Jameel Didi's son referred to in this page
is currently married to Majid's maternal second cousin. There
is no disrespect intended here to any of these people |
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