The
citizenry in Addu Midu assembled to be lectured at
by a visiting high official of the Malé government:
1979
Mosque of the Judge (Fandiyaaru
Miskiy) Addu Midu: Situated within the perimeter
of the Koagannu Cemetery, this mosque was built by the
Chief Justice Mohamed Shamsuddine after being exiled
from Malé
to his native Midu with his three sons, in the reign
of Uteem Sultan Shuja'i Mohamed Imaduddine I, circa
1660. The chief justice's only crime was omitting a
single phrase in praising the Uteem sultan in his Friday
sermon. Chief Justice Mohamed Shamsuddine and his children
personally undertook the construction of this mosque.
Koagannu
Cemetery: Addu Midu
Sheikh
Abdul Rahman of Midu. According to HCP Bell Abdul Rahman
was a cleric at the Al-Azhar seminary in Cairo in Egypt
before returning to the Maldives. His brand of Islam
did not find favour with the Maldive establishment.
At that time the authorities practised and sanctioned
a brand of Islam that took in elements of the indigenous
traditions. It was hard to find fault with Abdul Rahman
who was "generally admitted to be without a superior
among Maldivians in Arabic scholarship". He was
convicted for a blasphemous act and sentenced to be
flogged and then exiled in 1922. Abdul Rahman was accused
of having tied a Koran to his bed-head with a length
of coconut-fibre rope. At his trial he claimed that
he did so to prevent the Koran from falling on the floor.
Tombstone
of Edhurugey Kaiydhaafan: Midu
Tomebstone
of Ganduvaru Hassan Didi: Midu
Tombstone
of Elhegedharige Fathumaafan
Woman's
tombstone inscribed in the Divess script: Koagannu Cemetery,
Midu
Man's
tombstone inscribed in the Divess script: Koagannu Cemetery,
Midu