President Muizzu calls on Maldivians to uphold dignity and honour as national respect project launched

President Mohamed Muizzu has called on Maldivians to resolve to regain the happiness of the honourable, safe and secure past of their forebears and to become a people who respect one another's dignity and honour and protect their reputation. The President made the request while speaking at a ceremony held tonight at the Malé Athletic Track area to inaugurate a national project on respect. In his speech, he noted the importance of instilling in society the beautiful qualities of showing respect to one another, and he structured his remarks by throwing light on the Quran and Hadiths regarding the extent to which Islam emphasises staying away from acts of low moral standards and respecting one another. The President said that while Almighty Allah created mankind as the noblest of creatures, this must be manifested in mankind's actions, and that the happiness of a community and the prosperity of a nation are attained through such conduct. He said that in every civilised human community there are special qualities that demonstrate the identity of that people, and that among them the most prominent mark is the qualities of respect that exist in that people. He said the qualities of maintaining and valuing the security of people's honour and property, and of respecting human dignity, must be instilled in every direction of society, and every person's actions must be reformed accordingly. The President said evidence from the Quran and the Prophet's Hadiths establishes that Muslims are forbidden from violating one another's honour. While the country is a hundred percent Islamic nation, Maldivians must be a people who respect one another and who protect one another's blood, property and honour, he said. He added that it must always be remembered that the spirit of Islamism and Maldivianness is respect and valuing one another, and that attention must be given to not doing anything that would bring even the slightest diminution to one another's worth and dignity. People must stay away from things such as insulting people, calling them disliked names and belittling them, the President said, and one must resolve not to come anywhere near the bad habits of backbiting and slandering with lies. "If our standards and relationships are maintained in this manner, this hundred percent Islamic nation will become a civilised community, running with the noblest civilised qualities loved by Almighty Allah. If we purify our society of the bad qualities of slandering one another, lying and backbiting, then we will, insha Allah, become an unparalleled example of people who respect one another," the President said. The President also requested that people in society respect one another's status. He said this is a matter that fosters closeness and kinship, and calm, happiness and security in a community. As the national project on respect is inaugurated, everyone should also resolve to regain the happiness of the honourable, safe and secure past of forebears, the President said. For that, he requested that every person bring that reforming change to their own self, and reform their ways of living and relationships according to the standards of the Islamic religion. "From this moment, this is the intention we adopt with complete conviction and sincerity. To raise the Maldivian mind to a new civilised height upon Islamic standards. To build the Maldivian Muslim person as a community that upholds human dignity, preserves national heritage and takes pride in Maldivian identity and Maldivianness. Tonight we agree to this happy future. To this civilised community," the President said, concluding his speech.