Ali Rameez

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Ali Rameez is a famous singer from Maldives. He became on of the most loved singers among the Maldivian youth. During his journey in singing career, he performed on stages, produced albums and presented live music, especially in tourist resorts where he entertained holiday-makers. He formed band named "Freeze band". Ali Rameez's family is well known for their gifted voices. This is evidenced by almost every member of the family is a famous singer. His sister, Raafiyat Rameeza, his bother Ibrahim Rameez are among best singers in the Maldives.

Change of his life

From the beginning Ali Rameez is known as a well-deciplied personality. Unlike other singers, he did not imitate western culture. However, he dressed up in a modest, but a desent way and every one loved his appearance. He performed Hajj while he was a singer which is rare among Maldivian youth. Soon after his religius journey to Mecca, he became somewhat silent in the media.

The news that shocked almost all the Maldivian was that he wanted to quit his singing career. He confirmed this by an interview he gave to TVM. Acoording to him, while he was a singer hes been kind of worshiping his fans, which is in fact one of the biggest sins in Islam. So he decided not to worship human beings, but to return back to Almighty Allah. He changes his style to that of a religious person. He grew his beard and dressed up in recommned islamic clothing. This was surprising for most Maldivians. But, this is not a new things for a singer to become a religious figure later on his life. Yosuf Islam (formely Cat stevens) turned to Islam from Christinity in a similar fashion. All praise be to Allah who showed made Ali Rameez more loveable figure.