He migrated to Malaysia with his family in the 1990s after political turmoil in the Maldives that temporarily drove out large private business owners from the country.

The family owns a well-known multinational firm named Nazaki Group of Companies, which pioneered international trade between Malaysia and the Maldives.

At the end of 2011, he left the Maldivian Democratic Party due to disagreements with what he saw as increased authoritarian policies by President Mohamed Nasheed and few of his close advisors.

On 7 February 2012, the Maldives President Nasheed stepped down on a live state-run media, after the police and military joined the protesters and demanded his resignation.

Muad is also an international coordinator for an NGO called Maldives Unity Association (MUA) which works to assist in the development of local communities.

Muad is the first politician and businessman from the Maldives to officially meet the representatives from the Muslim Brotherhood and former member of first-time democratically elected Parliament in Egypt.

His message of non-violent solutions to world conflicts under transparent democratic principles supported by international law, was well received by those figures.