Sheikh Hussain al-Ma’touq sees the Palestinian issue and other issues solely in Islamic terms. Yet Muslim spokesmen in the West seem intent on downplaying the Islamic angle of these issues, and playing up the secular political angle. Have they had a talk with Sheikh Hussain al-Ma’touq? “Kuwaiti Politician Warns of Enemies’ Plots to Sow Discord […]
Kuwait: Woman nabbed for chewing gum on the first day of Ramadan
This story dates back to August 21, the first day of Ramadan in 2009, but even though we don’t generally post archived material this is worth posting for what it illustrates about attitudes toward Islamic observance and personal freedom in Kuwait. “Woman nabbed for chewing gum on the first day of Ramadan,” from Arab Times, […]
Kuwait MP slams govt for allowing new churches
Islamic tolerance alert from AFP, with thanks to Sr. Soph: KUWAIT CITY “” A Kuwaiti lawmaker yesterday slammed the government for providing Christians with two plots of land to build churches, saying this was against Islamic law. “The recent measure of allowing non-Muslims to build places of worship in Kuwait is illegal under Islamic law,” […]
Senior Kuwaiti Official: “Katrina is a Wind of Torment and Evil from Allah Sent to This American Empire”
Funny how no Muslim leaders identified the South Asia tsunami as punishment from Allah for violence committed in the name of Islam. For the jihadist, natural disasters suffered by Muslims are a sign that they should practice Islam more fervently; natural disasters suffered by non-Muslims are a sign of Allah’s wrath for their unbelief. But […]
Al-Arian Letter To Kuwaiti Offered As Proof Of Guilt
Today’s Al-Arian Florida jihad update comes to you from the Tampa Tribune (thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist): TAMPA – For the first time since Sami Al-Arian’s trial started two months ago, prosecutors presented direct evidence Monday that Al-Arian tried to raise money for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad after it was illegal to do so. Jurors […]
U.S. criticizes Gulf allies on trafficking
From Reuters via CNN with thanks to Two Stellas. WASHINGTON — The United States criticized four Gulf Arab allies as some of the world’s worst offenders in permitting human trafficking Friday in a rebuke Washington hopes will promote improved human rights in the Middle East. The State Department downgraded Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the […]
“According to Islamic Sharia, women do not have political rights”
“In Kuwait, too many women are scorned”: Souheila Al-Jaada writes in the Daily Star, with thanks to LA Hutton: Written on huge banners canvassing hundreds of town hall meetings organized by Islamists all across Kuwait is the following statement: “According to Islamic Sharia, women do not have political rights.” This is part of a concerted […]
Hasan Akbar stabs MP
Last Friday I wrote that “Hasan Akbar’s jihad has reached its conclusion.” That seems to have been premature: it has now come to light that he stabbed an MP last month, and I suspect he will go on looking for opportunities to kill. But Judge Stephen Henley is unmoved; it was, after all, just an […]
Akbar Convicted of Murder in Grenade Attack
Hasan Akbar’s jihad has reached its conclusion. From AP, with thanks to Rebecca Bynum: FORT BRAGG, N.C. — An Army sergeant was convicted Thursday by a military jury of premeditated murder and attempted murder in a grenade and rifle attack that killed two of his comrades and wounded 14 others in Kuwait during the opening […]
Sgt. Hasan Akbar’s defense attorney grasps at straws
“Defense: Kuwait Attack Not Premeditated,” from AP, with thanks to Teri: FORT BRAGG, N.C. – An Army sergeant charged with a grenade attack that killed two U.S. officers in Kuwait went on trial Monday, with his lawyer trying to stave off a possible death sentence by arguing that his client suffered from mental illness. But […]