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ALWATAN DAILY
OPINION
Kuwait is a civil state! Dr. Khalid Sultan Al-Sultan
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ll persons should know that Kuwait is a civil state and the Kuwaiti people could never concede such a privilege because if we try to imitate the east or even the west then we will miss our right path that protected Kuwait and that set a great life for the Kuwaiti people. We could not have a respectable entity except by upholding the civil state. I have read the draft law that the MPs Mohammad Hayef and his bloc prepared in order to add an item to article 79 of the Kuwaiti constitution. The item says that no law can be issued except by receiving parliamentary approval, signing it by His Highness the Amir and the very law should comply with the Islamic Shariya as well. This legal item represents the cream of
sunDAY, march 11, 2012
All persons should know that Kuwait is a civil state and the Kuwaiti people could never concede such a privilege because if we try to imitate the east or even the west then we will miss our right path that protected Kuwait and that set a great life for the Kuwaiti people. urbanity or the civil state because amending the article or adding such an item harmonizes with what was announced by the late Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem wherein the late Amir had announced that Kuwait is part of the Arab and Muslim Nation, the Islamic Shariya is a main source for legislation and the main language of the country is the Arabic Language. However, Islamic Shariya determines
other items and articles like the fourth article which stipulates that His Highness the Crown Prince should be a Muslim person born to a Muslim father and mother. The ninth article indicates that the family life ought to be based on religion. The twelfth article was written for maintaining the Islamic and Arabic heritage and the eighteenth article stipulated that inheritance is a right for certain people and it should
The revival of the National Movement
BU QUTADA & BU NABIL
In the near past the difference in the local arena was between the national movement and the Islamic ones but at that time we did not witness any sectarian discussions. Rashed Al-Radaan
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evival of the National Movement is an important step wherein the members of the movement refused the decency law which was suggested by some MPs recently. They exerted difficult efforts through the varying media sources and Twitter to show why they reject the draft law and the opinions of the Islamist MPs. They did that in order to reach out a message to the Kuwaiti people that the movement still exists and the movement is not submissive to any other sides. They also want to show that they are still able to take effective decisions in the local arena. However, some members of the movement have quit the movement itself and its other branches such as the National Democratic Alliance or the Democratic Forum and they started supporting different issues like that of Bedoun. We thank them for such humane stances. Some of them withdrew from the movement to join new groupings as the opposition- the tribal opposition- according to the movement itself which was calling the opposition as a tribal opposition. After joining the new alliances the members of the movement could reach the green parliamentary seats and therefore they made sure that their step for joining the opposition was a step in the right direction. If the very members insisted to support the movement then they will fail like the former MPs Aseel and Saleh. Anyway, the existence of the movement in the local arena is still important because it creates a different kind of opposition.
be regulated by Islamic Shariya. There are many other articles which derive from the laws of Islam, Islamic religion, and values and traditions of the country. These articles disclose that the finest civil source for the country is that which harmonizes with Islamic Shariya and we are happy for the important civilian steps that the members of the Majority Bloc endorsed as Islamization of laws is a popular request.
The clear evidence for that are the results of the recent parliamentary election which couldn’t be expected by any people. Such a meaningful result is a divine grant to us by God in order to protect Kuwait. Kuwait is a civil state; this phrase is usually uttered by liberal personalities in which they mean that the state is away from religion and Islam. Yes, it is a civil state but not according to that concept because Islam is the best source for a civil state which liberal and secular people seek. A media figure condemned political dialogue and described it as deteriorating and a wrong development that people have to avoid but the very figure apparently forgot that the local newspapers did not witness worse than his writings and words as he is used to criticizing everybody!!!
In the near past the difference in the local arena was between the national movement and the Islamic ones but at that time we did not witness any sectarian discussions. Therefore, we encourage the national movement to become strong again in order to face critical issues like sectarianism instead of the veil issue or the decency one as if the sole target for the national movement were just to face certain Islamic issues. The current Minister of Education Dr. Hayef Al-Hajraf has a golden opportunity to prove that he is the real savior for the educational process and to make the dreams of students come true. He did well by cancelling the new grade system and re-endorsed the previous one and we thank him for such a daring decision. The minister has to handle two serious cases. The first is what is called a placement test as the system of the placement test includes many negative points and corruption plays a significant role in the very system wherein weak students get high marks and strong students might get low marks because of corruption and the failing system. The second case is that students` admission at the various faculties of Kuwait University in which a large number of Kuwaiti families had suffered greatly last year as their sons obtained successful grades at high schools but then could not get academic seats. People feel that this problem will occur again at the beginning of the next academic year but we hope the minister would endorse effective solutions to put an end to the problem through cooperating with his colleagues at the Parliamentary Committee for Educational Affairs.
No, no
Oh, why are you crying .... Are you crying because of destroyed houses in Syria
No, no
Apparently, you’re crying because of the daily massacres committed in Syria
It was leased, purchased and then occupied
The World Zionist Organization began to purchase and lease lands in Palestine and the areas surrounding it but the Arabs were in a deep sleep. Abdullah Khalaf
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n 1891, the Zionist Writer Max Aazodor Heimer, called on the Russian Jews to immigrate to Syria and then to Palestine, and that part was included in a book under the title “Where do the Jews of Russia go?” He also called for the establishment of a Zionist company for the establishment of settlements on the two sides of the railway linking Damascus in Syria and Haifa in Palestine. In 1901, the Jewish National Fund was founded. Thirty months after the first famous Zionist conference of Basel in Switzerland in 1916, the Zionist Writer Harry Sacher issued his famous book titled “Zionism and the Jewish future”. In his book, Sacher included a map of the state of Israel to be set up from Beirut to the north of Tiberias and the Gulf of Aqaba and the Golan Heights and Palestine. The Israeli Mayaa Party issued a report which said “Britain has carved out Sinai from the land of Israel and gave it to Egypt, and France carved out the Golan Heights from the land of promised Israel and handed them over to Syria. And Churchill carved out the eastern Jordan, and gave it to Prince Abdullah.” (Reference: Arab political secrets, Chapter VII Page No. 314 by the writer Abdulhadi Al-Bakkar). The above mentioned facts show that the Zionists have been looking forward to occupying several sites and areas since more than a century in order to establish a Jewish state. It is obvious that the land of Palestine and its environs have been chosen for the establishment of the Jewish state. The World Zionist Organization began to purchase and lease lands in Palestine and the areas surrounding it but the Arabs were in a deep sleep. During the press conference which was held between former Egyptian President Mubarak, May God heal him, and the late President of Syria Hafez Al-Assad, at the Presidential Palace in Heliopolis in Cairo as part of a visit by President Assad to Cairo on October 19, 1994, one of the journalists participating in the conference asked a question on whether Syria would accept
the principle of leasing land from the Golan Heights to Israel, especially after King Hussein, may God bless his soul, rented Doffer District to Israel for a period of twenty-five years but he did not declare the amount of money he received in return. Former President Hosni Mubarak answered the question and said with anger: “The Arab territories can never be given up. This is out of the question”. In turn, late Hafez Al-Assad replied by saying: “Our land should remain in our possession and not in the possession of anybody else. We believe that it is blasphemy that any patriot speaks about rental of his land to other entities. I do not believe that anybody might believe that Syria will rent its lands to Israel. There will be no peace with Israel until we restore our lands from the occupier”. The discussion was about what King Hussein did and the Jordanian citizens who refused to rent his property to the Embassy of Israel, and another Jordanian citizen who refused to rent a house he owned to be an accommodation of the Israeli ambassador in the Jordanian capital, despite interventions. (Same source: Arab political secrets, Pages 311-312) After the end of Ottoman rule in Syria and Palestine and the occupation of Palestine by the English General Allenby, the Jewish company Wicca, owned by the Jewish family Rothschild, seized a lot of land and nine rich Arab families sold their properties to the company, including four Lebanese families named Sursock family, Sallam family, Al-Tabban family and Al-Tuwaini family; and five wealthy Syrian families named Al-Qawatli family, Al-Yousef family, Al-Shamaa family, Al-Jazaeri family and Al-Qabbani family. The lands which were sold by Arabs reached six percent of the total Arab lands on which the State of Israel was established on May 15, 1948, but the rest of the territory were seized and occupied. The World Zionist Organization bought properties in Lebanon and Syria. After that, the Zionists occupied properties. It is not true that Palestinians sold their lands to the Zionists, but others did. This was a rumor that is apart from reality.
It must be that… You are affected by the suffering… Of the Syrian people
No, no because of the TV series “Wives of Sultan” the beloved of Heyam is not dead as we thought!!!
Mohmmed Thallab
Oh mother, the Syrian people are the ones who translated TV series such as this one.... Pray for the beloved to return back to Heyam
mthallab@alwatan.com.kw
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