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SUBSCRIPTION TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2015 RAMADAN 20, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Low visibility ‘Man in niqab’ US demolish halts navigation arrested near Japan to win Emsak: 03:09 at Kuwait ports Jleeb mosque World Cup Fajer: 03:19 Shrooq 04:54 Dohr: 11:53 Asr: 15:27 Maghreb: 18:51 2 3 20 Eshaa: 20:22 ‘No more’ dependency Min 34º Max 48º visas for expats’ parents High Tide 03:35 & 15:05 Low Tide New rules for family visit visas • Relatives’ visits restricted to a month 09:45 & 22:05 40 PAGES NO: 16574 150 FILS By Hanan Al-Saadoun Ramadan Kareem KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior’s Assistant Undersecretary for Citizenship and Passports Affairs Keeping holy Major General Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah said yesterday that expatriates will only be allowed to issue dependency month ‘alive’ visas for their wives and children from henceforth. “Expatriates’ dependency visas for parents will be ave you ever seen a person who retreats inten- stopped. Dependency visas will be restricted to wife and tionally from a right path to a wrong one? Why children,” he said. Hdo many of us suffer and lapse into oblivion Meanwhile, a new mechanism for family visit visas has and carelessness once Ramadan is over? Why do we been announced. From now on, the duration of a visit fall from the spiritual apexes so quickly to the mun- visa issued for a wife or child will be limited to three dane course of daily life? Is Ramadan meant to be a months only, while visit visas for relatives will be restrict- short fleeting memory or a transitional turning point in ed for one month, Jarrah announced yesterday. Also, a the Muslim’s life? The sole reason is that we haven’t ful- visitor must now enter Kuwait within a month after the ly absorbed the messages of Ramadan. It is unfortu- issuance of the visit visa - or it will be canceled. Before nate to find that many Muslims perform righteous now, a visit visa would be valid after three months of deeds only during Ramadan. They keep their prayers, issuance. recite Quran, and give charity. In another development, Jarrah announced that expa- But once Ramadan is over, they grow lazy in their triates will no longer be required to leave the country if worship or even abandon some obligations entirely. In an absconding case was filed against them, saying that essence, Ramadan’s most important lesson is to steer a the General Investigations Department will be assigned course towards a profound transformation in which to examine his appeal and decide whether to allow him we change our actions, habits and manners {“Verily, to stay in Kuwait. Jarrah added that Interior Minister Allah does not change the condition of a people until Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah is likely to review they change what is in themselves.”} - Quran, 13:11 a study on increasing expats’ fees to the parliament dur- In fact, a sure sign of accepting one’s good deeds is ing the next parliamentary term. the steadfastness after Ramadan and pursuing the same path. If you are from those who benefited from Ramadan and fulfilled the requirements of taqwa, you KARZAKAN: A Bahraini community police officer searches a worshiper outside a Shiite Muslim mosque Bomber’s driver opens should maintain closeness with Allah you have felt. ahead of mid-day prayers during the holy month of Ramadan in the western village of Karzakan, Bahrain. After spending days in fasting and nights in prayers, Bahraini government and religious authorities are taking extra precautions in the wake of suicide bombing up; connects the dots Muslims should solidify their steps in this spiritual jour- attacks on Shiite mosques in neighboring Saudi Arabia and Kuwait that were claimed by the Islamic State ney. We should build on our success to advance fur- group and killed dozens of people. — AP KUWAIT: The driver who carried the suicide bomber to ther and remain upon this obedience to Allah at all Imam Al-Sadiq mosque in Kuwait City was in contact times. Be not like one who has sewn a shirt and then with the Islamic State four days before the attack, a destroyed it by pulling a thread by thread for no rea- Saudi jail - home to new wave of jihadis security source said. Abdulrahman Sabah was told in a son. conversation through a smartphone app to go to Al- A true believer knows that the Lord of Ramadan is Anger at region’s wars propels new wave of jihadism Zour and meet two people at the Nuwaiseeb Road. When he went to the location, he received an icebox also the Lord of other months and that He is the Lord RIYADH: The man visible on the block’s control room according to the Saudi Interior Ministry. of all times and places. We worship Allah, not from the two persons, containing the explosive belt monitor, pacing his small cell in uniform grey robe, is one In recent months, fear has grown of attacks at home that was used in the attack. Ramadan. A true Muslim remains steadfast upon the of a rising number of security prisoners in Saudi Arabia, by Sunni militants on Saudi Arabia’s own Shi’ite minority, They trained him on the bombing mission, and reas- way of Allah until he meets Him. Allah ‘azzawajallsaid: where the wars in Syria and Iraq have led to a surge in found mainly in Eastern Province where much of the sured him by saying that they were monitoring the {“So remain on a right course as you have been com- domestic jihadist activity. Until last year, the population country’s oil wealth is found. Islamic State has claimed mosque, said the sources who spoke to Al-Rai daily on manded, [you] and those who have turned back with of inmates at security prisons like Ha’er, just south of responsibility for two attacks on Shiite mosques in east- you [to Allah].”} (Quran, 11:112), {“So take a straight Riyadh, had been dropping as those detained during an ern Saudi Arabia in May that killed 25 people. In the secu- the condition of anonymity. Following the deadly attack course to Him and seek His forgiveness.”} (Quran, 41:6), Al-Qaeda uprising a decade ago were gradually released. rity prisons, the number of inmates had fallen by nearly which took place on June 26, 2015 that left 26 people and the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: {“Say ‘I But as anger has grown in the kingdom over what many 60 percent to just 2,289 in November 2013 from a high of dead and 227 injured, police arrested Sabah (bedoon), believe in Allah’, then be steadfast.”} Saudis see as oppression of their fellow Sunnis in Iraq and 5,501 in December 2010. Today, there are 4,209 security Jarrah Nimr (bedoon) as well as the owner of a house What follows is a simple plan for sincere people Syria by Shiite Muslims, an increasing number of young prisoners, said Ha’er Prison’s director, Colonel used as a hideout by the driver, who was later identified who are eager to keep the spirit of Ramadan through- Saudis have sworn to help by taking up arms themselves. Mohammed “Abu Salman”, who for security reasons pre- as Fahad Shukhayyer (Kuwaiti). out the year. As of March, nearly 2,300 Saudis had travelled to Syria to ferred to give his nickname instead of a family name. The icebox containing the explosive belt was placed Continued on Page 13 join jihadist groups like Islamic State and Nusra Front, Continued on Page 13 in the car that the driver had borrowed from Nimr. Continued on Page 13 Saleh’s party HQ bombed; 46 die SANAA: Saudi-led warplanes bombed impoverished Arabian Peninsula nation. the Sanaa headquarters of the Yemeni “As we were conducting consultations bombers force party headed by rebel-allied former pres- with the UN envoy to find solutions to ident Ali Abdullah Saleh overnight, the the political crisis gripping the country... soul-searching party said as officials reported 46 killed Saudi forces bombed the party head- in other strikes. The attack on the offices quarters, killing employees and guards in British town of the General People’s Congress (GPC) and destroying the building,” Sayed was caused “some deaths” among employees quoted as saying by the GPC’s news site, DEWSBURY: Ten years after the ringleader of the and guards of the building in the south Almotamar.net. London bombings set out from his Dewsbury home of the capital, party official Faeqa Al- Farther south in Lahj province, coali- to blow up a train, the small English town is again Sayed said. tion warplanes struck a market in an grasping for answers after a local teen-turned-suicide It came as some GPC members were attack that a provincial official said was bomber staged a deadly attack in Iraq. As Britain meeting the UN’s Yemen envoy Ismail “accidental” and killed 41 people, marks the anniversary today of the attacks which Ould Cheikh Ahmed in another part of believed to be mostly civilians. Another killed 52 people, many in Dewsbury’s tight-knit the city. Sayed called the attack “an 34 people were wounded in the strike, Muslim community blame the Internet for radicaliza- attempt to derail the UN envoy’s mis- the official said, adding that rebels QALUBIYAH: An Egyptian woman mourns over the death of 1st Lt Mohammed tion, and eye government anti-extremism projects sion”. Cheikh Ahmed arrived in Yemen on sometimes station military convoys in Adel Abdel Azeem who was killed in an attack by Islamic State-affiliated mili- with suspicion.