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SUBSCRIPTION TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 RAMADAN 9, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait remembers A world of Peru goal Trump asserts Ramadan TImings victims of Imam opinions on knocks thousands in Emsak: 03:03 Sadeq Mosque South China Brazil out US are sick Fajer: 03:13 Shrooq: 04:48 terror attack Sea dispute of Copa with hate Dohr: 11:48 Asr: 15:22 Maghreb: 18:48 3 12 17 10 Eshaa: 20:21 Assembly witnesses Min 30º Max 44º High Tide acrimonious scenes 07:25 & 19:25 Low Tide 00:38 & 13:37 40 PAGES NO: 16904 150 FILS MPs extend probe over distribution of agricultural land By B Izzak Amir receives Jordan King KUWAIT: Tempers flared in the National Assembly ses- sion yesterday when a number of MPs quarreled during a heated debate over amendments to the municipality law. Strong arguments broke out when the government insisted that the addition of new residential areas to existing electoral districts for the municipal council should be done by the government through an Amiri decree and it should be included in the law. MP Hamdan Al-Azemi and some other MPs objected saying the whole article in the law was rejected in the last session and should not have been brought up for debate. Azemi then angrily protested at the voting to approve the government’s request, saying this is not a real assembly and MPs are not real men. That triggered a reaction from MP Ali Al-Khamees who shouted back at Azemi, insisting that the lawmak- ers are real men. MP Hamad Al-Harshani also got him- self involved in the heated exchanges by accusing Azemi of disrupting the assembly session. At this point, Azemi throew a book at Khamees but missed him to hit MP Mohammad Al-Huwailah. MP Sultan Al-Shimmari then took part in the quarrel by shouting at Azemi to stop. The two lawmakers then threw shoes at each other as many other MPs came to prevent them from reaching each other. Speaker Marzouk Al-Ghanem then stopped the proceedings and ordered the assembly hall to be vacated. A few minutes later, Al-Ghanem resumed the session and said that Azemi apologized to other MPs and the whole issue was now over. But Azemi insisted that the apologies were reciprocal and it did not come from him alone. KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Shortly afterwards, the assembly voted to approve receives the visiting King Abdullah II of Jordan at Kuwait International the government’s request and the whole municipality Airport yesterday. The King arrived in Kuwait to convey his greetings on the law which prompted MP Azemi to walk out of the ses- holy month of Ramadan. — Amiri Diwan sion which was immediately closed by the speaker. KUWAIT: MP Ali Al-Khamees (left) confronts MP Hamdan Al-Azemi (right) during Continued on Page 13 a session at the National Assembly yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Ramadan Kareem US probes gunman’s motive after massacre Ramadan and consumption A jihadist or a vicious lone wolf? ORLANDO: Police revealed new details on the agonizing three-hour stand-off and bru- By Hatem Basha tal end to the Orlando gay club massacre amadan provides Muslims with a yearly trans- yesterday as America grappled with the forming experience that shape their personali- implications of the worst terror attack on its ty and life outlook. It is a very special month soil since 9/11. The Islamic State group R claimed slain shooter Omar Mateen was that teaches Muslims how to practise self-restraint and resist the lures of life. Ramadan is a very difficult acting as “one of the soldiers of the physical and psychological exercise in self-control. In caliphate in America” when he attacked the the simplest terms, it is a month of fasting: absti- Pulse club in the central Florida city, a siege nence from food, drink, sexual relations, smoking, that ended when police stormed the venue. etc, from dawn till sunset, a drastic change in lifestyle. DOHA: A general view shows the building of the Doha lower criminal court But investigators are probing whether he Moreover, Muslims are ordained to avoid lies, cheats, where the trial of a Dutch woman, who was jailed after reporting she had was a jihadist on a mission or a vicious “lone and fights to maintain their fasting. Abi Huraira - may been raped, took place yesterday. — AFP wolf” inspired by the group’s propaganda to BOULDER: Sitora Yusufiy, the ex-wife of God be pleased with him - said the prophet - peace carry out what President Barack Obama Orlando shooting suspect Omar Mateen, and prayer upon him - said, “Whoever does not give dubbed “an act of terror and an act of hate.” gives a statement to the media. —AP up false statements (ie telling lies), and evil deeds, Qatar to deport Dutch Forty-nine people were killed and 53 others and speaking badwords to others, Allah is not in wounded in the attack, which was also the him of extremist ties. According to CNN, cit- need of his leaving his food and drink.” [Bukhari] woman for ‘illicit sex’ deadliest mass shooting in US history. ing an unnamed US official, the New York- Ramadan acquires a very special taste in modern The slaughter triggered worldwide shock born security guard made a religious pil- times as it emerges as a potential remedy for what is DOHA: Qatar is to deport a Dutch euros) and will be deported once she and outrage, but has also raised questions grimage to Saudi Arabia and visited the seen as a social malady by many experts, ie con- woman who was convicted of adultery pays the fine, court officials said. about US counter-terror strategy and gun United Arab Emirates in 2011 and 2012. But sumerism. One of the biggest challenges in our world yesterday and given a one-year sus- She had denied the charge against laws. The suspect was allowed to legally buy no evidence has yet emerged linking him today is the consumerism culture that has invaded pended sentence after she reported her. The male defendant, said by a a rifle and handgun despite raising red to a foreign extremist group before the every aspect of our life. Everything is within reach being raped while on holiday in Doha. court official to be Syrian and named as flags. Mateen, a 29-year-old American of attacks, and relatives and acquaintances and people are constantly looking for the latest The 22-year-old, known only as Laura Omar Abdullah Al-Hasan, was sen- Afghan descent, called police in the midst of painted a picture of a violent and unstable trends and fashion. We are more eager to accumulate and who was not in court, was also tenced to 100 lashes for having his rampage to pledge allegiance to the young man who had beat his ex-wife and more riches. Indulgence in consumption often comes fined 3,000 Qatari riyals ($800/710 Continued on Page 13 Islamic State group, and the FBI admitted it expressed homophobic views. at the expense of the soul and people start to forget had previously investigated him but cleared Continued on Page 13 the true purpose of life. True to the words of the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him), this consumerism destroyed us. In a hadeeth, the Prophet Muhammad Microsoft acquires Kuwait prosecutor (PBUH) said, “By Allah, it is not the poverty about which I fear in regard to you but I am afraid in your case that (the worldly) riches may be given to you as LinkedIn for $26bn wants 29-year term were given to those who had gone before you and you begin to vie with one another for them as they WASHINGTON: Microsoft said yesterday brand, culture and independence,” with for convicted royals vied for them. And these may destroy you as these it was buying the professional social net- Jeff Weiner remaining at CEO of LinkedIn. destroyed them.” (Muslim, Book # 042, Hadith #7065). work LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in cash, a “Just as we have changed the way the KUWAIT: Kuwait’s public prosecutor insulting HH the Amir. Asoussi told Al- There is a remarkable and noticeable tendency move that helps refocus the US tech giant world connects to opportunity, this rela- wants an appeals court to increase a Qabas newspaper he has challenged the creeping into Muslim community to turn religious around cloud computing and services. tionship with Microsoft, and the combina- sentence handed down to three royals rulings and demanded that all 13 defen- events into shopping festivals. Before Ramadan With its biggest-ever acquisition and tion of their cloud and LinkedIn’s network, for insulting the authorities from five dants be given harsher jail terms of up to approaches, shopping festivals and discounts on all one of the largest in the tech sector, now gives us a chance to also change the years to 29, according to remarks pub- 29 years each for insulting HH the Amir, sorts of goods are everywhere and people are Microsoft takes a big step into the world way the world works,” Weiner said. lished yesterday. judges and spreading false news about encouraged to consume more at time when they are, of social networking and adds a new tool The two firms said they had reached a Dherar Al-Asoussi said he had peti- Kuwait. The appeals court has not yet set supposedly, expected to use less. People buy more for its efforts to boost services for busi- “definitive” agreement that would close tioned the court also to convict the a date for the hearing.

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