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SUBSCRIPTION SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2014 MUHARRAM 22, 1436 AH No: 16343 MP asks why Obama backs Equatorial private schools Suu Kyi bid to Guinea to host reject bedoons2 change charter8 African44 Cup Islamic State group to mint own coins Min 11º 150 Fils New currency aims to free ‘enslaved’ Muslims Max 28º CAIRO: The leader of the Islamic State group has ordered the terror organization to start minting gold, silver and copper coins for its own currency - the Islamic dinar. A website affili- ated with the group posted the order late Thursday, saying IS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi instructed his followers to mint the coins to “change the tyrannical monetary system” mod- elled on Western economies that “enslaved Muslims”. The order was approved by the Islamic State group’s Shura Council, an advisory board, according to the website. The authenticity of the posting could not be independently verified but the website has been used in the past for IS post- ings. The IS said its circulation of the new coins, to counter the widely-used US dollar, would free Muslims “from profi- teering, satanical economic oppression”, and it posted pic- tures of what the coins would look like. According to photographs of the coin prototypes, they carry the words in Arabic: “The Islamic State/A Caliphate Based on the Doctrine of the Prophet.” It’s unclear where the Islamic State group intends to get the gold, silver and copper for the coins. It said the dinar’s purchasing power would be its weight in gold, silver or copper. One of the gold coins car- ries the symbol of seven stalks of wheat, mentioned in the Quran, while another has the map of the world, a reference to Islam someday ruling the entire world. One of the silver coins shows a sword and a shield in a reference to holy war, or Images posted on a militant website on Thursday show renderings of 1 and 5 gold dinars, 1, 5 and 10 silver dirhams and jihad while another has a minaret symbolizing Damascus 10 and 20 copper fils coins that Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group, ordered the group to start mentioned in one of the Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) say- minting for its own currency. — AP ings. Another coin carries the symbol of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, where the Prophet (PBUH) prayed. It’s revered as Islam’s third-holiest place. The copper coins carry the symbol ‘Big cat’ on prowl near Paris of the crescent moon and three palm trees, also significant in Islam. The posting said instructions from the Islamic State’s treasury department would be forthcoming, explaining to PARIS: French officials yesterday scaled much less dangerous. channels. Local paper Le Parisien the people how to use the currency. — Agencies down a frantic hunt for a mysterious big Experts from the national hunting splashed a picture of the animal on its cat prowling on the outskirts of Paris and wildlife office and a nearby big cat front page with the headline: “The after scotching earlier fears it was a park said: “We can exclude the presence unbelievable tiger alert.” tiger. Sightings of a large feline padding of an animal from the tiger species”. But the threat level was downgraded around wooded areas only 40 km east They added though that “the feline is yesterday, with the local director of public of Paris on Thursday sparked a desper- still being hunted”. An official source safety, Chantal Baccanini, saying there was ate search operation involving at one told AFP that the search had been “no danger for the general population”. point as many as 200 police and sol- scaled back for the moment and the hel- “It’s between a domestic cat and a bigger diers, backed by a helicopter. icopter grounded although forces feline,” said Eric Hansen from the national Authorities initially claimed it was a tiger remained “mobilised” in case of a fresh hunting and wildlife office ONCFS. The but subsequent investigations on the alert. The story generated wall-to-wall mayor of the town of Montevrain, where animal’s tracks showed it was probably coverage in France on rolling news the animal was first spotted on Thursday, estimated that the animal weighed around 70 km. But Hansen said it was like- ly to be about half this weight and proba- bly “not dangerous”. Despite deploying around 100 police, firefighters and soldiers immedi- ately after the sightings, the search proved fruitless. Torrential rain ham- pered the scaled-down hunt later yes- KUWAIT: Kuwaiti football fans are seen as they prepare to terday. A footprint, initially thought to depart for Riyadh after HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- be that of a tiger, was spotted early yes- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah chartered two planes to carry terday morning at the unlikely location Kuwaiti fans to attend the national teamís Arabian Gulf Cup This photo provided by the town council of Montevrain, east of Paris, of a service station near the A4 motor- match against Iraq yesterday. The Saudi Football Thursday, shows what is described as a tiger. — AP way. — AFP Association meanwhile agreed with tournament organizers to give free tickets to all fans attending matches. — KUNA LOCAL SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2014 Adan Hospital treats over 40,000 patients monthly KUWAIT: The casualty division of Al-Adan hospital receives and treats more than 40,000 patients a month, Director Dr Bader Al-Otaibi said Thursday. “Besides offering medical treat- ment to residents of Al-Ahmadi Governorate, the hospital is keen on promoting public awareness about chronic diseases,” he said. “Awareness is the cornerstone of preventing chronic dis- eases and skin disorders,” Dr Otaibi stressed. He made the press remarks on the side- MP Humoud Al-Hamdan MP Adnan Abdulsamad MP Abdullah Al-Turaiji lines of the awareness day on psoriasis organized by the dermatology division of MP Hamdan asks why private Al-Adan Hospital. On her part, head of the dermatology division Dr schools reject some bedoons Fatema Al-Khawaja said: “The prevalence rate of psoriasis among the MP Turaiji questions the planned sale of Fairs ground Kuwaiti is two percent; it’s By B Izzak is the same as the interna- signed by Kuwait. ers, especially with regards to salary. tional rate.” “Al-Adan The lawmaker asked the minister In another development, MP KUWAIT: Hospital has set up a clinic MP Humoud Al-Hamdan sent about the reasons for private schools in Abdullah Al-Turaiji sent a number of specialized in treating pso- a series of questions to Education refusing to admit bedoon students and questions to Finance Minister Anas Al- riasis,” she said, commend- Minister Bader Al-Issa Thursday, asking their numbers. He also asked for the Saleh about the intended sale of the Dr Bader Al-Otaibi ing the Ministry of Health for the reasons that make private number of bedoon students studying at Kuwait Fairs Grounds Co. for providing the clinic with schools refuse to admit some children of private schools. Turaiji said that the Fairs Grounds Co. the latest techniques of treating this disease. stateless people or bedoons. The issue of bedoon students being is owned by Kuwait Investment Co (KIC) She noted that psoriasis results from disorders in the Hamdan said he has learnt that pri- rejected by private schools has angered with 51 percent and Kuwait Investment immune system that causes overachieving of the skin cells vate schools have rejected to admit a human rights activists who have Authority (49 percent) while at the same and thereby the skin comes off in small pieces within five days number of bedoon students under the launched a campaign to provide basic time KIA owns 76 percent of KIC. instead of the normal 28 days. pretext of not being registered with the education to bedoon students who Recently, KIA announced that its plan “Psoriasis is generally considered a genetic disease, Central Agency for Illegal Residents, the were denied admission. to sell all its stake at KIC in a public offer- thought to be triggered or influenced by environmental fac- government name for bedoons. Meanwhile, MP Adnan Abdulsamad ing, a move that will allow the new buy- tors. “It is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular dis- He said those pretexts are in violation asked the education minister if the min- ers to control the sale of the Fairs ease, other immune-mediated disorders such as Crohn’s dis- with a letter sent by head of the Agency istry has rectified the positions of Grounds Co, the lawmaker said. ease and ulcerative colitis, and certain cancers,” she went on. Saleh Al-Fadhalah to the national bedoon teachers at public schools. The He also asked what is preventing KIA The symptoms vary from person to person but may include assembly, besides that not admitting ministry began appointing bedoon from raising its stake in the Fairs one or more of the following; red patches of skin covered with bedoon children at schools is a violation teachers at government schools recently Grounds Co to become a controlling silvery scales; small scaling spots (commonly seen in children); of international human rights charters but treated them differently from oth- stake, thus preventing its sale. dry, cracked skin that may bleed; itching, burning or soreness; thickened, pitted or ridged nails; and swollen and stiff joints which affects 30 percent of psoriasis patients, Dr Khawaja added. The available treatments can help control the symp- Calls for upgrading staff at toms of the disease, she said, recommending patients to eat more fresh vegetables and omega 3-rich foods.