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SUBSCRIPTION TUESDAY, JULY 8, 2014 RAMADAN 10, 1435 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Ghani wins Merkel says Real Madrid fraud-hit US spying legend Afghan allegations Di Stefano Emsak: 03:10 election are serious dies aged 88 Fajer: 03:20 Dohr: 11:53 Asr: 15:27 Maghreb: 18:51 7 10 17 Eshaa: 20:22 Barrak released on bail Max 47º Min 29º after violent protests High Tide 07:07 & 20:52 Low Tide Interior Ministry denies policeman joined protesters 00:48 & 14:29 40 PAGES NO: 16220 150 FILS Ramadan Kareem Ramadan and patience By Teresa Lesher ne of the most prominent outcomes of fasting in the month of Ramadan, especially in Othe summer heat, is the development and perfection of patience. Nobody can fast without hav- ing a degree of patience, which is mentioned in the Quran as one of the qualities of someone who will go to Paradise. For example, “I (God) have rewarded them this Day [with Paradise] for what they have endured patiently; they are indeed the ones that are truly triumphant!” (23:111) As successfully completing fasting in Ramadan requires patience, so does entrance into Paradise. In fact, Paradise requires two kinds of patience: one is proactive and the other reactive. The proactive type is striving to adopt a way of life sanctioned by God. It means making the effort to learn what God wants KUWAIT: (Left) Supporters carry opposition leader Musallam Al-Barrak on their shoulders after he was freed on bail yesterday. (Right) Protesters target special from us and then applying it in our lives. The Quran, forces with fireworks in Andalus. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat which is God’s final message to mankind, tells us exactly what God expects from us, and Prophet By B Izzak about two hours before iftar. Barrak later The hearing was delayed for more dark brown prison uniform. People Muhammad (PBUH) demonstrated practically its started receiving supporters and well- than three hours and police had a diffi- rushed towards him, with some manag- teachings, making it easier to understand. As it is a KUWAIT: Opposition leader Musallam Al- wishers at his diwaniya in Andalus and cult time convincing some of the people ing to hug or kiss him. Others began lifelong process of study coupled with conformance Barrak was yesterday freed from the took part in a demonstration calling for in the small room to leave to allow the chanting slogans in his support. Around to God’s teachings and to the example of Central Jail following a six-day detention the release of opposition activists who judge to start the proceedings. Activists 30 lawyers had registered to defend Muhammad (PBUH), it will take determination and on charges he allegedly insulted the judi- have been arrested during protests in the said Barrak was brought to the courts Barrak. A number of lawyers strongly patience. cial council and slandered its chairman. past five nights. As soon as the judge complex by elite special forces backed by objected at allowing police officers to But the reward is worth the effort, according to Following a landmark court hearing, announced his decision, the small, jam- armoured vehicles and was handcuffed enter the courtroom while carrying arms. the Quran: “The ones who fulfill the covenant with judge Youssef Al-Athari ordered that packed courtroom in Riggae broke into and in leg chains. But when he arrived in But they left the room before the trial God and do not break its solemn pledge to Him, who Barrak, a former lawmaker, be set free on jubilation as Barrak’s supporters wildly the court, his hands and legs were free began. As the judge read the charges, keep joined all the relations and obligations that God bail of KD 5,000. Barrak initially refused to cheered the decision. “Oh Musallam, you but he was closely surrounded by several Barrak categorically denied them, saying has commanded to be joined and stand in awe of pay the bail, which could have kept him are the conscience of the nation,” chanted officers. that what he said did not constitute any their Lord, and fear an evil reckoning, who endure in detention, but some relatives paid the dozens of activists who were allowed to The courtroom broke into applause as insult or slander against the judicial with patience seeking the countenance of their Lord, amount and managed to get him out remain in the courtroom. Barrak walked into the room, dressed in a Continued on Page 15 who establish the prayer and spend charitably from what We have provided them, secretly and openly, and who avert what is evil with what is good... the angels will say, ‘Peace unto you for that you perse- US-bound travelers must turn on phones vered in patience! Now how excellent is the final Home!’” (13:20-24) Those who repent, believe, do not WASHINGTON: Passengers at some overseas airports that bear false witness, pass by vile talk with honor, and offer US-bound flights will soon be required to power on heed the verses of God... those are the ones who will their electronic devices in order to board their flights - a 3 Israelis admit be rewarded with the highest place in heaven, measure intended to enhance aviation security at a time because of their patient constancy.” (25:75) when intelligence officials are concerned about hidden murdering teen “Those who believe in the unseen, establish explosives, a counterterrorism official said. prayer and spend out of what We have provided for American intelligence officials have been concerned 8 killed in Gaza them, and who believe in what has been revealed to about new Al-Qaeda efforts to produce a bomb that would you [Muhammad] and what was revealed before you, go undetected through airport security. There is no indica- JERUSALEM: Three Jewish extremists arrested for the and of the Hereafter they are certain - those are upon tion that such a bomb has been created or that there’s a killing of a Palestinian teenager have confessed to the guidance from their Lord and it is those who are the specific threat to the US, but intelligence has suggested attack, an Israeli official said yesterday, as shockwaves successful” (2:2-5). The patience required for Paradise that Al-Qaeda and like-minded groups are focused on per- from the brutal murder continued to spread. As police needs a level of commitment and effort beyond the fecting an explosive that could be hidden in shoes, elec- struggled to contain five days of violent clashes in everyday patience of the common man. tronics or cosmetics, said the official who spoke on condi- annexed east Jerusalem and in Arab towns across Israel, The second kind of patience required for Paradise tion of anonymity because the official was not authorized tensions were further raised by a series of Israeli air is reactive, and it is demonstrated by our reaction to to publicly discuss the matter. strikes on Gaza, which killed several Palestinian militants. things outside of our control, such as illness, injury, The Transportation Security Administration says it is It was the worst bloodshed since the start of the current loss, calamity and all circumstances related to our adding the requirement that passengers coming to the US round of violence in and around Gaza, raising fears of a physical vulnerability and mortality. The Quran guar- from some airports must turn on devices such as cell- fresh confrontation between Israel and Palestinian mili- antees us that “And We will surely test you with phones before boarding. It says devices that won’t power tants in the coastal enclave. something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth up won’t be allowed on planes and those travelers may The latest violence in Gaza began after June 12 as and lives and crops, but give good tidings to the have to undergo additional screening. Turning on an elec- Israel pressed a vast West Bank arrest campaign to find patient who, when disaster strikes them, say, ‘Indeed, tronic device can show a screener that the laptop or cell- militants behind the kidnap and murder of three Israeli we belong to God, and indeed to Him we are return- phone, for instance, is a working device and that the bat- teenagers, whose bodies were found on June 30. Two GAZA: Palestinian relatives of Abed Rahman Al- ing’” (2:155-156). Our reaction in adverse circum- teries are used for operating that device and that the days later, a 16-year-old Palestinian from east Jerusalem device is not hiding explosives. The enhanced security Zamli, 24, gather around his body at the morgue stances beyond our control should be to turn our was kidnapped and killed in a suspected revenge attack, Continued on Page 15 measures come as US intelligence officials are concerned of the Najar Hospital in Rafah yesterday. — AP Continued on Page 15 Continued on Page 15 Ex-Georgia leader Bahrain orders US UAE reassures on Shevardnadze dies diplomat to leave leader’s health TBILISI: Tributes poured in from was ill for a long time.” MANAMA: Bahrain ordered a top US Arab Spring wave of revolutions since friends and foes yesterday after the He won high praise on the world diplomat to leave the country yester- early 2011. The Bahrain government DUBAI: A senior official in the United member of OPEC, is a Western-allied, death of former Georgian leader stage for his time as Mikhail day after he met a leading Shiite moved to crush the uprising, which Arab Emirates yesterday sought to seven-state federation that includes Eduard Shevardnadze, who helped Gorbachev’s chief diplomat, when he opposition group.

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