SUBSCRIPTION WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2016 RAMADAN 10, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Khair Al-Kuwait Orlando gunman Green-less Warriors Bahrain suspends Ramadan TImings honors Kutayba was ‘radicalized’; outhustled by the main Shiite party Emsak: 03:03 Alghanim FBI hunts for info resurgent Cavaliers amid crackdown Fajer: 03:13 Shrooq: 04:49 Dohr: 11:48 Asr: 15:22 Maghreb: 18:49 3 9 17 13 Eshaa: 20:21 Amir visits Imam Al-Sadeq Min 30º Mosque, performs prayers Max 44º High Tide 08:12 & 20:35 Low Tide ‘Our national unity is the impregnable fence’ 13:31 & 14:52 40 PAGES NO: 16905 150 FILS KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, accompanied by His Highness the conspiracy theories Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah visited the Imam Al-Sadeq Mosque in Al-Sawaber area Slippers & democracy yesterday. His Highness the Amir was greeted by Minister of Justice and Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Yaqoub Al-Sane. His Highness toured the mosque after the completion of renovations and repairs for all the damages following the heinous terrorist attack last year. His Highness the Amir and His Highness the Crown Prince then signed in the guestbook. The Amir and the Crown Prince then met fami- By Badrya Darwish lies of the martyrs who were killed by the heinous incident, stressing that “our national unity is the impregnable fence to maintain security, besides the national spirit manifested by the people of Kuwait, as well as love, dedication to their homeland and loyalty to it. With God’s help we would fend [email protected] off all criminal and terrorist acts”. His Highness prayed to Allah Almighty to bestow His mercy on the martyrs and keep Kuwait safe always. His Highness the Crown Prince said that a year after this grave atching the ugly scenes which took place event, “we all thank Allah Almighty for the renovation of in the parliament on Monday was really the mosque in a record time”, praising the return of life to Wshocking for the nation. It’s not the first normal and to prove unity of the nation in confronting time, of course, that such rough disputes take deviant thoughts and ideologies, asking Allah Almighty to place in Majlis Al Umma and for sure it won’t be keep Kuwait safe of all evil thoughts. the last. It happens nearly all over the world. We His Highness the Amir and His Highness the Crown see clashes and lawmakers get overexcited and Prince performed the prayer in the mosque. His Highness behave in undemocratic manners in many coun- the Amir was accompanied during the visit by His tries. The irony is that this takes place in the halls Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al- of democracy. Sabah, Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Nasser Sabah KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Crown I’m not so furious that these parliamentarians Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Deputy Prime Minister Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah visit the Imam Al-Sadeq Mosque in Al-Sawaber area yes- lost their temper. But when I looked again this and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al- terday. — Amiri Diwan (See Page 2) morning at the photos, I was frustrated to see joy Hamad Al-Sabah. — KUNA and mocking in their eyes when they were exchanging slippers (Al Na’al). They reminded me of the hooligans in Marseille who demolished the Assembly passes key Missing boy pitch and attacked each other and even fought on the street bare-chested and with whatever tools that came to hands. Are these the kind of men that found dead represent the nation in that parliament? public tenders law By Hanan Al-Saadoun In Marseille they were hooligans, not decision makers, not lawmakers. Not the people who are suppose to stand up for the nation and represent it By B Izzak reforms the process of awarding projects by allowing KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti boy in the eyes of us and the world - and look after our the Central Tenders Committee (CTC) to pick up the sec- who had been missing for interests and rights. I don’t know if still the Kuwaiti KUWAIT: The National Assembly yesterday overwhelm- ond lowest bid if it is technically better. CTC board has about 10 days was found nation - after this, will have any respect for parlia- ingly passed the new public tenders law which governs been expanded to seven members three of whom will dead in a metal scrap yard ment or voting or bother to go for the upcoming the awarding of public projects worth billions of dinars be replaced after two years. The law also exempts oil rigs in Amghara. Security elections. These lawmakers don’t show us this face every year. The Assembly also began debating the and exploration from the need for prior supervision and sources said that an when we go to their diwaniyas and campaign budgets and final accounts of government depart- also exempts all military procurements from the same. unidentified male corpse tents. They always talk like honorable gentlemen ments and authorities and approved five of them. It will MP Saadoun Hammad protested at exempting the was found in the area, and continue debating budgets today. oil rigs and exploration saying the matter had already who are here to represent and protect us and who after conducting investi- Abdul Aziz Al-Azmi are sophisticated and well-mannered. The new public tenders law, which was described as been rejected during the initial debate last week. MP gations including DNA Then what happens once we vote for them as historic as the process of its amendment took almost Jamal Al-Omar said the State Audit Bureau should tests, detectives found that the deceased’s DNA they reach their chairs in the Assembly. They forget three decades, allows for the first time foreign compa- investigate in future Kuwait’s investments in Areva, the matched that of the parents of missing Kuwaiti all our problems and work for their interests. Show nies to take part in public projects without a local agent French nuclear and renewable energy giant, which child Abdul Aziz Al-Azmi. me one serious achievement parliament has made as the case has been for over a half century. The law also Continued on Page 13 in the last three years in favor of the nation. I think this should be a lesson for all of us in Kuwait. When we go to elect the next parliament, we need to really scrutinize whom we are voting for. I’m sorry James Bond-style gun to write this during Ramadan because usually I avoid criticizing during the holy month. found in royal’s home Kuwait police raid Sheikh Athbi home Ramadan Kareem KUWAIT: The hunt for a renegade nephew of since May 30, when prosecutors say he, two Kuwait’s Amir has turned up a gun disguised other ruling family members and four other Themes of Quran: as a pen in his home, adding yet another lay- individuals were found guilty in a plot to pub- er of mystery to a bizarre case involving two lish anonymous Twitter posts sharing fabri- The ‘signs of God’ other ruling family members and others. cated videos of judges receiving bribes. He Police officers who raided the home of received a five-year prison sentence, which By Teresa Lesher Sheikh Athbi Al-Fahad Al-Sabah found the can be appealed. James Bond-style weapon, with what The videos appear to be tied to a larger ust like this newspaper is a sign of the intelligence, appeared to be a trigger in the pump of the ongoing political scandal involving faked planning and productive ability of human beings, pen, the Interior Ministry said Monday. videos suggesting high-ranking officials were HYDERABAD: Indian Muslim students recite from the Quran in Jama Masjid Jthe universe is a sign of the omniscience, will, and The pen, found along with a Kalashnikov planning a coup. Prosecutors imposed a gag Wazeer-un-Nissa during the month of Ramadan at Madrasa Imam Anwaarullah omnipotence of a Creator. The Quran recounts many rifle, a handgun and ammunition, made the order on the case, and ruling family members in Hyderabad yesterday. — AFP natural phenomena as ‘signs’ of the existence and front page across oil-rich Kuwait yesterday, have apologized on state television. Kuwait’s power of God. Many of these phenomena we see on a with the prominent newspaper Al-Rai calling once-assertive parliament has largely been daily basis and, perhaps for that reason, we don’t con- it an “assassination device.” It’s unclear why taken over by pro-government lawmakers Kuwait academic enters sider them miraculous. But if we really give thought to Sheikh Athbi would own such a weapon, since Arab Spring-inspired protests in 2011. these phenomena, we will see a powerful presence though he once ran Kuwait’s National Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, 86, serves Guinness World Records behind it. Security Office, the nation’s intelligence as Amir, and the monarchy controls all key The following are just a few of the many signs pre- agency. Sheikh Athbi has been on the run government positions. — AP sented in the Quran. “Blessed is He who has placed in ‘Biggest digital photo album’ the sky great stars and placed therein a [burning] lamp KUWAIT: Dr Eman Al-Shammari entered said yesterday. The campaign was and a luminous moon” (25:61).