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SUBSCRIPTION TUESDAY, JULY 5, 2016 RAMADAN 30, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Accidents caused Director explains Fantastic France Rich kids who Ramadan TImings by cattle on the Community Police end Iceland Euro grew up to be Emsak: 03:09 rise in Kuwait responsibilities 2016 dream run Islamic militants Fajer: 03:19 Shrooq: 04:53 Dohr: 11:52 Asr: 15:26 Maghreb: 18:51 3 6 20 12 Eshaa: 20:22 Kuwait busts three IS Min 32º Max 47º cells plotting attacks High Tide 00:08 & 10:48 Low Tide 5 Kuwaitis arrested, including a policeman, woman arrested 05:20 & 18:31 40 PAGES NO: 16925 150 FILS KUWAIT: Kuwaiti security authorities have broken up three Islamic State cells plotting ‘terror’ attacks in the oil-rich Gulf state, the Interior Ministry said yesterday. Five Kuwaiti nationals were arrested, including a police- man and a woman, who all confessed to plotting attacks against a Shiite mosque and an Interior Ministry target, the Ministry said in a statement. All members of the three cells also confessed to being members of the Islamic State jihadist group. Kuwaiti police are still looking for a Gulf man and an Asian who assisted one of the cells, the Ministry said. The action against the Islamist cells comes a year after an IS-linked Saudi suicide bomber blew himself up in a Shiite mosque, killing 26 worshippers in the worst Hessa Abdullah Ali Mohammad Omar Talal Naif Raja attack in Kuwait. A court sentenced one man to death and jailed eight others for assisting the Saudi bomber. Among those arrested in the latest police action was 18-year-old Talal Raja who confessed to have been plot- ting a suicide attack against a Shiite mosque and an Interior Ministry installation by the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan today, the ministry said. The second cell consisted of a mother and son who were arrested in Syria in the IS-controlled Riga and brought back to Kuwait, the Ministry said. It provided no details of how they were arrested. The 28-year-old son had cut short his petroleum engineering study in Britain to join the IS after his younger brother was killed while fighting for the group in Iraq, the Ministry said. Seized weapons and Islamic State flag Asian suspect Abdullah Mubarak Mubarak Fahad Mubarak Continued on Page 13 Ramadan Kareem Ramadan & patience Suicide bomber strikes near By Teresa Lesher US consulate in Saudi Arabia ne of the most prominent outcomes of fasting the month of Ramadan, especially in the summer heat, is the devel- Oopment and perfection of patience. Nobody can fast with- Amir sends cable of condolence to Saudi King out having a degree of patience, which is mentioned in the Quran as one of the qualities of someone who will go to Paradise. For RIYADH: A suicide bomber blew himself the holy month of Ramadan, when example, “I (God) have rewarded them this Day [with Paradise] for up near the American consulate in Saudi Muslims fast from dawn until dusk. what they have endured patiently; they are indeed the ones that Arabia’s western city of Jeddah in the The interior ministry said security per- are truly triumphant!” (23:111) early hours of US Independence Day yes- sonnel became suspicious of the man As successfully completing fasting in Ramadan requires terday, wounding two security officers. near the parking lot of a hospital which is patience, so does entrance into Paradise. In fact, Paradise The Saudi Interior Ministry said the two across from the US diplomatic mission. requires two kinds of patience: one is proactive and the other officers suffered minor injuries, while the When they moved in to investigate at reactive. The proactive type is striving to adopt a way of life American embassy in Riyadh said there around 2:15 am (2315 GMT Sunday) the sanctioned by God. It means making the effort to learn what were no casualties or injuries among US man “blew himself up with a suicide belt God wants from us and then applying it in our lives. consulate staff. inside the hospital parking lot”, the min- The Quran, which is God’s final message to mankind, tells us exactly what God expects from us, and Prophet Muhammad The ministry did not specify if the istry said. A picture carried by the Sabq (PBUH) demonstrated practically its teachings, making it easier bomber intended to target the con- online newspaper, which is close to to understand. As it is a lifelong process of study coupled with sulate, saying an investigation was authorities, showed what appeared to be conformance to God’s teachings and to the example of underway. The incident came amid a the remains of a man lying on the Muhammad (PBUH), it will take determination and patience. wave of attacks claimed by the Islamic ground between a taxi and the open But the reward is worth the effort, according to the Quran: State group or blamed on the jihadists, door of another car that was peppered “The ones who fulfill the covenant with God and do not break including a suicide bombing in Baghdad with holes. its solemn pledge to Him, who joined all the relations and obli- on Sunday that killed more than 200 In a security notice posted on its web- gations that God has commanded to be joined and stand in people and the recent attacks in site, the US embassy noted media awe of their Lord, and fear an evil reckoning, who endure with Bangladesh and at Istanbul airport. It reports of “a suspected suicide attack patience seeking the countenance of their Lord, who establish BAGHDAD: An Iraqi man reacts as he enters a building that was destroyed in a sui- happened before the end this week of Continued on Page 13 the prayer and spend charitably from what We have provided cide-bombing attack which took place a day earlier in Baghdad’s Karrada neigh- them, secretly and openly, and who avert what is evil with what borhood. — AFP is good... the angels will say, ‘Peace unto you for that you perse- vered in patience! Now how excellent is the final Home!’” (13:20-24) Those who repent, believe, do not bear false witness, pass by vile talk with Anger mounts as Iraqi honor, and heed the verses of God... “those are the ones who will be rewarded with the highest place in heaven, because of their patient constancy.” (25:75) “Those who believe in the death toll exceeds 200 unseen, establish prayer and spend out of what We have pro- vided for them, and who believe in what has been revealed to BAGHDAD: Iraqis yesterday mourned “the families of the martyrs, who fell in you [Muhammad- PBUH] and what was revealed before you, more than 200 people killed in a this place because of the failed govern- and of the Hereafter they are certain - those are upon guidance Baghdad suicide bombing claimed by ment”. As Iraq marked three days of from their Lord and it is those who are the successful” (2:2-5). the Islamic State group and accused the national mourning, security and medical The patience required for Paradise needs a level of commit- government of not doing enough to pro- officials said the number of dead from ment and effort beyond the everyday patience of the common tect them. The search continued for bod- the attack had risen to at least 213. More man. The second kind of patience required for Paradise is reac- ies at the site of the attack, which ripped than 200 were wounded, they said. tive, and it is demonstrated by our reaction to things outside of through the Karrada district early on JEDDAH: Saudi policemen stand guard at the site where a suicide bomber blew our control, such as illness, injury, loss, calamity and all circum- Sunday as it teemed with shoppers Digging through ashes himself up in the early hours of yesterday near the American consulate in the Red stances related to our physical vulnerability and mortality. ahead of this week’s holiday marking the In Karrada, a young man lit a candle Sea city of Jeddah. — AFP The Quran guarantees us that “And We will surely test you end of the Muslim fasting month of on a staircase leading to the basement of with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and Ramadan. one charred building, adding to dozens lives and crops, but give good tidings to the patient who, when Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi of others left by mourners at the site of disaster strikes them, say, ‘Indeed, we belong to God, and announced efforts to address longstand- the bombing, which sparked infernos in ‘Honor’ killings indeed to Him we are returning’” (2:155-156). Our reaction in ing security flaws in Baghdad following nearby buildings. Down the stairs, young adverse circumstances beyond our control should be to turn the blast, which came a week after Iraqi men dug through the ashes using shov- our thoughts to God, who describes Himself as wise, merciful forces recaptured the city of Fallujah from els and their hands, searching for those grow more brutal and caring. We should not disagree or be dissatisfied with what IS. But on the streets, Iraqis were angry at still missing after the blast. Black banners He does. As the Quran reminds us, “He cannot be questioned the government’s inability to keep resi- bearing the names of victims-including LAHORE: Parveen Rafiq screamed from hood friend she loved, defying her wid- as to what He does, while they will be questioned” (21:23).