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SUBSCRIPTION WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2015 RAMADAN 21, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net 152 expatriates Airstrikes and Cricket oasis deported for ground combat for Asian Emsak: 03:10 driving without kill nearly 200 laborers Fajer: 03:20 Shrooq 04:55 license in Yemen in Qatar Dohr: 11:53 Asr: 15:27 Maghreb: 18:51 3 7 18 Eshaa: 20:22 Saudi arrests brothers linked Min 35º to Kuwait mosque bombing Max 48º High Tide 04:20 & 16:00 Detained Saudis took explosives to Kuwait Low Tide 10:45 & 22:50 40 PAGES NO: 16575 150 FILS DUBAI: Three Saudi brothers have been arrested in con- nection with the suicide bombing of a Shiite mosque in Ramadan Kareem Kuwait last month, the Saudi and Kuwaiti authorities said yesterday. The attack during Friday prayers, which killed 27 Stay ‘connected’ people including the bomber, appeared aimed at stoking sectarian hatred in the energy-rich Gulf. Islamic State claimed responsibility. The three brothers were “parties to with supplication the crime of the sinful terrorist bombing that targeted the Imam Al-Sadeq mosque in Kuwait,” the SPA state news By Teresa Lesher agency cited a security spokesman for the Saudi interior ministry as saying. asting in Ramadan is a fixed act of worship in the Two of the suspects, Majed and Mohammed Al-Zahrani, sense that it is performed in the ninth month of the drove across the border into Kuwait on Thursday afternoon FIslamic calendar, it begins and ends with citing the carrying the explosives for the attack in an ice cooler, new moons, and abstinence is prescribed between the Kuwait’s Interior Ministry said in a statement. They left after crack of dawn and sunset. Likewise, the five ritual daily passing the materials to Abdul-Rahman Sabah Aidan, an prayers, or salat, is a fixed and formalized form of prayer illegal resident in Kuwait who reportedly drove the bomber that follows specific timings, positions, and words in to the mosque and is now in custody, the ministry said. Arabic according to the pattern taught by Prophet Investigators found the explosives were of the same Muhammad (PBUH). These are great blessings from our type used in two suicide bombings on May 22 and May 29 Creator because instead of guessing which way of wor- against Shiite mosques in eastern Saudi Arabia, where the ship is best, we can worship God in the ways that He asked bulk of the kingdom’s Shiite minority lives, according to the us. The car used in transporting the explosives ministry. Majed was arrested in the western Saudi city of Although fasting in Ramadan and performing the five Taif while Mohammed was taken into custody after a daily prayers are performed in specific and limited times, shootout at a house near the Kuwaiti border in which two we are allowed and even encouraged to continue with policemen were wounded. A third brother, whom the min- voluntary acts of worship once they are complete. It is istries did not name and whose precise role was not meritorious to fast occasionally outside of Ramadan, and described, was arrested in Kuwait and extradited to Saudi to have ongoing, direct communication with our Creator Arabia. A fourth brother lives in Syria and is a member of throughout the day, every day. We don’t need to wait for a Islamic State, SPA cited the Saudi security spokesman as specific time or go to a specific place to turn to Him in sup- saying. plication, nor do we need to express ourselves in Arabic. The bombing was Kuwait’s deadliest militant attack and In fact, we should frequently and spontaneously ask the most lethal in any of the six hereditary-ruled Gulf Arab our Creator for whatever we need since Prophet states since a campaign of Al-Qaeda bombings was Muhammad (PBUH) said, “Allah is angry with those who stamped out in Saudi Arabia a decade ago. The attack has do not ask Him for anything” (Tirmidhi). Making supplica- raised concerns about the number of young Saudi men tions while fasting is highly recommended. The Prophet willing to travel to attack Shiites in smaller Gulf Arab states (PBUH) said, “The supplications of three persons are not and so make good on a threat by Islamic State to step up rejected: the supplication of a fasting person at the time of violence in the holy fasting month of Ramadan. breaking fast, of a just ruler, and of a person who is Photos show the Saudi brothers who were arrested The Saudi branch of the militant group has said it wants wronged. to clear the Arabian Peninsula of Shiites and has urged Continued on Page 13 The icebox containing the explosives in connection with the suicide bombing of a Shiite mosque in Kuwait last month. young men in the kingdom to join its cause. — Reuters Saudi issues health ‘Security message’ to PAGE UK marks 7/7 bombings PAGE warning for pilgrims US citizens in Kuwait under Tunisia shadow JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health has instructions to local bodies on how to address urged people intending to visit the holy sites to these threats. This year’s pre-conditions oblige conduct Umrah or Haj pilgrimage at Makkah to those arriving from yellow fever, meningitis and make sure they comply with necessary health seasonal flu-stricken nations to provide certifi- standards ahead of their visit. These include tak- cates of vaccination from their country of resi- ing necessary vaccinations against a number of dency, he said. ailments like meningitis and seasonal flu - the Those arriving from nations of the African latter applying, in particular, to those with heart Meningitis Belt - including the Gambia, Senegal, disease, kidney failure, respiratory or nerve ail- Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, ments, diabetes, congenital and acquired Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Central immunodeficiency disorders and metabolic dis- African Republic, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, eases, along with pregnant women and obese Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea - will be also be obliged children and those under five. to receive a preventive vaccine upon entry into Those affected with chronic diseases and Saudi Arabia. the elderly were warned against making the Meanwhile, all pilgrims have been advised trip, and postponing the pilgrimage until being to follow instructions aimed at limiting the ably fit with regards to their safety. In reference spread of the MERS coronavirus and other respi- to the Ebola virus, the ministry said that the ratory ailments, including washing hands with denial of travel entry permits for residents of soap or disinfectants, using disposable tissues Guinea and Sierra Leone would continue as per when sneezing or coughing and getting rid of World Health Organization reports that suggest them after, limiting hand contact with the eyes, the continued spread of the disease in these nose and mouth, avoiding direct contact with two countries. those infected and wearing breathing masks in According to spokesman Dr Khaled crowded places. People have also been advised Marghalani, the ministry routinely monitors epi- to stay away from camel farms and to avoid demiological developments for diseases and touching these animals or drinking their milk - KUWAIT: Cars drive along the street in Kuwait City during a heavy dust storm yesterday. Visibility levels in some areas along the Seventh has a national committee which assesses the unheated or unpasteurized - or eating their Ring Road dropped to less than 200 meters yesterday due to sandstorms that hit Kuwait for the second straight day. — Photo by Yasser spread of diseases worldwide and issues meat uncooked. — KUNA Al-Zayyat (See Page 3) Palestinians connect to UAE businessman gives holy shrine with ‘selfies’ 3rd of assets to charity JERUSALEM: Palestinians young and old also popular among Jews, who refer to the DUBAI: Prominent United Arab wealth in the Middle East. The Ghurairs have jumped on a trend for taking “selfies” at area as Temple Mount, the holiest place in Emirates businessman Abdullah are one of the leading merchant fami- Al Aqsa, the 8th century Muslim shrine in Judaism and the site of a Jewish temple Ahmad Al-Ghurair has donated more lies in the United Arab Emirates, and Jerusalem, both as a personal memento and destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD. Jews are than $1 billion - a third of his business their business interests are mainly split for relatives prevented from visiting the allowed to visit the area in small numbers, empire - to a foundation supporting between two branches controlled by ancient compound. While selfies are hardly but like other non-Muslims they are forbid- education in the Arab world, a move separate brothers. Abdullah’s lineage new, Palestinians have embraced the phe- den to pray, a source of increasing religious highlighting growing philanthropy runs banking, food, construction and nomenon during the holy month of tension in Jerusalem. among the Middle East rich. The real estate assets. Ramadan as a way of showing their presence Israel, which controls access to the ancient establishment of the Ghurair founda- Abdullah is also the father of bil- at Islam’s third holiest site. “We took it as a stone plaza lined by cypress trees and foun- tion comes days after Saudi Arabia’s lionaire Abdulaziz Al-Ghurair, whose memory, because maybe we won’t be able to tains, initially issued a large number of per- Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal said he was roles include chief executive of Dubai’s come again next Ramadan,” said Shorouq, a mits for Palestinians to visit this Ramadan. But pledging around $32 billion of his third-largest bank by assets, Mashreq, young woman from the occupied West Bank after a series of attacks targeting Israelis dur- wealth to good causes including chari- and head of the local banking federa- snapping pictures with her friend Shahira, ing the first week of the holy month, restric- ties working in healthcare, disaster tion.