SUBSCRIPTION TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2017 RAMADAN 25, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Two killed as Egypt islands Pakistan hailed car rams into deal with Saudi by media after a lamppost pits government ‘confounding in Abdali against courts everyone’ Imsak Fajr Shorook Duhr Asr Maghrib Isha 3 8 18 03:03 03:13 04:48 11:50 15:23 18:50 20:22 Driver plows a van into Min 31º Max 47ºº crowd of Muslims, 1 dies High Tide 07:52 & 20:48 Low Tide 4th terror strike in a tumultuous 4 months; Amir denounces attack 01:29 & 14:37 40 PAGES NO: 17261 150 FILS LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May vowed yesterday to fight terrorism in all its forms after a white driver ploughed his van into a crowd of Muslims in a suspected Islamophobic attack. It was the fourth terror strike in a tumultuous four months in Britain. Ten peo- ple were injured in the incident which took place in the early hours of yesterday after evening prayers in a mosque in Finsbury Park in north London. One man also died at the scene after falling ill for unrelated rea- 5 love languages sons just before the attacker struck. May condemned the assault as “sickening”, saying By Tony Braun Britain’s determination to fight “terrorism, extremism and hatred... must be the same, whoever is responsible”. ccording to Islam, a husband and wife The 48-year-old van driver was detained by people at should show each other kindness, mercy, the scene before being arrested on suspicion of Aand love. This following verse is taken from attempted murder. The Finsbury Park Mosque said the the Yusuf Ali translation, chapter 30, verse 21: And van “deliberately mowed down Muslim men and among His signs is this, that He created for you women leaving late evening prayers” at the mosque mates from among yourselves, that ye may dwell in and the nearby Muslim Welfare House shortly after mid- tranquility with them, and He has put love and night. Many linked the attack to an increase in anti- mercy between your (hearts): verily in that are Muslim hate crimes, particularly since a van and knife signs for those who reflect. rampage in the capital on June 3 that left eight people In Kuwait, I find that lots of expats are trying to dead, which was claimed by the Islamic State group. get married. After couples get married, they often London police chief Cressida Dick said the incident find that some cultural adjustments are required. was “quite clearly an attack on Muslims” and promised a stepped-up police presence near mosques as the holy One thing that doesn’t change from culture to cul- month of Ramadan draws to a close. The attack unfold- ture is love. While the number one desire of men is ed as an elderly man was receiving first aid from mem- to be respected, the number one desire of women bers of the public in an unrelated incident. The man lat- is to be loved. This is true whether you are in er died, though it is not yet clear whether his death was Kuwait, or any other part of the world. Most men linked to the attack, said Neil Basu, the police senior understand a woman’s need for love but many LONDON: A van is seen at Finsbury Park in north London after the vehicle struck pedestrians yesterday. Police national counter-terror coordinator. men don’t understand how to love. said a man who was driving the van has been arrested and taken to a hospital as a precaution. — AP Witness Abdiqadir Warra said the van “drove at peo- According to Gary Chapmen, in his book “The ple” and that some of the victims were carried for sever- Five Love Languages”, there are 5 ways that we can al meters along the road. “He was shouting: ‘All Muslims, show love to others. They are giving gifts, words of Paris Champs-Elysees ‘attack’ I want to kill all Muslims’,” another witness, Khalid Amin, affirmation, touching, spending time together, and told BBC television. Ten people were hurt, all Muslims, acts of service. First of all, some women need gifts. with eight requiring hospital treatment. Two were in a When you give a gift, it sends the message that you Car crashes into police van very serious condition, police said. Basu praised locals were thinking about the person when they were for detaining the man, saying their “restraint in the cir- PARIS: A car loaded with gas canisters rammed into a been targeted in France once again,” Interior Minister not there. In some European cultures it is common cumstances was commendable”. police van on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris yes- Gerard Collomb said, calling the incident an “attempt- France and Germany quickly condemned the attack for the men to bring a flower to their wife almost terday, leaving the driver dead in what the interior ed attack”. The weapons and explosives found in the and Egypt’s Al-Azhar institution, the leading authority in on a daily basis. minister said was an attempted attack. Police sources vehicle “could potentially blow this car up,” he added. Sunni Islam, condemned it as “sinful” and urged Gifts don’t have to be elaborate but they should said that a Kalashnikov rifle, handguns and gas bot- Interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet Western countries to take steps against Islamophobia. be thoughtful. Just like in European countries, in tles were found in the white Renault Megane. Video said bomb disposal experts were on the scene to Kuwait, gift-giving is built right into the culture. It is showed orange smoke pouring from the car after the “ensure the vehicle poses no further danger.” “Al-Azhar affirms its total rejection of this terrorist, racist, an important part of daily life. Some women need impact as the vehicle sat in the middle of the presti- Later, the doors of the car and the bonnet were sinful act, calling on Western countries to take all pre- cautionary measures to limit the phenomenon of to hear their husband say nice things to them, such gious avenue which is lined with shops and cinemas. open as it was searched. No police or bystanders were Islamophobia,” it said in a statement. US President as “I love you”. The police and the army have consistently been injured in the incident near the Grand Palais attacked by extremists in France. “Security forces have Continued on Page 13 Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump expressed Continued on Page13 Continued on Page 13 Wataniya Airways to start operation KUWAIT: The Directorate General of Civil cial transportation in Kuwait. He said the gov- sought to develop national human resources Aviation (DGCA) has handed over an Air ernment of Kuwait is keen on developing com- and create job opportunities for the Kuwaiti Operators’ Certificate (AOC) to Wataniya mercial transportation and thus create the leg- youth “to take over the company’s command Airways, boosting number of national carriers in islative environment for air transport. positions in near future.” Wataniya Airways, said Kuwait International Airport, DGCA President The DGCA, he added, hoped the new termi- Al-Fozan, would be using latest technologies, said. Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah made the remarks nal would be ready by 2021 to contain more and follow operations and travel-related meas- during the signing of the operation agreement passengers. Al-Fozan said the aviation sector ures applied by the International Air Transport with Wataniya Airways Board Chairman Ali Al- was a great tool to development and would Association (IATA) and Air Transport Bureau Fozan, hoping the carrier would boost commer- contribute to creation of jobs. He said Wataniya (ICAO). — KUNA Muslim girl assaulted, AT SEA: Photo shows an F/A-18E Super Hornet launching from the flight deck of murdered in Virginia the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D Eisenhower in the Gulf. A US F/A-18E Super Hornet shot down a Syrian regime plane on June 18, 2017, after it dropped bombs VIRGINIA: A 17-year-old American Muslim girl Police obtained a murder warrant that on US-backed forces fighting the Islamic State group in northern Syria. —AFP was beaten and abducted after leaving a charges Torres for her death, the Fairfax mosque in Virginia on Sunday by a man who County Police Department said. A police police later arrested on suspicion of murder spokeswoman told reporters the attack fol- US shoots down after her body was found dumped in a pond, lowed some sort of dispute between the man authorities said. The attack spurred an out- and the girls, and authorities had not ruled pouring of grief and horror in a Muslim com- out hate as a motivation for the attack. The Syrian warplane munity that has been gathering to pray at the number of anti-Muslim bias incidents in the All Dulles Area Muslim Society mosque about United States jumped 57 percent in 2016 to 30 miles outside Washington in observance of 2,213, up from 1,409 in 2015, the Council on BEIRUT: An American fighter jet has for regime forces engaged fighters from the the last 10 days of Ramadan. American-Islamic Relations advocacy group the first time downed a Syrian warplane Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an The attack happened early on Sunday said in a report last month. that Washington accused of attacking alliance battling with US support against after the victim and several friends walking While the group had been seeing a rise in US-backed fighters, in a new escalation IS, in an area close to Raqa.