SUBSCRIPTION SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2017 RAMADAN 23, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Multiple fires Israel cancels It is not just reported as 250,000 cricket: India, temperature family Pakistan rivalry soars in Kuwait visit permits transcends sport Imsak Fajr Shorook Duhr Asr Maghrib Isha 3 8 18 03:03 03:13 04:48 11:48 15:22 18:49 20:21 Trump rolls back ‘terrible, Min 31º Max 47ºº misguided’ Obama policies High Tide 06:16 &17:27 Low Tide Obama-era Cuba deal revamped 12:01 & 20:55 40 PAGES NO: 17259 150 FILS MIAMI: President Donald Trump has ordered tighter restrictions on Americans traveling to Cuba and a clam- pdown on US business dealings with the Caribbean island’s military, saying he was canceling former President Barack Obama’s “terrible and misguided deal” with Havana. Laying out his new Cuba policy in a speech in Miami, Trump signed a presidential directive rolling back parts of Obama’s historic opening to the Communist-ruled country after a 2014 diplomatic Honoring parents breakthrough between the two former Cold War foes. But Trump left in place many of Obama’s changes, By Hassan Twaha Bwambale including the reopened US embassy in Havana, even as he sought to show he was making good on a campaign round the world, many days are designated promise to take a tougher line against Cuba, especially to honor and appreciate special people. over its human rights record. “We will not be silent in AAmong those days are Father’s Day, Mother’s the face of communist oppression any longer,” Trump Day, Memorial Day and Labor Day. In Islam, howev- told a cheering crowd in Miami’s Cuban-American er, respecting, honoring and appreciating parents enclave of Little Havana, including Republican Senator are not just for a single day of the year, but rather Marco Rubio of Florida, who helped forge the new for each and every day of the year. restrictions on Cuba. Dutifulness to parents, respecting them, and “Effective immediately, I am canceling the last recognizing their care, love and concern are men- administration’s completely one-sided deal with Cuba,” tioned in the Quran eleven times. The following Trump declared as he made a full-throated assault on verse is one of the instances in which Allah enjoins the government of Cuban President Raul Castro. Cuba us to honor, respect, and be dutiful to our parents later denounced the move as a setback in US-Cuban in the best possible manner. Allah says, “And your relations, saying Trump had been badly advised and Lord has decreed that you not worship except Him, was resorting to “coercive methods of the past” that and to parents, good treatment. were doomed to fail. The government remained willing Whether one or both of them reach old age to engage in “respectful dialogue,” it said in a statement. [while] with you, say not to them [so much as], “uff,” Trump’s revised approach calls for stricter enforce- and do not repel them but speak to them a noble ment of a longtime ban on Americans going to Cuba as word. (Al-Isra, 17:23) Dutifulness to parents is tourists, and seeks to prevent US dollars from being among the most meritorious acts of worship: used to fund what the Trump administration sees as a Abdullah Bin Masoud (Prophet’s companion) nar- repressive military-dominated government. But, facing rated, “I asked Allah’s Messenger (PBUH), ‘What is pressure from US businesses and even some fellow the most beloved deed to Allah Almighty? He Republicans to avoid turning back the clock completely replied, ‘Prayers performed on time.’ I then asked, in relations with Cuba, the president chose to leave ‘What next?’ He replied, ‘Dutifulness to parents.’ ...” KUWAIT: Photo captured the sunset near Doha beach. Islam’s holiest month is a period of intense prayer, intact some of his Democratic predecessor’s steps (Collected by Imam Al-Bukhari in Al-Fat’h 10/5970 dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. — KUNA toward normalization. and Muslim # 85) Continued on Page 13 Abdullah bin Abbaas (Prophet Muhammad’s Companion) said, “I do not know of any act of wor- PAGE PAGE ship that would draw a believer closer to Allah (to father of German Indonesian tribe Whom belongs all might and majesty) more than any other good deed, than dutifulness to one’s par- reunification dies turns to Islam ents.” (See Al-Adab Al-Mufrad by Al-Bukhari, vol- ume 3.) Your parents will always love you in what- ever situation you are. Others may claim to love you; you may think that your friends do, but they may fake the love for their own vested interests. Trump ‘under investigation’ The love of your parents is the best thing in the world. They always pray for you and wish you well WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump acknowledged he wrote to justify Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director cerned” that Trump will fire both Mueller and Rosenstein. in what you do. Therefore, I would strongly advise for the first time Friday that he is under federal investi- James Comey, but that Trump action may now be part “The message the president is sending through his you to respect their love because you are lucky to gation as part of the expanding probe into Russia’s elec- of the probe. Thursday night, Rosenstein issued an tweets is that he believes the rule of law doesn’t apply to have them. Think about those who do not have tion meddling. He lashed out at a top Justice unusual statement complaining about leaks in the case. him and that anyone who thinks otherwise will be fired,” parents, and consider yourself as the luckiest per- Department official overseeing the inquiry, reflecting Trump advisers and confidants describe the presi- Feinstein said. “That’s undemocratic on its face and a bla- son to have them in your life. Moreover, treating his mounting frustration with the unrelenting contro- dent as increasingly angry over the investigation, tant violation of the president’s oath of office.” them well is a means to accrue Allah’s rewards and versy that has consumed his early presidency. “I am yelling at television sets in the White House carrying Aides have counseled the president to stay off a cause to enter one of the gates of Paradise. being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man coverage and insisting he is the target of a conspiracy Twitter and focus on other aspects of his job. They who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt,” the to discredit - and potentially end - his presidency. Some have tried to highlight the positive reviews he Courtesy of the TIES Center: The TIES Center is a president wrote on Twitter. of his ire is aimed at Rosenstein and investigative spe- received Wednesday when he made a statesman-like social and educational hub for expats in Kuwait whose His morning missive apparently referred to Rod cial counsel Robert Mueller, both of whom the presi- appearance in the White House to address the nation motto is: Tolerance, Information, Empowerment, Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general whose role dent believes are biased against him, associates say. after Rep Steve Scalise was shot during a congression- Solidarity. For more information, please call leading the federal investigation has become increas- Dianne Feinstein, top Democrat on the Senate al baseball practice. 252301015/6 or log onto: www.tiescenter.net ingly complicated. The White House has used a memo Judiciary Committee, said she was “increasingly con- Continued on Page 13 Philippine troops pound 7 US destroyer crew missing Islamists; over 300 killed Commander hurt in crash off Japan MARAWI: Philippine troops pounded in Butuan city, northeast of Marawi, in Islamist militants holding parts of the southern region of Mindanao. “We YOKOSUKA: Seven US sailors were missing and a skipper southern Marawi city with air strikes have to use the air assets because we injured after their Navy destroyer collided with a contain- and artillery yesterday as more soldiers are up against fighters from the Middle er ship off the coast of Japan yesterday, with the badly were deployed and the death toll rose East and they have learned the art of damaged US vessel partially flooded. Aerial television to more than 300 after nearly a month brutal killing-they will burn you, footage showed one sailor lying on a stretcher and a res- of fighting. Fires erupted and dark behead you,” he said. Duterte’s absence cuer being pulled up to a helicopter that was hovering plumes of smoke rose from enclaves had fuelled speculation about the state above the USS Fitzgerald, its right side partially crushed. still occupied by the militants as the air of the 72-year-old leader’s health. Three sailors were injured in the pre-dawn collision, force staged bombing runs to support Also yesterday, 400 fresh troops including the guided missile destroyer’s commanding ground troops struggling to dislodge were airlifted to Marawi from the cen- officer Bryce Benson. “Two sailors, in addition to the com- the fighters from entrenched positions, tral Philippines, ANC television said manding officer, have been medically evacuated from AFP journalists at the scene said. quoting military officials. Television USS Fitzgerald to US Naval Hospital Yokosuka for lacera- MG520 attack helicopters and FA50 footage showed the soldiers bidding tions and bruises,” the navy said. “There are seven sailors fighter jets were used in the raids, while goodbye to their families before being unaccounted for; the ship and the Japanese Coast Guard sustained bursts of automatic gunfire flown to the conflict zone.