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Joshua Muravchik looks at recent developments that show Islamists Losing Ground in the Middle East. Are George W. Bush’s “democratization” policies bearing fruit? The results of Kuwait’s elections last month — in which Islamists were rebuffed and four women were elected to parliament — will likely reinvigorate the movement ...
Kuwait, Women's Rights, Islam, Elections, Democracy, Islamism, Militant Islam
Fantastic news from Kuwait, where the modern world finally seems to be taking hold: In a first, four women elected to parliament. Some great news for women in the conservative Persian Gulf: Kuwaitis elected their first-ever women lawmakers [second item] to parliament. Voters in four districts elevated women into parliamentary ...
Kuwait’s Dr. Sa'd Al-'Inzi must be a lot of fun at parties. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video] Following are excerpts from an interview with Kuwaiti Islamist Dr. Sa’d Al-’Inzi, which aired on Al-Rai TV on December 10, 2007: Moderator: Doctors and professionals recommend that people should relax. Modern experiments ...
Our so-called allies in Kuwait are doing their best to keep the lid on public demonstrations in favor of a mass-murdering terrorist: Kuwait appeals for unity over Hezbollah tensions. KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Kuwait’s government appealed for unity on Monday amid rising sectarian tension in the Gulf state following ...
LGF, Kuwait, Hizballah, Hezbollah, Mughniyeh, Terrorism, Militant Islam
From Kuwait’s Al-Risala TV, November 5, 2007, here’s a sort of town hall meeting in which Muslim scholars and audience members discuss the fine points and religious justifications for killing people who decide to convert away from Islam. The audience is scarier than the “scholars” in this one. (Courtesy of ...
LGF, Video, MEMRI TV, Kuwait, Islam, Apostasy, Death Penalty
Chuck Simmins emailed to let me know about his interview with Ashley and Tasha Gerken, twins who are serving in the Army in Kuwait, driving semi-truck convoys to Iraq: Interview With Ashley and Tasha.
The article itself is a pretty factual paste-up job of several wire service reports about the Hizballah War, but the headline is a classic from our friends in Kuwait: Israel on baby-killing spree. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)
Arab nations slam Israeli aggression, international ‘silence’. Arab officials from Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria were gathered in Tehran Saturday for a two-day conference on security in Iraq.
Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran
Dr. Ahmad Al-Baghdadi, a political science lecturer at Kuwait University, says Muslims themselves are to blame for the West’s distrust. It’s an amazingly clear-sighted piece—but also amazingly rare, because expressing opinions like this can be hazardous in the Islamic world. “Osama bin Laden didn’t force anyone to go to Iraq, ...