[inti-net] Kuwait development = bikini ban

http://news.kuwaittimes.net/2012/04/19/kuwait-development-bikini-ban/

Kuwait development = bikini ban

Sahar Moussa

Proposals to ban swimsuits, introducing the death penalty for blasphemy,
imposing women to wear headscarves in public and removing flags from the
Shiite cemetery in Sulaibikhat "to protect the sanctity of graves " are
controversial issues that were recently discussed and proposed by Islamist
MPs in Kuwait.

Okay, I need to understand something. Is Kuwait booming financially and
Kuwaitis are living in heaven? Are their businesses flourishing and they
have no debts to think of? Are they not facing any environmental crises
and is their educational system so astonishing that MPs have absolutely
nothing else to think of other than to suggest these laws?

Seriously! I didn't know that Kuwait is drug free, and children are living
in such an extremely healthy environment that actually make the MPs think
of these propositions.

Now the hard truth. Kuwait is struggling and Kuwaitis are suffering!
Struggling from a lack of construction industries, as they completely
neglect the urge to build factories, plants or industrial units to
introduce commercial growth to the country. New graduates are struggling
to work and be able to give and contribute something to their country.

Instead of focusing on whether they should ban swimsuits, when most of the
population are expatriates, shouldn't they focus on strengthening their
infrastructure!? I usually do not like to compare countries, because I
believe that every country has its own agenda and characteristics, but
here I would like to take Saudi Arabia as an example. Considering it is a
religious country, and it is true that women can't drive there yet, but at
least the country is starting to have a more open mindset. They are
focusing on their infrastructure and they are progressing.

My point here is that you don't have to hide behind religion and distract
people with holy religious edicts and ignore what your country needs.

Sorry to say it, but some MPs are distracting people with their irrelevant
ideas and proposals that lead to confuse people and cause friction between
sects. Is their mission to kill the dreams of youths and push them to find
comfort and education in other countries? Well, mission accomplished!

Strengthen your educational system so students will not have to go abroad
to study outside, and leave their families behind. Clean the environment
from the 5 million tires that polluted the air two days ago, and come up
with solutions to keep the tire yard in uninhabited areas.

Instead of ordering the death penalty for blasphemy, try to fight it with
education and peace because Islam is an enlightening, loving and peaceful
religion. Do not try to distort it, and here I would like to give notice
between brackets (Article 111 of the Penal Code prohibits defamation of
religion, currently providing for up to one year's imprisonment and a
fine. Under international law, 'religious' offences do not fall under the
category of 'most serious crimes', the minimum threshold prescribed for
crimes carrying the death penalty).

Instead of taking the flags from the Shiite cemetery, respect their
beliefs and let them weep their dead in their own way.

And MPs, every time you think of swimsuits and removing flags from
cemeteries try planting a tree or start putting one brick on top of
another to build a factory for Kuwait's sake and its future.

Letters
1- Sahar,
Thank you for your recent column on the Virgin Megastore. I thought it was
well written and you made several good points. I performed a search and
found several of your older articles and enjoyed those as well. Good job!
Have a great day.
Charles

2- Hi Sahar
I just read your article about Virgin Mega Store, and I really like the
way you put it up front. I totally agree with you and I'm sure many, many
people do too. I admire your courage and I think this country needs many
writers like you. Any society that doesn't have music or art is a society
that will remain in the dark, keep it up. The struggle continues.
Nazih

By Sahar Moussa
Sahar@kuwaittimes.net
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