#Kuwait Prayer Times - Azan

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[expatimes]

Extend suspension of loan repayments

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 12: MP Sa’adoun Hammad has asked the government to extend the suspension of collecting loan payments from citizens for another six months.

MP a’adoun Hammad

Hammad disclosed several MPs previously submitted proposals on extending the suspension of collecting loan payments, but the government has not responded until now.

He said the decision of the National Fund for Small and Medium Enterprises to suspend the collection of loan payments from its beneficiaries for another six months has exposed the government and put the latter in an embarrassing situation.

He cited the press statements issued by health authorities that the coronavirus pandemic continues and the probability of a second wave is high. Commenting on the same issue, MP Osama Al-Shaheen praised the decision of National Fund for Small and Medium Enterprises.

He then appealed to other funds, banks and institutions – including the Public Institution for Social Security – to take a similar decision. He added the corona pandemic has affected not only businesses but also individuals and families who are in urgent need of support through the suspension of their loan payments for another six months.

In another development, MP Mohammad Haif lauded the decision of the Information Ministry to suspend the airing of news programs on Kuwait TV and Radio Kuwait in order to broadcast the call for prayer (Azan).

Haif revealed he is optimistic about the decision as it conveys a message of commitment to protect the Islamic identity of Kuwait and respect the Islamic concepts.

By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh Arab Times Staff and Agencies

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I struggle with Islam as well. :/ I think that the West thinks that hijab is "Muslim" when Islam is bigger then Arab thoughts (Arab ≠ Iran lmao) and that there are may non-Arab; I have loads of friends from India who only cover themselves to pray. I feel like Nadia is more religious and prayerful but I'm worried that to show that Elite will make her bigoted when she is just faithful. That expression is like all the different likes of Christianity; Roman and Coptic and Protestant etc. (1)

I mean there are some people who only go to mosque for the holiday prayers. There is so much social pressure to pray five times a day in some places its crazy! I don’t agree with hijab esp when imposed on non Arab peoples or represented as the trope. That would be like all Christians being Amish or all Jewish people being Orthodox; the exception of the practice. The revision of hijab to other religions is silly - nuns do not wear hijab (2)

If Muslim women in film wear hijab the men should wear amamah or kufi, but they don’t bc bring brown is enough in flim uggh. It’s so hard to explain to people that hadith is not Qur'an. It is so, so lazy. Like HOMELAND I liked in a weird way bc they have a white man convert (for all the wrong reasons) but he drank and cursed but prayed. That’s like the resl world, really. Kuwait has drinking like crazy but 5 times a day is the call. (3)

I don’t know if I believe (I do not pray anymore) but being in a mosque or a church still is this calming thing for me. But I also understand people who reject every part of Islam bc the force it is put onto people is awful. Is not to be kind the most important part of being human? They say inshallah to excuse being mean or lazy but it means that you must do good despite harshness of life. Until there are writers who know the ME then there will be these false perceptions of the world. (4)

Sorry for all the dump of feelings but I’ve had them for ages and this show gave me so many more. I liked when Nadia felt confidant w/o her hijab but also hated that she was forced bc she wanted it. It was hard to separate because I never had to but I knew women who were forced - even just by family pressure! It is so hard to explain on this for those who do not understand! Support the individual but not the oppression is such a fine line. That’s all hahaha (5) ao3 anon

ok so there’s a lot here to talk abut and I’m gonna go from the thing I think is easiest to the hardest, hopefully I’ll be able to answer you fully and thoughtfully. 

Let’s start with Nadia. I think I agree with you in that I like Nadia better without her hijab as well. I like her better when her ideas are being challenged by those around her (not lu, because Lu is clearly racist, but her brother, Guzman and Marina). Ideally for me, she would come to the realization that some of her religious ideas are not the best, and abandon them. BUT I don’t think that will happen. I think if Nadia were to not wear her hijab because she doesn’t want to, too many people would get angry. The west and especially America has had a history of attacking Muslim women for their hijab, and the Muslim women have fought back to the point where it is now unacceptable in liberal circles to really have opinions about hijab if you are not Muslim or Middle Eastern. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard someone white say things in defense of the hijab and I’ve gone into rants about how just because they’ve heard a biased opinion of what the hijab is from American raised Muslims, doesn’t mean that the hijab is a good thing. there are a few things that I feel very confident talking about and being a girl born and raised in Iran, the hijab is one of them. I was born in Iran, one side of my family are practicing Muslims, and I have been forced to comply with hijab standards in Iran. I can and will talk about this ad nauseam. But, culture being as it is, Nadia will most likely not abandon her hijab, and I don’t think that she will abandon her religion either. I think she will grow as a person, as Elite has shown her do this season. And I’m not worried about her as a character at all.

Now let’s talk about non arabs and hijab and Islam. I think that Islam has rules and Muslims will follow it whether they are arab or not. Iran is a majority Muslim (shia) country, even tho the arab population is very small. I think that the hijab is outdated and as far as I know, not a thing that the Qur’an talks about (i think it’s in the sharia, but I’m not as well versed in this as an actual muslim would be of course), and I don’t understand why Muslims uphold such an outdated practice. Except I do. The middle east, as a result of a lot of events (IMPERIALISM IS AT THE FOREFRONT but also the AMERICANS MESSING WITH THE PLACE) is not as culturally liberal as other parts of the world, and women are still treated as second class citizens. I think what will help countries like Iran and well… I think the arab countries as well is educating the population. But for education to take root and the culture to begin treating its women better, we (Iranians but also middle eastern people) need to have governments who listen to the people, and to be honest with you anon, I have no idea if that is feasible. Combine the terrible and autocratic governments with the west constantly messing with the middle east for its own gain and destabilizing the whole area, and you get a culture that is unwilling to let go of its outdated practices. 

I’m not Muslim. I wasn’t raised Muslim because my mother is not Muslim and my father is a very liberal Muslim who married a non Muslim woman in 1990s Iran. Either way, I can’t speak to your feelings about Islam as a religion. I’m not a religious person, but I think Islam has a lot of good things to offer and a lot of bad things to offer as well. It’s a religion just like any other, but I agree with you. I’m not religious at all anon, but I learned how to pray in 3d grade, I learned how to wash and what to say, I went to noon prayer with other girls my age for a while because I was forced to in Iran. Going to a mosque, listening to Azan (the call to prayer), watching people fast for Ramazan and listening to them pray, it evokes something deep and emotional in me as well. Going to a church has a similar meaning. They feel like holy places, even if I personally don’t believe in the religion they come from.

I hope my answer was good enough anon. Your comments were very detailed and I tried really hard to be as thoughtful about what I said as you so obviously were about yours.