Today’s Kuwait Times: Monday, 21 July
First, to give credit where credit is due, the Kuwait Times has become better and better during my time here in Kuwait. The grammar is better, they have (most-of-the-time) stopped using “red handed” in every crime report, and the captions under the photos match the photos.
Until today. I think an editor must be on vacation.
Here is the photo:
And here is the caption under the photo: KUWAIT Director of Public Relation and Moral Guidance department COL Adel Al-Hashash receiving Deputy Chairman of Police Sports Association COL Mubarak Al-Mubarak and head of police Karate team to the Arab championship LTC Waleed Ghanem Al-Ghanem over the weekend.
Now down at the bottom of the page is the same caption, with this photo:
Also on page 2 is the following article – please read it closely and tell me if I am reading it correctly – that this will compel women, but not men, to go to the reconciliation committee before filing for divorce? I hate divorce. I am all in favor of family counseling. I am in favor of any law helping families, as long as it applies equally to men and to women:
Family Court will halve divorce rates in Kuwait
Published Date: July 21, 2008
KUWAIT: Judge Faisal Al-Mirshid has revealed that family court should be up and running in Kuwait within one year, predicting that its existence would halve the country’s divorce rates. The Appeal Court head, member of the Higher Judicial Council and chairman of the committee entrusted with establishing the family court said that the court’s establishment would reduce divorce cases by 50 percent because those asking for divorce will first have to go to the reconciliation committee, otherwise their cases will be automatically rejected in all courts.
Al-Mirshid said that a ministerial decision has been issued to establish the family court, and the committee has already begun working on the regulatory legal framework which will control its decision making process, reported Al Jarida.
He explained that the committee has already contacted the Awqaf Ministry’s Secretariat General regarding the allocation of a building to house the family court, which will include several departments and sections, including a shelter for women and children fleeing domestic violence.
He explained that it will also establish a fund to help Kuwaiti families and provide financial aid for divorced Kuwaiti women or those whose husbands are imprisoned.
Al-Mirshid said that there are some impediments to the success of the family courts, including a need to amend the current divorce legislation in order to compel women seeking a divorce to first resort to the reconciliation committee before filing for divorce.
He said the family court law will be applied to followers of the Jaafari Shia sect followers just like other personal affairs legislation, emphasizing that there is no contradiction with the idea of Jaafari courts which call for reconciliation before resorting to court for divorce.
He said that there will also be a fund established to provide expenses for families within the Jaafari rules.
Last, but not least, on the very same page 2 is this intriguing article. So you tell me – what are they saying DID happen?
MoI clarifies erroneous rescue operation
Kuwait: The Ministry of Interior clarified an erroneous report published in some local dailies recently. It referred to a report on the rscue operation of four persons whose boat sank off the Kubbar island.
It said the coast guard acted promptly the minute they received the call, while the delay in rescuing them was actually caused through wrong coordination.
That error resulted in the team having to scour the entire square area around the island in their search for the missing persons.
Help was sought from a helicopter from the US search rescue team to assist in the operations, it added.
Ministry officials also disclosed that the four persons of both sexes were not in any way related to the Al-Sabah family, and that the search operation succeeded in locating them and getting them safely ashore without any casualties.
They said contradictory reports of the rescue operations published in newspapers was due to the fact that the media did not source the correct information from the concerned authorities.
A statement released by the ministry said rescue teams from the fire service department as well as central operations (777) participated in the rescue.
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I gave up on kuwaiti newspapers a longtime ago ….
Kuwaiti women dont do as bad as u think when it comes to divorce, ESP ESP ESP in the Jafari Shia sect.
There r some sob stories of course, but in general the Kuwaiti divorce lawyers are pretty much cut throat, esp on the woman’s side. (So ive heard)
When the woman doesnt go to court is when she loses out, gets mistreated, loses her children and any means of financial support.
Islamic law protects women A LOT when it comes to divorce.
Oh….and what i mentioned is regarding Kuwaiti women. I really dont know how it would be if the wife was an expat, my guess is it wont go as smooth.
the kubbar island rescue…
what a fiasco!
KTDP – I can’t give up on newspapers. I am not Kuwaiti! I don’t go to the morning or afternoon coffees, or the diwaniyyas, where everyone talks about what is REALLY happening in Kuwait. The best I can do is read the papers, throw stuff out and get my friends and fellow bloggers to explain to me what is going on. The papers may be bad, but it’s what I’ve got – other than reading the blogs. I don’t do FaceBook or any of the social networks – who has the time???
Delicately Realistic – You would know better than I would how Kuwaiti women fare in divorce. How expat women fare in divorce is a topic I hear a lot. It seems to depend totally on the character and generosity of the husband.
I am all for pre-marital counselling, and family counselling. The only reason that article caught my eye is its very specific mention that WOMEN would be required to attend family counselling, and divorces were expected to halve. My personal conviction is that family counselling only succeeds when both partners seek counselling and both are willing to make the changes necessary for a healthier marriage. My understanding is that men can divorce very easily here, and that it is much much harder for women. Is that true?
Jewaira – See? You know what you are talking about. I haven’t a clue! My only source of information is that laughable article that tells what is NOT true, and we have to guess what IS true!
i just cannot follow an article…its just too unstructured and redundant at times. come to my house i enlightenf u on whats REALLYF going on in the countryf.
Unstructured, MrM? Redundant? How about OPAQUE! I would love to sit down over coffee and learn the ins and outs of all this. There is so much going on, and I barely skim the surface, even after two years, and I am paying attention. I think you could live here forty years and still be surprised.
i can has coffeef?
Yesf. 😉
Subject: RESQUET FOR ASSISTANCE IN THE CONSTRUCTION MOSQUEE :
Our committee for the construction of mosque (RAHAMAN) situated in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, specifically in the town of Kumasi, in the northeast of the city (Abidjan), is particularly privileged and opportune to use this medium to solicit or request for financial assistance in the construction of our old mosque that is over 30 years (Thirty years).
On behalf of all the Muslim community in our area, on behalf of the Committee of Wise Men, on behalf of the youth, on behalf of the women’s committee, and on behalf of the Board of Imams of the mosque, we humbly solicit for material and financial assistance towards the construction and equipping of the mosque RAHAMAN.
On behalf of all the faithful in the neighborhood, your commitment to help us, in the name of ALLAH, the merciful, forgiving, omnipotent and omniscient for the realization of our project will be highly appreciated (FISSABILILAH).
To build the house of ALLAH (soubhana-watahala) has been our community dreams for years. Unfortunately this projector cannot be accomplished or realized as scheduled due to severe financial constraints.
In anticipation of a favorable response, we wish to inform you that despite the Christian dominance in government in my country, ISLAM is growing from strength to strength in our communities. We sincerely need your moral support and financial commitment towards our Mosque building project.
May ALLAH bless you?
Mr. ALI RAZAK
Chairman of the Board of Management of the mosque RAHAMAN
Fax: 000 225 21 63 66 06
EMAIL: mosquee_raham001@yahoo.no
IMAM: IBRAHIM SISSOKO