‘Issue cards for dead Bedoun’s kids’

Cleric accused of blasphemy

By Jaber Al-Hamoud

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 8: The Administrative Court has ordered the Central System for remedying the Status of Illegal Residents (CSRSIR) to issue security cards for seven children of a deceased Bedoun, having affirmed they belong to the segment.

A lawsuit filed by Lawyer Lulua Al-Qallaf on behalf of the children’s mother indicated the children have lost their father and the woman is the sole benefactor. She explained the parents have documents to establish their status and the woman had applied to the agency for issuance of security cards for the children but the agency did not act on it. She noted an official warning was sent to that effect but nothing was done, so the only option was litigation.

Petition filed:

Lawyer Yousef Dashti has submitted a petition to the Public Prosecution Department against renowned cleric Othman Al-Khamis, accusing the latter of committing heresy against the Holy Prophet (PBUH).

Details of the petition showed Dashti was surfing the YouTube when he saw a video clip of a lecture or seminar by the respondent with a banner at the background containing an inscription that indicated the event was organized by the Da’wah and Guidance Committee affiliated to the Islamic Heritage Revival Society in Ardiya.

Al-Khamis alleged the respondent attributed certain incidents and attitudes to the Prophet (PBUH) in a degrading, defaming and sarcastic manner, stressing those attributes are unbefitting of the position and personality of the Prophet (PBUH) being the last of the prophets who was sent as the leading light to rescue the entire universe from darkness to light.