HH Amir receives phone call from French leader over Mosque blast
Moroccan king condemns attack; Austrian chancellor expresses sorrow
KUWAIT CITY, June 29, (KUNA): His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah AlAhmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received on Monday a phone call from French President Francois Hollande, condemning the criminal bomb attack on Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque downtown Kuwait City at Friday noon prayers.
In the phone conversation, Hollande expressed full solidarity with the Kuwaiti government and people, and support to whatever measures Kuwait might take to protect its security and stability.
The French leader also expressed sincere condolences to the families of the victims and wished those wounded quick recovery.
His Highness the Amir thanked the French leader for his true feelings and his phone call which reflects the close relationship between the two friendly countries and their peoples, wishing him good health.
Meanwhile, Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann on Monday expressed deep sorrow over the terrorist attacks that hit Kuwait, Tunisia and France on Friday.
A suicide bombing targeted Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque in Kuwait city during the Friday noon prayer, killing 27 people and wounding 227 others.
The same day, a gunman opened fire at a Sousse beach hotel, killing and injuring scores of Tunisian citizens and foreign tourists. At least one person was killed and several others wounded as the third attack hit a gas factory in France.
Talking to the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Faymann stressed the need to fight terrorism, and not giving in to the challenge, based on respect of human rights and the necessity of protecting them. He voiced solidarity with the three states.
Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz had strongly condemned the Friday attacks, speaking of a “struggle between the civilized world and the barbarism of jihadism.”
Condemned
In the meantime, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad AlJaber Al-Sabah received on Sunday a phone call from Moroccan King Mohammad VI who strongly condemned the bomb attack on Imam AlSadiq Mosque downtown Kuwait City at Friday noon prayers.
King Mohammad VI extended Morocco’s solidarity with Kuwait and its people to confront terrorism.
The Moroccan Monarch praise Allah the Almighty to bestow martyrs with his blessing, and wished speedy recovery of the injured.
His Highness the Amir thanked King Mohammad VI on his sentiments, which reflected close relationship between Kuwait and Morocco.
Meanwhile, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber AlSabah on Monday received a cable from North Korea’s leader Kim Jongun, expressing his condolences and sympathy over the victims of the terrorist attack that hit Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque on Friday.
In his cable, the North Korean president voiced utter rejection to such abhorrent terrorist acts that run contrary to religions and human laws and ethics. He reiterated solidarity with Kuwait.
In the meantime, Speaker of Iran’s Shura Council Ali Larijani condemned the terrorist explosion that targeted Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque in Kuwait City last Friday, official media reported Sunday.
“These dangerous incidents have unveiled the danger of radical terrorism to all people in the region,” Larijani said in a cable of condolences he sent to Kuwaiti Parliament Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim, expressing his deep condolences to families of victims of the terrorist blast, according to MEHR News Agency.
“This tragic incident also indicates the importance of collective regional and international cooperation in order to face that international threat,” he said, reiterating his country’s full support of the government and people of Kuwait in facing terrorist acts, and that Tehran is ready for cooperation to counter terrorism.
Meanwhile, Larijani sent a similar cable to his Tunisian counterpart Mohammad Nasser, condemning the recent terrorist attack that took place in north of Sousse City.
“I was sadly informed of the death and injury of a group of your people in a terrorist attack by the Takfiri ter-
rorists on Sousse town; while condemning this terrorist act, I extend my condolences to you, the Tunisian government and nation as well as the bereaved families of the victims,” Larijani said.
Meanwhile, the terrorist bomb attack, that hit at Imam Al-Sadiq Mosque in downtown Kuwait City and left 27 deaths and 227 injured among the worshippers on Friday, continues to draw condemnations from across the world on Sunday.
The Jeddah-based International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA) said in a statement the despicable bombing which left scores of martyrs made light of the sanctities of the mosque, the holy month of Ramadan, the holy
Friday, and the Muslim blood.
The academy denounced, in the strongest terms, all acts of violence against innocent people and warned of the abominable sectarianism which poses a serious threat to the unity and stability of societies.
It also condemned the deadly bomb attacks on tourists in a hotel in Sousse, Tunisia, and a US gas company near Leon, France, on Friday too.
The academy urged Muslim scholar, politicians and media people to shoulder their responsibilities for combating terrorism and preserving the social texture of the Arab and Muslim countries.
Meanwhile, Kuwaiti Minister of Information and Minister of State for
Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah received a phone call from Egyptian Minister of Youth Khaled Abdulaziz who denounced “the shameful attack on unarmed worshippers.” The Egyptian minister reaffirmed his country’s solidarity with Kuwait in the combat against terrorism and stated readiness to share intelligence in this regard, according to a press release by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information.
He also expressed condolences to the families of the victims and wished those wounded quick recovery.
In Cairo, the Egyptian anti-terrorism center expressed similar sentiments and expressed best wishes for Kuwait at the current hardship.