17 November 2013
KUWAIT: Kuwait is monitoring a number of local extremists in order to prevent potential activity that includes traveling to Syria and fighting with Jihadists against Syrian regime, a local daily reported yesterday quoting government sources. Speaking to Al-Qabas on the condition of anonymity, the sources said that the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs handed lists to the Interior Ministry containing names of extremists who were previously arrested and subjected to rehabilitation programs funded by the government to fight Jihadist ideologies.
KUWAIT: Kuwait is monitoring a number of local extremists in order to prevent potential activity that includes traveling to Syria and fighting with Jihadists against Syrian regime, a local daily reported yesterday quoting government sources. Speaking to Al-Qabas on the condition of anonymity, the sources said that the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs handed lists to the Interior Ministry containing names of extremists who were previously arrested and subjected to rehabilitation programs funded by the government to fight Jihadist ideologies.
The source who the paper says works in the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs further admitted that the number of Kuwaiti fighters in Syria have 'doubled' in the past months, and currently rank highest among fighters of Gulf nationalities.
The news come one day after Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah said that "Kuwait acts in a transparent manner with regards to charity, which is organized by laws and regulations", and that in response to a New York Times report which identified Kuwait as "the biggest regional problem for the US in terms of funding Islamist fighters in Syria" according to the US Treasury's assistant secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence David Cohen
© Kuwait Times 2013
