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| Kuwait Refers Ummah Party Leaders to Prosecution |
| 2005-02-03 |
| The Kuwaiti government decided Monday, January 31, to refer the nascent Ummah (Nation) Party's leaders to the public prosecution's office, accusing them of declaring the establishment of the Islamist party illegally and unconstitutionally. The government further presented an official complaint to the US embassy in the Gulf emirate, expressing uneasiness over the participation of embassy official's in "an illegal" gathering or meeting, during which the party was declared, according to Al-Watan daily, citing an unnamed cabinet source. "Kuwait is a state of institutions and laws. To declare a party, there are legal procedures to be followed and licenses to be obtained first," the source added. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 I was thinking of Dar al Ummah or Dar al Islam. LH, your contention is that the correct translation would be Kuwait Peoples' Party? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-02-03 10:37:23 AM |
| #3 IIUC ummah means "people" and is related to the Hebrew "am". It normally refers to the "Muslim people", but im not sure it could never mean a specific national group. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2005-02-03 10:22:52 AM |
| #2 "...It will seek the implementation of Islamic Shari`ah laws in all political, economic, legislative and social sectors...â Now it's fine with me for them to have their very first "party", buy why was a U.S. embassy person there for a Sharia party? Intelligence gathering, I hope. |
| Posted by: Tom 2005-02-03 8:07:38 AM |
| #1 Ummah doesn't mean nation, Ummah means Islamdom, analogous to Christendom. I wonder why the Islam Online translator chose the innocuous sounding word instead. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-02-03 7:31:58 AM |