Kuwait hosts thousands of Syrians as ‘brothers’ – MP – ‘ISIL terror group, no link to Islam’

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FLORENCE, Nov 27, (KUNA): MP Dr Auda Al-Rowaey on Friday reiterated keenness by the Gulf states, and Kuwait in particular, on assisting victims of the conflict in Syria, hosting scores of thousands of Syrians “as brothers and not as refugees” and offering them all forms of humanitarian support.

Al-Rowaey is leading a Kuwaiti National Assembly delegation to a joint seminar for the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) Mediterranean and Middle East Special Group (GSM) and the Sub-Committee on Transatlantic Economic Relations that kicked off in Florence, Italy, on Thursday. The GSM provides a forum for parliamentarians from NATO countries and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to discuss political and security issues and to enhance co-operation.

Al-Rowaey appreciated all those offering support to the Syrian refugees, either Arab Muslims, or the international community. He said that the event highlighted the Gulf leading role in support to the humanitarian issues. Kuwait is hosting 160,000 Syrians “whom we consider brothers and offer all means of a dignified life. We do not deal with them as refugees.” The figure may look small for soma, but it is equal to 15 percent of the Kuwaiti population, he noted.

Al-Rowaey said that His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah was the first to pay attention to the Syrians’ humanitarian issue since the eruption of the crisis, more than four years and a half ago. His Highness the Amir exerted efforts to muster assistance to the Syrians, hosting the First, Second and Third International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria, which managed to collect USD 8 billion for the Syrian people.

Later today, the NATO’s GSM concludes two-day discussions on migration, terrorism, power, economy and regional crisis. Dr Auda Al-Ruwaie stressed the importance of rejecting any links between the so-called the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to Islam, calling for terming it as a terror organization. The message of ISIL runs thoroughly counter to the principles and teachings of Islam which call for tolerance, stopping the bloodshed of people and safeguarding their lives, he told a forum of NATO parliamentary group on Thursday.

Al-Ruwaie called on countries to scrutinize deeply and clearly the ideology of this organization, which calls for the destruction of institutions and homes, and the killing of people, and to expose its crimes against people regardless of their race, religion or sex. He rejected also claims that ISIL destroys monuments and museums on a religious basis, saying the accumulated cultural heritage has been existing unharmed over the history of Islam and this proves also that ISIL is not linked to Islam.

The Kuwaiti MP underlined the urgency of drying up financial sources of ISIL in order to uproot the phenomenon, urging both Muslim and Arab nations to show to the world the true image of Islam and Muslims. He urged the Western media to uncover facts relating to the crimes of this organization to expose its ugly image to people.

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