Hue & cry over cancellation of women’s yoga event in Kuwait – Govt submits to blackmail

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KUWAIT CITY, Feb 9: There has been a hue and cry in social circles following the cancellation of the women’s yoga event in Kuwait, reports Al-Rai daily. The daily added, continuous restrictions on the simple leisure space available are seen as interference in people private lives. People have now lashed out at government’s acquiescence amid comparisons with neighboring countries and the activities they organize while such events are cancelled in Kuwait in the name of protecting customs, traditions and values.

This is in contrast to Saudi Arabia celebrating a few days ago the first edition of the ‘Yoga Festival’, while the organizers of the ‘Yoga Journey’ in Kuwait announced the postponement of the even without giving reasons. However, according to reliable sources this came at the request of the government after a request was submitted from MP Hamdan Al-Azmi, who calls these practices ‘extraneous’ and ‘dangerous’ to conservative society. On the background of this the women’s activists called for a sitin next Monday to highlight their plight and right to engage in such activities, while the National Democratic Alliance has denounced “the government weakness and accused it of caving in to parliamentary pressures.

The coalition says the responsibility rests with the Prime Minister, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, who gives in to the blackmailing by representatives of political Islam to protect his position. The Kuwaiti progressive movement called for confronting this reality that is being imposed on the state, society and individuals in Kuwait, establishing a specific pattern of behavior with strict standards, restricting people’s private choices, exaggerating the marginalization of women, preventing celebrations and artistic, social, sports or entertainment events, and banning television channels by issuing fatwas as a basis for government decisions.

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