No disunity in Kuwait

I was born in Kuwait. Though from a different origin, Kuwait remains a home, a place where I had my childhood memories, where I got free education that was generously provided to me and thousands of other residents by the Kuwaiti government.
The recent attack on Imam Sadiq Mosque in one of the cities of Kuwait, resulted in deaths and injuries to tens of Shia worshippers who were at that exact moment kneeling during prayers. What a sad happening, what a tragedy in the house of God, the safest place on earth where a worshiper is supposed to bow his head and forget the world while talking to his Lord.

Why would someone commit such an appalling act? What goes through the mind of a young man in his early twenties to take such a drastic decision and walk among more than 2000 people and blow himself up? The attacker and the victims shared the same religion, the same prophet and the same Holy book, yet the motive of the attack is alleged to be religious, and has do to with the two main sects of Islam. What a heartbreaking scene, victims laying on the floor of the mosque, their white Arabian gowns socked in blood. Young, old, no one was spared , because the eyes of terrorism is blind.
And what a relief it was when the whole country got up to stand by their fellow brothers, and for the first time in the history of this region, the ruler of the country, the Kuwaiti Emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah , made an immediate visit to the mosque and comforted the victims, an act that made a huge statement in the face of those who aimed at dividing the country and creating disunity between its Shia minority and the Sunni majority.

On the same day in Tunisia, a country that I love very much in one of it is beautiful cities called Sousse, an extremist opened fire on tourists in a hotel. Here too many fell victim to terrorists who had every intention to hit the country where it hurts most, the tourism industry that forms the backbone of Tunisia. I can still vividly remember a wonderful visit I made to Tunisia, and to Sousse, walking on it’s beautiful beaches, mingling with it’s hospitable people, and savouring their yummy culinary delicacies.

The above events are, unfortunately, not unique , the wretched conditions of our world is worsening by the day. The lanterns in the lighthouses are extinguished and the ships sailing rough seas have lost their way. People are running towards fire, mistaking it for light and whole societies are helplessly watching. There are however a small number of people who remain hopeful, they work tirelessly , helping others and walking the path of service. We need to find those few serving humanity and give them a helping hand, maybe the lanterns will be lit again and ships find their way to the shores of safety.

Extraordinary
An Islamic State sympathiser’s deadly bombing in a packed Kuwaiti mosque last week was designed to fit an all-too-familiar pattern: extremists attack Shiites to stoke sectarian hatred and then proclaim themselves the defenders of Sunnis against those they denounce as heretics.