Kuwaiti MP threatens to grill PM over music classes
by sheikyermami on November 10, 2009
Why? Hadith Qudsi 19:5: “The Prophet said that Allah commanded him to destroy all the musical instruments, idols, crosses and all the trappings of ignorance.”
The Hadith Qudsi, or holy Hadith, are those in which Muhammad transmits the words of Allah, although those words are not in the Qur’an. You can find those rulings here>>
Hardline Kuwaiti Islamist MP Mohammad Hayef, seen here in June 2009, threatened to call for the prime minister to face a grilling in parliament after the government made music classes compulsory in schools.
KUWAIT CITY (AFP) – A hardline Kuwaiti Islamist MP on Sunday threatened to call for the prime minister to face a grilling in parliament after the government made music classes compulsory in schools.
“We hold the prime minister responsible for this decision… We call for halting this, otherwise, we will use constitutional tools. This could lead to grilling the prime minister,” Mohammad Hayef told reporters.
“We will not allow our schools to become centres for graduating dancers,” said Hayef, who belongs to a group of ultra-conservativeSalafi Islamists who consider, among other things, that music is prohibited under Islam.
Music has always been part of the curriculum in Kuwaiti schools despite opposition from hardline Islamists but the education ministry decided to include music as part of students’ overall marks effective at the beginning of the school year in September.
“What is required now is for the ministry to revert to the old system, otherwise, we will submit a draft bill to ban music from schools,” Hayef said.
He said the education ministry’s decision was an attempt to Westernise Kuwaiti society.
Over the past few years, the Kuwaiti government has tightened the screws on musical concerts under pressure from Islamist and conservative MPs who have been the dominant force in parliament.
A few months ago, a concert by Egyptian pop singer Tamer Hosni was stopped by information ministry supervisors after a teenage girl went up to the stage and kissed him on the cheek.
Tagged as: Kuwait, Mohammad Hayef, Music un-Islamic
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Psalm 27:6
Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his tabernacle will I sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.