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“Islamophobia”: Kuwait imposes visa ban on five Muslim-majority nations, including Pakistan

Feb 2, 2017 10:13 am By Robert Spencer

UPDATE: Pakistan’s ambassador to Kuwait has denied that there is any visa ban on Pakistanis.

———-

“The Kuwaiti Government has asked would-be migrants from the five banned nations not to apply for visas, as Kuwait City is worried about the possible migration of radical Islamic terrorists.”

But the U.S. is not allowed to have a similar concern. That would be racist! Islamophobic! Hateful!

This action by the Kuwaiti government neatly reveals the absurdity of such objections.

“Kuwait imposes visa ban on five Muslim-majority nations including Pak,” ANI, February 2, 2017:

Following the Muslim ban in the U.S., Kuwait has now suspended the issuance of visas for travellers native to Syria, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran.

Tourism, trade, and visitor visas from the above mentioned nations have been restricted following an order from the Kuwaiti Government to slap a “blanket ban” on possible migrants, according to Sputnik News.

The Kuwaiti Government has asked would-be migrants from the five banned nations not to apply for visas, as Kuwait City is worried about the possible migration of radical Islamic terrorists.

A group of militants bombed a Shia mosque in 2015, killing 27 Kuwaiti nationals….

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  1. Malcolm (SouthAfria) says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 10:29 am

    Well how about that, just posted something similar on the previous post.

    I look forward to the update from Jihad Watch,on the Canada mosque shooting.

    It is apparent there is a twist in this story that will be interesting.

    • Linda (Ontario,Canada) says

      Feb 2, 2017 at 5:09 pm

      Thanks for posting that…been waiting eagerly for an update on that too.

      • deri orbuka says

        Feb 3, 2017 at 2:34 pm

        America is a global power…unlike Kuwait which not up to the size of Newark in the US. Apart from the fact that Kuwait takes orders from the US..as far as issues of their foreign policies are concerned….

    • Noemi A Reyes says

      Feb 5, 2017 at 2:10 pm

      Foreign Minister Sabah Al Khalid Al Sabah issued this statement in response to Trump’s fake news: “Kuwait categorically denies these claims and affirms that these reported nationalities…have big communities in Kuwait and enjoy full rights. The State of Kuwait believes that granting of visa [sic] is a sovereign matter, and is not linked to terrorism or violence or nationality or faith.”

  2. Rev G says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 10:29 am

    We could ship them a few thousand protesters or so…

    • mortimer says

      Feb 2, 2017 at 12:25 pm

      Agree. Give all the protesters who carry signs endorsing Islam tickets to an Islamic berzerkistan among the banned countries. Let them live there for a year so they can thoroughly experience the backwardness and corruption that no one wants in the West.

  3. Angemon says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 10:51 am

    Pakistanis are denying this.

    • salim says

      Feb 2, 2017 at 3:28 pm

      Deny it or not, the fact is Arab countries impose such bans regularly on each other. Kuwait and Saudi Arabia did this against Yemen (and deported the Yemenis who were already in the country), Jordanians and Palestinians in the 1990s. Jordan imposed such a ban against the Iraqis in the 1970s. And there are other examples.

      However, I believe the US should not seek excuses and examples of other nations to impose a ban on Muslims. If it is right for America just do it.

      • gravenimage says

        Feb 2, 2017 at 8:00 pm

        Agreed–we do not need sanction or example from Muslims.

  4. marina says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 10:51 am

    Good work Kuwait! I wonder what would those protesters say about this.

    • mortimer says

      Feb 2, 2017 at 12:26 pm

      Yes, are the PROTESTERS now going to PROTEST KUWAIT?

  5. mortimer says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 11:08 am

    OH, THE HUMANITY!

    Will the ISLAMOPHOBIA of KUWAIT never cease?

    (sarc/off)

  6. Stan Lee says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 11:26 am

    Kuwait is valiantly attempting to join the other nations who practice freedom and a responsibility to it.
    Obviously, Kuwait wants to trade with western democracies, after watching its more powerful neighbor, Saudi Arabia hang on the cusp of going one way or the other, becoming very wealthy and playing an exhaustive process of working both ends against the middle. Kuwait doesn’t have that latitude, therefore it has chosen its safest alternative.,I hope for their continued success.

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 2, 2017 at 8:48 pm

      Stan Lee wrote:

      Kuwait is valiantly attempting to join the other nations who practice freedom and a responsibility to it.
      ………………………..

      I’m afraid not, Stan. Most Muslims recognize the threat other Muslims present; that *does not* mean that they are rejecting the barbarism of Islam themselves. Kuwait

      While Kuwait is not as bad as some parts of Dar-al-Islam, they still have an abysmal human rights record. Women are still second class-citizens, and Shari’ah law is in place for family law. Criticizing the Emir can get you arrested. Human trafficking is rife. Migrant workers are regularly abused, and many wind up virtual slaves.

      There is no indication that any of this is going to change there.

      More:

      Obviously, Kuwait wants to trade with western democracies, after watching its more powerful neighbor, Saudi Arabia hang on the cusp of going one way or the other, becoming very wealthy and playing an exhaustive process of working both ends against the middle. Kuwait doesn’t have that latitude, therefore it has chosen its safest alternative.,I hope for their continued success.
      ………………………..

      Kuwait has oil–and they are going to be able to sell it, whether they are an Islamic hell hole or whether they decide to join the civilized world.

  7. common sense says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 12:07 pm

    Good entrenched with evil was acceptable only with Obama as POTUS. This is the time of separating narcissism from common sense, lies from truth and procrastination from motivation.

    Islamic supremacists, Marxists and fascists will run out of hiding places one way or another.

  8. EmHotep says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 12:11 pm

    This is going NUTS; Because, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia And other GULF countries are the REASON for ISIS, with their money, and support from Erdogan and Obama admin ISIS was created.

    Both fractions of radical islam are dangerous. (shia and sunni)

    I am having hard time to understand current policy of USA, if it is a shia versus sunni game we are again f*cked up…

    It will make everything worse.

    • Eric Jones says

      Feb 2, 2017 at 7:47 pm

      Is Kuwait a Shia country or a Sunni one? Apprarently Muslim states know the behaviour of other muslims and want no part of them.

      Eric

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 2, 2017 at 8:55 pm

      EmHotep, many Americans are still all too clueless about the Sunni/Shia split–and those who are aware of it often think it is just like Catholics and Protestants or Orthodox–just different sects, that can be perfectly peaceful with each other.

      There is no official American policy pitting them against each other. To the extent that US policy results in anything of this sort, it is usually accidental.

  9. BLC says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 12:23 pm

    Even Muslim states don’t want Muslims. That should tell us something…that President Trump was right.

    • mortimer says

      Feb 2, 2017 at 12:28 pm

      Exactly. A cabinet minister in Jordan admitted his government COULD NOT discern a JIHADIST from a MODERATE MUSLIM. So how could the US know what MUSLIM COUNTRIES cannot find out themselves?

      (Answer: lie detector testing)

      • EmHotep says

        Feb 2, 2017 at 12:52 pm

        It is easy for us as Turkish seculars, we have been dealing with them for the last 20 years 😉 2 min job.

  10. Wellington says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 1:53 pm

    Islam is so screwed up (and has been from its inception, in large part because its reputed founder demonstrated psychopathic behavior) that even many Muslims are worried about other Muslims. Yes, Christians in centuries past feared certain other Christians, but the last religious war in the West was the Thirty Years War which ended in 1648, Some persecution of Christians continued for a while longer and discrimination lingered by one Christian group against another even into the 20th century, but Islam has demonstrated a barbaric proclivity for 1400 years now and there is no end in sight.

    • paul says

      Feb 16, 2017 at 11:01 am

      church’s that cover up child abuse, the troubles in Northern Ireland and the bitter feuds and violence that still go on to this day between catholic and protestant factions, and church leaders who live in the lap of luxury while collecting off of everyone else for the poor….I think the christian church needs to take the log out of it’s own eye before it starts blowing it’s own trumpet don’t you

  11. Marty says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 2:01 pm

    Quick
    Notify the BBC/Guardian & they’ll whip up a demo of thousands
    of snowflakes, who’ll happily burn & loot.
    Just like they did for days on end outside the israeli Embassy during
    the excellent Operation Cast Lead.

  12. gravenimage says

    Feb 2, 2017 at 7:58 pm

    “Islamophobia”: Kuwait imposes visa ban on five Muslim-majority nations, including Pakistan
    …………………

    Yup–Muslims know how dangerous other Muslims are–but we “filthy Infidels” are not supposed to notice…

  13. paul says

    Feb 3, 2017 at 8:15 pm

    why does everyone keep saying a ban on muslims and keep drumming it in about these 7 countries the USA has banned…… the only ban is on Syrian refugees , the others that keep getting talked about in the press have a suspension of 90 days which is to allow for Trumps “extreme vetting” which is to weed out potential terrorists who may be attempting to slip into America…… a wise precaution considering the Paris bombing, an attack in Florida in 2016 where 50 people were shot dead in a nightclub by islamists (one of many islamist incidents that happened on US soil last year) and the recent incident at the louvre , again in Paris

  14. Denis says

    Feb 4, 2017 at 1:15 am

    FAKE NEWS ALERT – It turns out this was a fake news item originated out of the “Sputnik International” news agency of Moscow.
    The Pakistani government has denied it and some outlets have begun retracting it including these two in Kuwait and India:
    http://www.khaleejtimes.com/region/kuwait/Pakistanis-are-welcome-in-Kuwait,-says-ambassador-
    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/pakistan-envoy-denies-visa-ban-by-kuwait/articleshow/56933960.cms?http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/pakistan-envoy-denies-visa-ban-by-kuwait/articleshow/56933960.cms?

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