Phenomenon of ex-minister
the phenomenon of former minister nayef al-ajmi is worth highlighting not because it is ‘strange’, but because of the way the successive governments have dealt with it.
nayef muhammad hajjaj al-ajmi is considered an islamic preacher, and he emerged as an imam of a mosque and preacher. earlier he was the minister of justice and minister of awqaf and islamic affairs, before the united states indirectly objected to his appointment, arguing that he supported the armed groups in syria with money and weapons. this prompted him to resign from the government in 2014, a few months after its formation.
al-ajmi graduated from the faculty of sharia at kuwait university in 1996 and returned to teaching thereafter obtaining his ph.d. from the university of cairo’s law school in 2004. like other activists in the field of salafi da’awah, he was appointed to several sharia bodies of private companies operating within the so-called non-usurious systems. he was and still is close to government entities.
despite all the confusion surrounding his activities, the extremism he has portrayed in many situations, and the extremism he has demonstrated through the social media, the government acceptance of him has not wavered.
the sheikh or hajj nayef recently issued a fatwa prohibiting citizens from subscribing to the zour power company on the pretext of suspicion that the company deals in usury, a charge that we have already mentioned, because the entire country from the government, to the food companies, farms, poultry raising, flour, oil extraction, and refining, private hospitals, medicines and feed producers, and dozens of other activities, are dealing with interest, so where is the question of usury?
however, the government responded to al-ajmi’s fatwa and transferred it to the endowments ‘awqaf’ for its authenticity. this prompted scores of citizens to refrain from subscribing to the new joint-stock company.
the question is: how did this civil state, with its constitution, its institutions, its parliament, its banks and it''s central bank, allow itself to submit to the opinion of a common man, who has no official capacity but has thrust himself into a rivalry with the judiciary and the civil institutions that are indispensable legally, constitutionally ... and logically?
how did the state allow the same former minister of justice and awqaf, which had earlier asked him to quit from this sensitive ministry, to occupy the platform of the most important mosque and deliver a sermon, which i do not think is authorized to broadcast, with all its controversial contents, on state television.
there are questions and some people already know their answers, but some people do not want to ring the bell and announce the fact that the country continues to be held hostage by forces of darkness whose influence has receded throughout the world but these forces have found kuwait as their haven.
note: one week ago i wrote about the mistake of believing that the ‘fish & chips’ the famous english meal, which the muslims in britain tend to think and believe, that it is fried in beer!
a decent reader of my article drew my attention to the fact that some restaurants are already preparing a paste with flour, garlic powder, and eggs, with salt and pepper, and kneading it all with beer, boiling the dough with oil in high temperature and then dip the fish in the dough… the option is yours.
