Kuwait issues its own Trump-esque visa ban for five Muslim-majority countries

[hussain0216]

Now where are the Molvis ..
Where are those that sold religion to us,

?????

What has faith in God have to do with this?

 

[Sugarcane]

We should have closed the Kuwaiti embassy and air space for them in 2011, but we have sellout at charge.

 

[SrNair]

Surprised to see a Muslim country ban people from fellow Muslim countries. Now Trump gets a shot in his arm to take on those who are opposing ban from Muslim countries.

Weird thing is that ,why did they include Pakistan?
Iran is their enemy.Rest of the nations except Pakistan are totally unstable ,so it is convincable .
Pakistan has not that serious issues.

 

[somebozo]

Pakistanis have been banned from Kuwait since several years so this ban is nothing new...but I am surprised no one protested Kuwait ban on Pakistanis but everyone is protesting against Trump..!

We should have closed the Kuwaiti embassy and air space for them in 2011, but we have sellout at charge.

You cant do that when our national subconsciousness is programmed since birth to accecpt and appraise arab rule, arab culture and arab dominance..

 

[danger007]

So are you telling me there is a difference between an indiot and a retard...

After seeing you .. I'm interested to award you best retard of the century.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

Syrians, Iraqis, Iranians, Pakistanis and Afghans will not be able to obtain visit, tourism or trade Kuwaiti visas with the news coming one day after the US slapped its own restrictions on seven Muslim-majority countries.

Arab brothers, Ummah Chummah, Arab brothers, Ummah Chummah - "Pakistan will defend Arab Kuwait and sacrifice it's sons because we are Muslim brothers"

*On a separate note have Kuwaiti Arabs banned Americans or Hindu Indians?

has been saying about some arab countries are proven true.

Well I have been saying it for a long time. The truth is coming out. So while this is humiliating it is good in the long run. Might wake up brain dead Pakistani's. By the way notice even Trump did not do this to Pakistan. These Arabs have gone one step further than Americans.

 

[Zen0]

Who needs Kuwait? It's like a minnow, a fake country anyways.

That "fake" country can output bigger GDP than Pakistan . In this world money is power.

 

[AmirPatriot]

Hahahaaha Kuwait...

I don't even need to condemn them, Pakistan was included so this thread will be flooded with condemnation

 

[EgyptianAmerican]

Citizens from five Muslim-majority countries will no longer be able to obtain Kuwaiti visas, after reports the Gulf state issued tight entry restrictions that mirrored US President Donald Trump's Muslim ban.

Syrians, Iraqis, Iranians, Pakistanis and Afghans will not be able to obtain visit, tourism or trade Kuwaiti visas with the news coming one day after the US slapped its own restrictions on seven Muslim-majority countries.

Passport holders from the countries will no lot be allowed to enter the Gulf state while the blanket ban is in place and have been told not to apply to visas.

Kuwaiti sources told local media that the restrictions were in place due to the "instability" in the five countries and that the ban would be lifted once the security situation improves.

Pakistan and Afghanistan have all witnessed violence from extremist groups, while Syria and Iraq are embroiled in internal conflicts.

Although mainly peaceful, tensions between Iran and the Gulf have ratched up over the past year with the GCC powers accusing Tehran of attempting to destabalise the region.

Kuwait is concerned about the threat of extremist groups such as al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group with both militant organisations have a presence in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The Gulf state has witnessed a number of militant attacks over the past two years, including the bombing of a Shia mosque in 2015 which left 27 Kuwaits dead.

Kuwait responded by arresting dozens of suspected Daesh sympathizers and rolling out mandatary DNA testing programme and database for the Gulf state's 4 million population.

Kuwait reportedly issued a ban on all visas for Syrians in 2011, but allowed those inside the country to remain.

It made Kuwait the only country in the world to officially bar entry to Syrians, until the US named Syria in seven countries banned from entering.

Kuwait has issued a number of laws targeting foreigners in recent years, and made it one of the most unfriendly Gulf states towards expatriates.

In 2015, Kuwait was named as the worst place in the world for expatriates in a 64 country InterNations survey.

Meanwhile, Trump's Muslim ban has been met with widespread outrage since it was signed on Friday, although Gulf states have remained quiet on the issue.

Dubai security chief Dhahi Khalfan outraged Syrians and other nationalities included in the ban when he publically backed Trump's decision.

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What's wrong with Kuwait? First their Parliaments call to impose more taxes on expatriates, now they copy Trump's ban order and added Pakistan & Afghanistan to the ban list, but they still want to produce more than 2.7 million oil b/d!

What is with Kuwait? Why Pakistan? It makes no sense...

 

[haviZsultan]

Arab brothers, Ummah Chummah, Arab brothers, Ummah Chummah - "Pakistan will defend Arab Kuwait and sacrifice it's sons because we are Muslim brothers"

*On a separate note have Kuwaiti Arabs banned Americans or Hindu Indians?

Well I have been saying it for a long time. The truth is coming out. So while this is humiliating it is good in the long run. Might wake up brain dead Pakistani's. By the way notice even Trump did not do this to Pakistan. These Arabs have gone one step further than Americans.

I am worried about those already living there in Kuwait and the hardship they will face. I hope they are not kicked out. This is however part of our conditioning over how we are expected to behave in middle eastern societies. For example in our family in Dubai we have always said the locals have the real power and can kick us out any time, we have to be extra careful (which I am not but anyway). We can buy some select property in UAE but we were skectical. It was proven right when UAE changed its property laws making it harder for immigrants.

I wish people had respect, tolerance and understanding for us Pakistanis and our society, especially arabs since a large percentage of their population is ancient Pakistani including Baloch. In fact for Oman about 30% Omani locals have Baloch background. We have heavy links.

But as proven this ummah chumma nonsense has led us to be unwary of such things. Even though Saudi visa is so hard to get and there are numerous problems related to it we expect Saudi to be a strong ally. I cannot ask why we are so misguided. Wake up Pakistanis. We need to develop our society. Remittances are important but both the west as proven by Trump and the Arab world, as proven by Kuwait can rescind the "hospitality" that they view as a favor to us.

 

[skyisthelimit]

No media or leftist liberal brigade even talks about it. If it would be EU, Japan, American continent, it would be a big bawal and issue by now. Such hypocrites.

 

[azzo]

Kuwait is controlled by Shite and secular businessmen who have the ear of the emir. Many Sunni clerics have had their citizenship revoked, also many anti-iran Arabs who live in Kuwait have been deported.

Kuwait is also a staunch enemy to Islamism and traditional Islamic values, as no Gulf state waged a bigger war, both politically and in the media against Islamists winning elections after the Arab spring. To this day they still bring up the MB in every conversation in their media, blaming them for every problem in the middle east.

They are trying now to mediate between KSA and none-countries like iran and egypt, hoping that their king (king Salman) somehow return to the late king's policies but I believe all will be in vain.

 

[ShoutB]

especially arabs since a large percentage of their population is ancient Pakistani including Baloch.

what is ancient Pakistani? The most ancient Pakistan is hardly 80 years old.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

Kuwait is controlled by Shite and secular businessmen

Yeh, why not? Turn the fvckin thing to sectatian shite. So typical. Kuwait is ruled by a Sunni dynasty. KSA and other GCC paid USA $100 billions to kick Saddam out of Kuwait or else was it not for Saudi's Kuwait would have been Iraqi territoty.

What is with Kuwait?

Mate, this underlying dynamic at play here. Arabian peninsula (real Arabs) was incredibly backward not long ago. Most were half starved nomads barely clothed with many half naked. They lived a wretched and savage. Then came along oil. This lifted them to the same level as most advanced countries in the world. In their haste to look like they are as advanced as the West they try to be 'more catholics than the catholics'. In the West Pakistan, Iran have low stock so they they do everything to distance themselves from us.

That is why in GCC American, British or other Westerners are looked up at and the poor Pakistani's looked down at.

what is ancient Pakistani?

8,000 years old you idiot. The land, the people. That way your Ganga India is hardly 80 yrears old also. Have you forgotten your fvckin independance date? Let me remind you - Auguest 1947.

 

[azzo]

Yeh, why not? Turn the fvckin thing to sectatian shite. So typical. Kuwait is ruled by a Sunni dynasty. KSA and other GCC paid USA $100 billions to kick Saddam out of Kuwait or else was it not for Saudi's Kuwait would have been Iraqi territoty.

I am not interested in the internal politics and social understandings of Pakistan, you can be as politically correct and non-confrontational as you want, even if that means hiding the truth and being unjust to the majority for the sake of the loud minority. I will tell it as it is, iran supports as supply many so-called "kuwaity" businessmen with money and logistical support which lead to mass naturalizing of shites in kuwait and mass deportation of anti-iran Arabs. Fact.

The emir of kuwait can barely understand what's happening around him, he is just a figurehead in the hands of businessmen.