Kuwaiti pro-sharia Islamists win majority in parliament
The same tragic problems and dangers now plaguing Egypt are turning up in Kuwait as well (Hat tip: Jihad Watch):
KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait's Islamist-led opposition has won a landslide majority in Kuwait's snap polls by securing 34 seats in the 50-member parliament, officials results released on Friday showed.And will you look at that - no women in parliament any longer, and soon, the whole country could be sinking further into the darkness of sharia to boot.
Sunni Islamists took 23 seats compared with just nine in the dissolved parliament, while liberals were the big losers, winning only two places against five previously.
No women were elected, with the four female MPs of the previous parliament all losing their seats.
Voters punished pro-government MPs, reducing them to a small minority, especially 13 former MPs who were questioned by the public prosecutor over corruption charges.
The opposition scored strongly in the two tribal-dominated constituencies, winning 18 of the 20 available seats. Kuwait is divided into five electoral districts, with each electing 10 lawmakers.
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