US embassy cable - 05KUWAIT4884

UNCLAS KUWAIT 004884 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR NEA/ARPI, LONDON FOR TSOU, PARIS FOR ZEYA 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: PGOV, PREL, PTER, PHUM, KISL, SOCI, KU 
SUBJECT: KUWAITI AUTHORITIES CRACK DOWN ON "DOOR-TO-DOOR 
JIHAD;" ARREST FIVE FOREIGN PREACHERS 
 
1.  Local Arabic daily Al-Seyassah reported November 22 that 
five extremist preachers -- three Egyptians and two 
Indonesians -- were arrested November 21 "for spreading the 
doctrine of the terror group al-Qaeda among the inhabitants 
of a Kuwaiti city." The paper reported that they went from 
door-to-door, talking to citizens on the importance of Jihad 
(holy war) and the necessity to re-establish Shari'a 
(Islamic law) in the world. The five preachers held the 
impromptu religious lessons on Jihad until they were 
arrested by Kuwaiti police. Kuwaiti security services are 
trying to determine how they entered Kuwait and whether they 
had any direct contacts with terrorist groups in Iraq. 
 
2.  The arrests come on the heels of recent efforts to curb 
extremist ideology, including conferences in Kuwait and 
European capitals. 
 
 
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