'File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda' [‎89r] (182/748)

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Translation of an article in the Basra weekly newspaper
H A1-Sejil» of 27th May, 1938.
BE GEKTLB 0 EDITOR OF AL^-SEJIL .
In your last issue there was an article against
the firm and erect pole of Hulership in Kuwait in which
you directed hitter criticisia against the innocent and
heroic administration of the State.
There is no douht that this is a sin, for which
it should he your duty to atone hy a good act. How can
it he, that Kuwait, which takes pride in her hws and the
Hulership, is the only one amongst all Gods* own countries,
which helps her strong neighbours to promote their
propaganda, although they may not he of her own religion,
and adverse to her interests.
Here is an example to prove my assertion. There
is a protestant American foundation, a Hospital, choked
full by the sick of the Muslim Kuwaitis, who fall a prey
to their continuous religious preachings, prayers, and
verses of Church hymns. Each morning its compound is full
of patients including the rich, whose wealth is extracted
from them by every possible means. They are compelled,
by its being the only hospital in Kuwait, to come to it
although it lacks proper and sufficient materials, owing
to which many of the patients have passed away, a
sacrifice to lack of attention. The A%irate has helped
these As Americans by allowing them to import all their
materials duty free, notably religious books, and although
this respectable Amirate receives Customs duty on all
books imported or exported from Kuwait, even the Holy Koran.
Forbearance in religious matters has reached its utmost,
and some Imams and Kuazzins do not come for morning prayers
and no heed is given to the complaints of members of the