Kuwait: Court Ruling Continues Standoff with Islamists
On September 25, Kuwait’s highest court ruled against the Emir’s attempt
to rig future parliamentary elections in his favor. It was a victory for
judicial independence, but also has empowered the Islamist political
movement in the country. The Islamists now stand poised to gain control
of the next parliament, but this is less of a cause for concern than it
may seem, as LIGNET explains
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