Kiss closes concert

Kiss closes concert

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 5, (AP): A Kuwaiti official says authorities abruptly ended a music concert by Egyptian singer Tamer Hosni when a young female fan jumped on stage, hugged the male singer and gave him a kiss. Qanas Al-Adwani, who heads the government department that monitors public entertainment, says the girl’s behavior at Friday’s concert “defied the conservative traditions” of Kuwait. Al-Adwani also said Sunday that the fan’s behavior broke controls on public entertainment, which were imposed by influential Muslim fundamentalists after they failed in 1997 to ban concerts altogether. Concerts have to be licensed by the government, and monitors from the Information Ministry watch the crowd to make sure nobody stands up to dance.

It has been reported the concert was beamed live by the Al-Rai TV satellite channel and after 30 minutes the organizers received a call from the Ministry of Information to cancel the concert. The Egyptian singer had performed only three songs. MP Mohammad Hayef Al-Mutairi said the scene damaged the reputation of Kuwait. He added the ministers of Interior, Information and Commerce and Industry must take firm action and refer the violators of the rules and regulations to the Public Prosecution.

Yep, believe it or not... these kissing terrorists must be stopped by all means! So let's get the Ministers of Interior, (mis)Information, and Commerce & Industry involved to stop these acts of terror.

(And for those readers that obviously don't get my sense of humour, and before you hit the comments button - I am being sarcastic).

The honourable gentlemen Qanas Al-Adwani & MP Mohammad Hayef Al-Mutairi are probably oblivious to the fact that their words and actions are doing significantly more damage to the reputation of Kuwait than some Egyptian singer's fan... Where are the mullah's denouncing this distorted view of morality? Guys, you ain't going to get more brownie points and get ahead in the queue for heaven with these stupid & petty rules...