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To: hdl who wrote (516534)	12/28/2003 12:10:30 PM
From: PartyTime	Respond to of 769670

Hey, maybe we should do this here in America also. Think. There'd be fewer PartyTimes--lol! PS: [NOTE to GOPwingers: Don't ya just love those Arab regimes that the US does support, and the wonderful things that they do? Call for music ban in schools From correspondents in Kuwait City, Kuwait December 27, 2003 AN Islamist parliamentarian has said he was coordinating with other MPs to ban music education at schools in Kuwait as "anti-Islamic and a waste of time". MP Daifallah Buramia al-Mutairi, in a statement received today, said he could submit such a proposal to parliament, which is due to start a debate on the emirate's education policies next week. "Music lessons use up the students' time without any benefit. Parents do not send their children to learn how to play music, but for useful scientific education that is good for them and for their nation," the MP said. Mutairi was a medical doctor before he was elected to parliament for the first time in July's general elections, backed by his tribe for his religious views. Arguing that music contravened Islam, Mutairi said he would propose substituting music lessons with Islamic education. Kuwait remains a religiously conservative country, where alcohol and discotheques are banned. In July 1997, the information ministry banned all public music concerts or shows that contravene sharia Islamic law and Kuwaiti traditions, in line with parliamentary recommendations. But the emirate recently resumed granting licences to music shows by well-known Arab pop singers despite opposition from Islamic MPs who make up at least 40 per cent of the 50 member parliament. theaustralian.news.com.au