Kuwaiti PM seeks to axe 'derogatory' Shiite TV serial

0 Comments | AFP, September, 2007

KUWAIT CITY (AFP) — Kuwait's premier Monday vowed to try to stop the broadcast of a TV serial deemed derogatory to Muslim Shiites, as stones were thrown at two stations set to air the programme during Islam's holiest month.

The assurance came during a meeting between Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah and some members of parliament who warned that the serial, scheduled to be broadcast in the forthcoming Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, incites sectarianism.

"The prime minister assured us that the issue will be resolved. Our understanding is that the government will use its good offices to stop the serial," leading Shiite MP Adnan Abdulsamad, who attended the meeting, told AFP.

The serial entitled "Sins Have A Price" is due to air on the Dubai-based...