KUWAIT: On the occasion of the last ten days of Ramadan His Highness the Kuwaiti Amir delivered a speech to the nation yesterday night. "Carrying on the tradition, we meet to celebrate the last ten days of the holy month. First of all I'd like to congratulate you on the merit of this month. I pray to Almighty God to make it come back to our noble nation as well as all Arab and Muslim nations in peace, boom and blessings," he said.

The Almighty God gave us a lot of bounty for which we have to be in full of praise. Among the signs of praise are to stick to teachings of our holy Islam and to carry on the good traditions of the ancestors. We also have to stand firm in the face of those who try to harm the dear homeland through dissemination of sectarian or tribal sedition and intolerance," Amir added.

 Our Muslim world is undergoing a painful reality which compels us - we Muslims to stand up as one in the face of the mounting challenges pursuant to the teachings of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). We feel great grief over the unprecedented disaster of the floods in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan which claimed thousands of lives and rendered millions homeless. Kuwait reacted promptly as usual in such humanitarian crises.

It offered all possible assistances to Pakistan and raised funds for the victims of the floods with all citizens and residents in Kuwait hurrying to offer help. I'd like to thank all those who contributed to the success of the relief effort for Pakistan. In these holy days we pay tribute to our late Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and the late Father Amir Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah as well as all our martyrs and deceased persons; may Almighty God have mercy on them all," he concluded. - KUNA