More sex in Sydney than sport: Kuwait MP

Close X

To Start receiving timely alerts please follow the below steps:

Click on the Menu icon of the browser, it opens up a list of options.
Click on the “Options ”, it opens up the settings page,
Here click on the “Privacy & Security” options listed on the left hand side of the page.
Scroll down the page to the “Permission” section .
Here click on the “Settings” tab of the Notification option.
A pop up will open with all listed sites, select the option “ALLOW“, for the respective site under the status head to allow the notification.
Once the changes is done, click on the “Save Changes” option to save the changes.

Kuwait: An Islamist politician says Sydney's Olympic Games contain more sex than sports and wants some events banned on Kuwait's state television.

''Some events, especially women's contests, have flagrant scenes which are unacceptable,'' Parliamentarian Waleed al-Tabtabaie said in a complaint addressed to the information ministry and published in Kuwaiti newspapers on Wednesday.

''Women's beach volleyball games, diving and synchronized swimming contests are not acceptable...they reflect western norms that do not give a woman's body any of the respect, honour or protection which Islam and Sharia (Islamic Law) have granted her,'' Tabtabaie added.

The controversial MP has in the past protested against the staging of music concerts in the conservative state as well as celebrating St. Valentine's day.

(c) Reuters Limited.

Story first published: Thursday, August 24, 2017, 17:47 [IST]

Other articles published on Aug 24, 2017

Sporting Buzz

More sex in Sydney than sport: Kuwait MP