Hussain Ali Alsayyid Khalifa Hussain al-Qallaf (
Arabic
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:حسين علي السيد خليفة حسين القلاف) is a former member of the
Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the
first district. Born in 1958, Al-Qallaf studied Sharia law before being elected to the National Assembly in 1996. While political parties are technically illegal in Kuwait, Al-Qallaf affiliates with the
Shia
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, mo ...
deputies.
Views
On June 18, 2008, Al-Qallaf criticized Education Minister
Nouriya Al-Subaih for not wearing the
hijab, telling the
Arab Times
''Arab Times'' is the first English-language newspaper published in independent Kuwait.
History
The ''Arab Times'' was started in 1977 by Dar Al-Seyassah as a weekly publication, and was soon transferred into a daily newspaper, playing a remark ...
, "It is difficult to comprehend the new Cabinet as it consists of ministers with opposing views, including two women who refused to comply with the dress code stipulated by the Constitution..."
Al-Qallaf criticized the government's October 2008 stock-market bailout, alleging that it short-changed small investors and reasoning that the bailout money would be better spent on social allowances for the masses.
On October 28, 2008, the parliament voted 50–7 to insure all types of deposits in all local banks within Kuwait. Al-Qallaf opposed the bill, along with
Jabir Al-Azmi,
Daifallah Bouramiya,
Mohammed Al-Obaid,
Mohammed Hayef Al-Mutairi, and
Musallam Al-Barrak and
Waleed Al-Tabtabaie
Waleed Al-Tabatabaie (Arabic: وليد الطبطبائي) was a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, who represented the third district. Born on 4 April 1964, Al-Tabtabaie obtained a PhD in Islamic studies from Al-Azhar and was an assistant ...
. Al-Qallaf accused the Cabinet of speeding up the bill's passage for the benefit of monetary tycoons.
In November 2008,
Waleed Al-Tabtabaie
Waleed Al-Tabatabaie (Arabic: وليد الطبطبائي) was a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, who represented the third district. Born on 4 April 1964, Al-Tabtabaie obtained a PhD in Islamic studies from Al-Azhar and was an assistant ...
,
Mohammed Al-Mutair and
Mohammed Hayef Al-Mutairi filed a
request to grill Prime Minister
Nasser Al-Sabah for allowing prominent Iranian Shiite cleric
Mohammad Baqir al-Fali to enter Kuwait despite a legal ban.
On November 20, 2008, Al-Qallaf criticized this move as political gamesmanship, telling
AFP, "This is a grilling by proxy and is a reflection of the dispute within the ruling family ... Some
Pshave made themselves available as tools for ruling family members." In response to the grilling request, Al-Qallaf also called on the Emir to "suspend parliament and the constitution" in a bid to stop the political bickering.
References
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Kuwaiti people of Arab descent
Members of the National Assembly (Kuwait)
Living people
Kuwaiti Shia Muslims
Al-Moussawi family
1958 births