Mikhled Al-Azmi was a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the

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. While political parties are technically illegal in Kuwait, Al-Azmi affiliates with Islamist deputies.

Supports Sharia draft bill

On July 10, 2001, Al-Azmi 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 ...

presented a draft bill to amend Kuwait's penal code to meet Islamic sharia law.

Protested Against Israeli Attacks

On December 28, 2008, Kuwaiti lawmakers Mikhled Al-Azmi,

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protested in front of the National Assembly building against the attacks by

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

on Gaza. Protesters burned Israeli flags, waved banners reading, "No to hunger, no to submission" and chanted "Allahu Akbar". Israel launched air strikes against

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in the Gaza Strip on December 26 after a six-month ceasefire ended on December 18.

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