Seizing a vehicle in Kuwait because of a verse from the Qur’an

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior announced the referral of a taxi to traffic detention, due to its driver placing posters that violate traffic laws on the vehicle.

The ministry’s security media said on Twitter that “the owner of the company and the driver of the vehicle are being summoned in order to take the necessary legal measures against them.”

الإعلام الأمني:
احالة مركبة اجرة الى كراج حجز المرور لقيام قائدها بوضع ملصقات مخالفة لقوانين المرور على المركبة، وجاري استدعاء مالك الشركة وسائق المركبة وذلك لاتخاذ الإجراءات القانوية اللازمة بحقهما pic.twitter.com/myFOT0Xatp

— وزارة الداخلية (@Moi_kuw) May 10, 2022

The ministry did not clarify the phrases affixed to the car, but social networking sites circulated a picture of the vehicle, which sparked controversy in the country, on which part of verse 42 of Surat Hud was written: “Oh my son, ride with us and do not be with the unbelievers.”