KUWAIT CITY: A video advertisement that depicts a would-be suicide bomber confronted by the faithful has gone viral two days into the Muslim fasting month of Ramazan.
“That you’ve filled the cemeteries with our children and emptied our school desks...,” begins the video.
The video featuring Emirati pop star Hussain al-Jassmi has registered nearly two million views on Zain’s YouTube page and more than 4,000 shares on Facebook.
It features images from bombings across the region claimed by Al Qaeda or the IS.
But it ends on a positive note with footage of a happy wedding and cheerful children dressed in white.
“We will encounter their hatred with songs of love,” concludes a caption superimposed on a black background.
Gulf monarchies are part of the US-led coalition bombing IS extremists in Syria and Iraq. Some of them have also been targeted by attacks.
Published in Dawn, May 29th, 2017
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