The case started when Representative Hamdan Al-Azmi demanded the Ministry of Interior to intervene and cancel the event because it was organized by a man in the desert, and he invited women only.
The decision to cancel the yoga event sparked a state of controversy and division in the Kuwaiti street and was reflected on the communication platforms, where network pioneers interacted with the event through the hashtag "yoga".
While activists supported the decision to cancel the event for violating the customs and traditions of Kuwaiti society, according to their expression;
Others saw that the deputy's invitation and the cancellation of the event interfere with personal freedoms.
A number of men and women gathered in a vigil in Al-Irada Square in front of the National Assembly building in the Kuwaiti capital, rejecting what they called guardianship of Kuwaiti women. They raised banners with some laws in the Kuwaiti constitution that guarantee personal freedom in the country.
Among the tweets that were monitored by the interactive bulletin, “Nasratkoum” on 08/22022, was a tweet by activist Anwar Yaqoub, in which he said, “Practice or practice yoga and sports that you like, but without mixing or mixing between the sexes. Conservative and Islamic society, Islam urges women to be modest in clothing and not to display modesty.
As for Nasser Al-Shammari, he wrote, "Now you have finished all of Kuwait's problems, and you have given up the right to trivial matters, and you are doing yoga."
As for Sarah Al-Drees, she tweeted, “With regard to the issue of yoga, I see that it has taken a direction away from its reality.. Hamdan Al-Azmi, although I am not one of his voters or supporters, did not object to the fact that a group of women do yoga or sports in the wild. His objection is that a “man” gives them I think that this represents the opinion of most Kuwaiti men in fact.”