The Shia in Kuwait are well integrated into society. They have more rights and equality than Shia in other Arab countries. There is no discrimination from the government or society. There is little division between sunni and shia Kuwaitis, every shia has a sunni friend and vice versa.
Anti-shia sentiment is a crime in Kuwait. There is no other country in the world that has criminalized anti-shia sentiment.
*Kuwaiti tweeter jailed 6 months for insulting Shias
*Kuwaiti writer gets 7 years jail for anti-Shia tweets
*Kuwait imam suspended for allegedly attacking sect
*Kuwait pulls cleric from TV for sectarian comments
*Abdullah Al Nafissi charged with targeting Shiite sect
*Kuwaiti government sues local theatre over play that 'mocks Shia Islam'
Carnegie Endowment is a neocon think tank. They once had articles about how Kuwait is the beacon of freedom and democracy in the region. Now they're using the excuse that Kuwait's political system is so open so this allows foreign gulf arab terrorists to funnel terror money through the country.
According to your source, Kuwait is the fundraising place for contributors from other Gulf states (Qataris, Saudis, Emiratis) to avoid their states' more strict laws. Most terrorism funding coming out of Kuwait is from non-kuwaiti Gulf Arab nationals.
The hundreds of millions funneled through Kuwait are not coming from kuwaitis but rather the Saudis and other Gulf nationals.
There are two stages to the donation process, the giving and the receiving. For much of the Syrian conflict, Kuwait has served as a clearinghouse. The tiny Gulf country of just over 3 million lacked a counterterrorist financing law until just this summer, and the new legislation has yet to be fully implemented. Donors have taken advantage not just of Kuwait’s poor legal framework but also of its pluralistic political environment, where free assembly and private charities are permitted.
For those outside of Kuwait, things are only slightly more complicated. In the early days of the conflict, Gulf citizens could simply transfer their donations to individuals in Kuwait, who would then take care of getting them into Syria. Although some countries have tightly regulated donations directly into Syria, it is more difficult to track such funds when they move through Kuwait. This is the case with Saudi Arabia, which has strong business and personal ties to Kuwait. In some cases, Kuwaiti donors have also designated representatives in other Gulf countries who are authorized to collect funds on their behalf. This allows individuals to provide funds without the risk and scrutiny associated with international transfer.
Other Gulf residents came to Kuwait directly with their funds. Until Kuwait’s new anti-terror law was passed this summer, customs agents couldn’t stop passengers carrying cash—and many did just that.
Most Sunni Islamists in Kuwait are part of the Muslim Brotherhood, not Salafi. Salafis are a far more marginal organization in kuwait: https://books.google.com/books?id=wEih57-GWQQC&pg=PA307
Muslim Brotherhood ideology is different from the Salafi ideology.
According to Western intelligence, most terror funding in Kuwait is black money. US officials say foreign terror funders come to Kuwait to open charities that secretly funnel money to terrorists. People in Kuwait are unknowingly donating money to terrorists due to the fraudulent nature of charities. Kuwait has a loose financial system that many foreigners use to make black money.
The anti-terror law is enforced, its not ''recently proposed and not fully enacted''. I wouldn't be so quick to believe whatever the Western media says, unless if you yourself have an agenda.