Socially Conservative
Al-Tabtabaie is socially conservative. He opposed allowing Kuwaiti women to vote or run for office—on the grounds that it would irrevocably change Kuwaiti society—and has taken socially conservative stands on several issues pertaining to speech, media, and Westernization.
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