▁When ▁he ▁got ▁sick ▁and ▁was ▁offered ▁to ▁be ▁sent ▁abroad ▁for ▁treatment , ▁he ▁refused ▁saying ▁" I ▁don ' t ▁want ▁to ▁die ▁in ▁a ▁strange ▁land ." ▁Muhammad ▁Ba q ir ▁al - M uh ri ▁- ▁( 1 9 4 8 ▁- ▁ 2 0 1 5 ) ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁prominent ▁sch ol ars ▁in ▁K uw ait ' s ▁history . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁deput y ▁of ▁about ▁ 1 5 ▁mar ja ', ▁the ▁founder ▁of ▁the ▁Islam ic - Christ ian ▁Rel ations hips ▁Council , ▁the ▁founder ▁of ▁The ▁Cong reg ation ▁of ▁Muslim ▁Sch ol ars ▁in ▁K uw ait , ▁Im am ▁of ▁Im am ▁Ali ▁Mos que ▁in ▁K uw ait , ▁politician ▁and ▁newspaper ▁writer , ▁and ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁The ▁Philosoph y ▁and ▁secre ts ▁of ▁H aj j ▁book . ▁ ▁D hi ya a ▁Al - Mus aw i ▁- ▁Bah ra ini ▁author ▁and ▁cler ic . ▁ ▁H uss ain ▁Al - Mus aw i ▁- ▁K uw ait i ▁footballer ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁Al - A rab i ▁SC ▁top ▁sc or ers . ▁ ▁In ▁Ira q ▁▁▁ ▁Nas ral lah ▁al - Ha eri ▁- ▁religious ▁scholar ▁and ▁poet , ▁played ▁an ▁important ▁role ▁in ▁inner - I sl am ic ▁ec umen ical ▁dialog ue ▁during ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁era . ▁ ▁Mad hi ha ▁Hass an ▁al - M os u wi ▁- ▁an ▁aid ▁worker ▁for ▁the