[1] In February 2005, following a surge in Al-Qaeda related violence, the Kuwaiti parliament unanimously approved a law granting extensive powers to the police for searching and confiscating illegal weapons.
This legal move was reminiscent of a similar but temporary law enacted in 1992 in response to increased gun ownership post the 1990 invasion of Kuwait, which was not renewed in 1994 amid debates over the right to bear arms.
"[7][8] In February 2008, Al-Roumi called for the Kuwaiti government to boycott Denmark in response to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy and was quoted as saying, "No Muslim can accept this insult against the Prophet...
[13] On 28 September 2008, MPs Abdullah Al-Roumi, Marzouq Al-Ghanem, Ali Al-Rashid, and Adel Al-Saraawi proposed a law to have the government pay half of Kuwaiti students' tuition at these private colleges.
[14] On 28 November 2008, Al-Roumi joined MPs Khalid Al-Sultan, Hassan Johar, Musallam Al-Barrak, and Marzouq Al-Hubaini in formulating a bill to extend the mandatory retirement age for Kuwaiti teaching staff at Kuwait University from 65 to 70 years.