KUWAIT CITY/Riyadh: The Prime Minister of Kuwait has vowed to try to stop the broadcast of a TV serial deemed derogatory to Shia Muslims.

The assurance came during a meeting between Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah and some members of parliament who warned that the serial, scheduled to be broadcast in the forthcoming fasting month, incites sectarianism.

Talking to AFP, leading Shia MP Adnan Abdulsamad, who attended the meeting, said: "The prime minister assured us that the issue will be resolved. Our understanding is that the government will use its good offices to stop the serial."

The serial entitled "Sins Have A Price" is due to air on the Dubai-based Saudi-owned Arab MBC station during Ramadan.

Meanwhile, a number of Saudi Shia clerics and intellectuals have sent a letter to MBC channel’s chief Walid Ibrahim demanding him to stop the derogatory program broadcasting.

Those who signed the letter were:

Sayed Monir Sayed Adnan Al-Khobbaz, Sayed Hasan Al-Awami, Sheikh Ghalib Hamad Sheikh, Muhammad Alabidan, Sheikh Jafar Ar-Roba’a, Sayed Haydar Al-Awami, Sheikh Hussein Albayat, Sheikh Abdulkarim Jabail, Sayyed Muhammad Alawami, Sheikh Hussein Al-Ayesh, Sheikh Abdulmohsin An-Namar, Sheikh Hussein Almostafa, Sayed Ahmed Alawami, Sheikh Salih Shahab, Sheikh Ahmed Alqatri, Dr Riyadh Almostafa, Dr Adnan Ash-Shakhs, Kadhim Ash-Shabib, Sheikh Muhammad Abo-Zed, Sayed Sharf As-Saidi, Abbas Ash-Shamasi, Jihad Al-Khonezi, Mansor Ar-Ramih, Sayed Alvi Musa AlHussein, Engr. Nadir AlKhonezi, Engr. Jassem Hilal Aal-i-Talib, Talib Almatavea, Abdullah Alkhamis, Sheikh Abdulwadod Abozed, Foad Nasrullah, Assam Ash-Shamsi, Muhammad Hammad, Engr. Ali Sombal, Engr. Hussein Abbas and Shakri Ash-Shamasi.