Ministry of Justice
The Ministry of Justice, with its two tiers of long pointed arches, colonnade, recessed walkway, and proportional but massive solidity, is a sublime contemporary expression of the eternal values of Islamic rectitude: balance, order, respect, and severity. The independence of the judiciary in the State of Kuwait has always has been maintained and has suffered no intervention from the executive or legislative powers in the country. Justice Centre is one of the most modern shrines of equity in the world due to its huge building which houses the judicial panels and their joint agencies.
 
The Justice Centre, situated in the heart of Kuwait City. It was built in 1985 incorporating modern architecture and distinctive Arab Islamic architecture. It houses a number of courts and judicial authorities such as: Court of Cassation, Court of Appeals, Court of First  Instance, Office of the Attorney General (Public Prosecution) and the specialized criminal prosecutions such as public funds prosecution, narcotic prosecution, personal status prosecution, writ of execution office, and so forth. The Court of First Instance is the nucleus of Kuwait's legal system as its has the jurisdiction to adjudge civil and commercial disputes which are outside the court of summary jurisdiction such as personal, labour, administrative and tenancy status.

The Court of Appeals has jurisdiction over the appealed rulings of the Court of First Instance in pursuance to law. The court  of Cassation is  the Supreme court in Kuwait. It contributes efficiently in establishing legal rules, and unifying, interpreting and  applying laws. It also decides on challenges in civil and commercial articles and personal, panel and administrative status. There are important departments in the Justice Centre such as Execution Department which is concerned with carrying out commercial and civil judgments or sentences against or in favor citizens and establishments and the Legalization Department which is concerned with personal status contract.

Mosques
As the capital of an Islamic state, Kuwait City contains more than 800 mosques. Each conveys a unique architectural design and respect for the religious traditions Kuwait hold so dear. The Fatima Mosque in Dahiat Abdullah Al Salem, with its gumdrop-shaped domes and colourful patterns, the Shaikh Nasser Al-Sabah Mosque in Ras Salmiyal (known to many foreign residents as the Pyramid Mosque because of its unusual shape) demonstrate more recent themes in mosque construction. They are find examples of modern architecture. The Grand Mosque, opposite the seif palace, is an example of several traditional Islamic styles using modern technology  while retaining the local characteristics of Kuwait as well as preserving the Islamic tradition of calligraphy. There are several examples of mosques dating from the last century still in use around Kuwait city. In Jabriya, the ceramic-tiled Blue Mosque is an excellent example of Islamic architectural inspiration.

The city center, in the immediate vicinity of the Stock Exchange building, contains some of Kuwait's oldest and most historic mosques, including Al-Faddad Mosque (built in 1776)and Yasin Al-Qinai Mosque (built in 1784). A number of mosques in Kuwait have Friday sermons in languages other than Arabic - including Bengali, English, Malayalam, Tagalog, Turkish and Urdu - for worshippers form non-Arab countries.

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