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		Al Thani presence in the Qatar peninsula dates from the eighteenth century when they arrived from the Gebrin oasis in the south of Nejd.
		The family is named after its doyen Sheikh Thani bin Mohamed, the father of Sheikh Mohamed bin Thani who was the first to rule the peninsula in the middle of the nineteenth century.
		The Al Thani family is a branch of the Arab tribe of Beni Tameem who descend from Mudhar bin Nizar.
	www.qatar-info.com /general/ruling.htm (564 words)

	Interview with Hamad Bin Jasim Bin Jabr Al-Thani: "We Cannot Afford to Have Enemies" - Middle East Quarterly
		Thani: Saudi Arabia is leader of the GCC countries.
		Thani: Of course, but it's not in our favor, or the American, to make Iraq weaker than it presently is. It's critical to maintain a balance between all the big countries.
		Thani: We have one of the largest single gas fields in the world and plan to invest in our own country for the moment.
	www.meforum.org /article/424 (3399 words)

	OpinionJournal - Featured Article
		Al Jazeera viewers could easily form the impression that the Palestinians are more truly represented by Hamas and Islamic Jihad than by Yasser Arafat's beleaguered authority.
		It was al Jazeera, for example, that broadcast claims that the Taliban had captured American soldiers, and that a U.S. plane had been shot down near Kabul.
		Clearly, al Jazeera had hoped that the war would be long--"another Vietnam" was the phrase used--and that its special relationship with the bin Laden gang would continue to enhance its position as a prime source of news.
	www.opinionjournal.com /editorial/feature.html?id=95001657 (1497 words)

	National Council for Culture Arts & Heritage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The meeting was attended by his Excellency Mr.Mubark Bin Nasser Al khaleefa the secretary-general in the NCCAH and his Excellency Abdualla Aljaber the Qatari ambassador in Romania.
		Faleh Al Ajlan said: the awareness of national heritage is increasing not to preserve it as generations tend to preserve it by inheritance but to be inspire by it so it becomes a major factor in the development of the future generations.
		Al Nasser attended some of the festival functions and discussed theater in Qatar and Kuwait with a number of the industry professionals.
	www.nccah.com /english.asp (3332 words)

	Hamad bin Khalifa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (Arabic: الشيخ حمد بن خليفة آل ثاني) (born in 1950 in Doha, Qatar) is the current Emir of Qatar.
		While his father, Emir Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani was staying in Geneva, Switzerland, he overthrew him in a bloodless coup in 1995 and started modernizing the country.
		He is best known in the West for providing a home to and funding the popular Al Jazeera television news network.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hamad_bin_Khalifa (254 words)

	Al Jazeera Remains in the Hot Seat
		Al Jazeera’s overnight explosion into global consciousness, thanks to its frontline exclusives and scoops on Osama bin Laden, may have given the Qatar-based satellite channel a reputation as the “CNN of the Arab World,” but it continues to draw the ire of Arab – and American – rulers.
		According to the Lebanese newspaper Al Anwar, the crown prince was particularly upset over the satellite channel’s coverage of the arrest of a Saudi princess in the United States for alleged “enslavement” of an Indonesian maid.
		Al Jazeera (which means “the Peninsula”) has revolutionized Arabic-language television news in a region that for decades has been accustomed to the heavily censored offerings of state-controlled television.
	www.aljadid.com /features/AlJazeeraRemainsintheHotSeat.html (1756 words)

	Persian Gulf States Qatar - Historical Background
		The amir, Shaykh Khalifa ibn Hamad Al Thani, is the country's ruler, but his son, Shaykh Hamad ibn Khalifa Al Thani, in addition to being the heir apparent and minister of defense, wields considerable power in the day-to-day running of the country.
		This angered the Al Jalahima, who felt they were deprived of their share of the spoils, and so they moved a few kilometers up the Qatari coast to establish Al Khuwayr, which they used as a staging point for maritime raids against the shipping of the Al Khalifa and the Iranians.
		The Al Thani were originally beduin from Najd, but after settling in Qatar, they engaged in fishing, pearling, date palm cultivation, and trade.
	www.country-studies.com /persian-gulf-states/qatar---historical-background.html (2964 words)

	The launch of Al Waab City - a community with a heart \| Nasser Bin Khaled Al-Thani Holding Co
		Under the auspices of H.E. Sheikh Nawaf Bin Nasser Al Thani, president of Nasser Bin Khaled and Sons Group, H.E. Sheikha Hanadi Bint Nasser, Vice CEO of the Group, announced the launch of the impressive Al Waab City development at the Four Seasons Hotel.
		Al Waab City, founded on the principle that at the heart of every vibrant community is a public gathering space, will be a community that is integrated into the existing fabric of the city.
		Al Waab City, located 10 km from the Corniche, is composed of over 2,200 residential units, commercial space and a world class 300 room hotel.
	www.ameinfo.com /74030.html (1138 words)

	Khaleej Times Online - Qatar minister seeks to vacate Sept. 11 judgment against him
		Lawyers for Al Thani said in court papers that an April default judgment entered by the judge against their client should be vacated because he was not properly added to a lawsuit seeking to place blame for the terrorist attacks on hundreds of people, financial institutions and organizations around the world.
		The judgment, issued because Al Thani had not responded to the lawsuit, meant plaintiffs would be able to pursue his assets as damages.
		Al Thani was named in three of more than a dozen lawsuits seeking billions of dollars in damages on behalf of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon.
	www.khaleejtimes.com /DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2006/June/middleeast_June122.xml§ion=middleeast (668 words)

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		Al Jazeera is a television station and satellite channel based in Qatar, a small oil-rich nation adjoining Saudi Arabia on a peninsula in the Persian Gulf.
		Soon thereafter Al Jazeera began repeatedly broadcasting a videotape of 9-11 terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden praising and explaining these attacks by members of his organization Al Qaeda ("The Base").
		Al Jazeera is available throughout the United States on the satellite DISH network, and by 2002 it was already being seen by 175,000 people in North America who paid to watch it.
	www.discoverthenetwork.org /groupProfile.asp?grpid=6962 (1384 words)

	Khaleej Times Online - Al Jazeera dismisses US warnings on Iraqi coverage
		Sheikh, however, pledged not to change Al Jazeera’s editorial policy, and compared the station with the British television channel BBC, which is financed by the British government but at the same time also has freedom of expression.
		Al Jazeera was established in 1996 with money from the Qatari government who promised the channel would maintain its freedom and independence.
		To mitigate the influence of Al Jazeera in the Arab world, the Pentagon has financed a news television channel, al-Iraqiya, which regularly broadcasts coverage of the Coalition Provisional Authority briefings and press conferences with General John Abizaid, the suprem US commander in Iraq, and features a weekly interview with US administrator Paul Bremer.
	www.khaleejtimes.com /DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2004/May/focusoniraq_May29.xml§ion=focusoniraq (588 words)

	MENAFN - Middle East North Africa . Financial Network News: Dar Al Sharq office complex inaugurated
		The event was held under the auspices of the Prime Minister, H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani.
		H E Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani raising the curtain on the main entrance of the Dar Al Sharq group's new buildings, to formally open the premises.With him are H E Sheikh Hamad bin suhaim Al Thani, Abdul Latif Al Mahmoud and other dignitaries.
		Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani, Khalid bin Thani Al Thani and Abdul Latif Al Mahmoud later formally opened the offices by raising a curtain at the main entrance.
	www.menafn.com /qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=125629 (833 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		With the arrival of Al Thani family in the 18th century from the Gebrin Oasis in the southern Nejd, that the regions of Zubarah and later Doha, Wakrah and Khor gained significance.
		The Al Thani family took the name from their ancestor, Sheikh Thani Bin Mohammed, father of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Thani, the first ruler of Qatar during the mid 19th century.
		In June 1995 Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani assumed power with the support and blessings of the ruling family and the Qatari people.
	www.qcci.org /about_qatar/history.htm (552 words)

	Welcome to MOFA web site
		He added that we know that long-established relations exist between the two countries and it is important that such relations should be good and for these relations to be good it is imperative to urge the two countries to finalize the border demarcation and establish diplomatic relations.
		H.E. Sheikh Hamad bin Hassim Al Thani added that talks were on bilateral relations and developments in the region, particularly with regard to Iran and Syria and issues of mutual interest.
		H.E. Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani reiterated that Iraq's stability is very important for all Gulf states and developments in Iraq are cause for concern to all Gulf states including the State of Qatar.
	english.mofa.gov.qa /details.cfm?id=110 (4534 words)

	QATAR - Profile - Shaikh Abdel Rahman Bin Saud Al Thani. \| Business (International) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The new prime minister is the emir's younger half-brother Shaikh Abdullah Bin Khalifa Al Thani, who in October 1996 formed a cabinet of pragmatists.
		Shaikh Abdel Rahman Bin Saud Al Thani, Qatar's ambassador to Washington, is one of the emir's allies.
		Shaikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani, a top ally of the emir's ousted father Shaikh Khalifa, is standing trial in Doha for his alleged role in a February 1996 coup plot.
	www.allbusiness.com /periodicals/article/306841-1.html (664 words)

	Qatar - The Al Thani
		Qataris regarded Khalifa ibn Hamad's assumption of full power as a simple succession because leading members of the Al Thani had declared Khalifa ibn Hamad the heir apparent on October 24, 1960, and it was their consensus that Ahmad ibn Ali should be replaced.
		Factionalism and rivalries are not uncommon, particularly in families as large as the Al Thani.
		Two important families before oil were the Darwish and the Al Mana, who made their living through trade, pearling, and smuggling and who competed for favor with the ruler.
	countrystudies.us /persian-gulf-states/79.htm (902 words)

	Email of the Month - Jumada al-Thani 1424
		I was fortunate enough by the blessing of Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) to have met Al-Habib Ahmad Mash-hur bin Ta Ha Al Haddad in 1994, when I went for Umrah.
		I stayed at al-Habib's residence for a whole day and was present when al-Habib although quite ill, gave a dars on visiting the Holy Prophet in the blessed city of Madina.
		Al Habib prayed for me when I made my intention clear that I was seeking a spiritual Guide.
	www.iqra.net /email/rajab24.php (455 words)

	Al-Mahdi Army / Active Religious Seminary / Al-Sadr's Group
		Muhammad al Mahdi (the guided) is the 12th and last Imam of the Twelver Shi'i, and is also known as Muhammad al Muntazar (the awaited).
		Twelver Shi'i believe he was born to a Byzantine slave, and that his birth was kept quiet by his father, the Eleventh Imam, Hassan al Askari, because of the persecution of the Shi'is at that time.
		The 10th and 11th Imams were both under house arrest and communicated with their followers through a network of wikala (agents), a time that subsequently came to be known as the Lesser Occultation.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/para/al-sadr.htm (4133 words)

	Shaikh Ahmed Bin Ali Al Thani
		Shaikh Ahmed Bin Ali Al Thani, to his right Shaikh Issa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa ruler of Bahrain during a visit to Qatar between 8-12 April 1967.
		Shaikh Ahmed Bin Ali Al Thani during a dinner banquet held in honor of king Hussain of Jordan while visiting Qatar in February of 1967.
		Shaikh Ahmed Bin Ali Al Thani at a reception by his side Shaikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Al Thani then still Heir Apparant and Mr.
	www.diwan.gov.qa /english/qatar/AhmedBinAli.htm (564 words)

	Embassy of Qatar in washington DC- Home Page
		His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, currently on a visit to the United States, expressed thanks for the warm reception, welcome and hospitality accorded to him and asserted that the state of Qatar and the United States have equally shared obligation towards peace and stability in the world.
		Al Attiyah held a meeting at the headquarters of the US Congress with the Democratic representative of West Virginia, Nick Joe Rahall, and the Republican representative of California Dana Rohrabacher, who head the Qatari-American Friendship Group.
		Al Attiyah attended a luncheon hosted in his honour by the US-Arab Chamber of commerce at the Washington Ritz Carlton hotel.
	www.qatarembassy.net (1195 words)

	Al Thani Award for Photography 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Al Thani Award for Photography 2006, Al Thani Award for Photography.
		The Al Thani Award promotes the art of photography in establishing a world wide number one photo event - 3 Acceptances.
		The Al Thani Award promotes the art of photography in establishing a world wide number one photo event.
	marassphotography.com /photoblog/al-thani-award-for-photography-2006 (152 words)

	Qatar Government Information
		The ruling Al Thani family continued to hold power following the declaration of independence in 1971.
		The head of state is the Emir, and the right to rule Qatar is passed on within the Al Thani family.
		As the most visible sign of the move toward openness, the Al Jazeera satellite television station based in Qatar is considered the most free and unfettered broadcast source in the Arab world.
	www.traveldocs.com /qa/govern.htm (377 words)

	Amazon.com: Al Jazeera: How Arab TV News Challenges America: Books: Hugh Miles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Qatar is ruled by the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and his tribe, the Al Thani.
		For example, I would have liked him to have asked whether al Jazeera would be in the fl even without the Saudi advertising embargo, as the figures he provides indicate that it would not be.
		So powerful was their news that the Bush administration arrogantly decided that the truth had to be obliterated and for the second time an Al-Jazeera bureau was struck by a US missile and a journalist was murdered.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0802117899?v=glance (3098 words)

	C2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Thereafter, Sheikh Mohamed bin Thani and, particularly, his son Sheikh Jassim, undertook a policy of consolidation of their rule over the whole of Qatar, relying on the tribal system and often playing off against each other the various foreign powers in the area.
		In that year, 1500 members of the Al bin Ali tribe moved over to Qatar from Bahrain to settle at Zubarah, with the support and encouragement of Sheikh Jassim and the Turks.
		The Al Khalifas faced a steadily greater challenge from the Al Thanis, a tribe that had lived in Qatar for nearly 200 years and had migrated from the Najd in the Arabian Peninsula.
	www.icj-cij.org /icjwww/idocket/iqb/iqbpleadings/iqb_pleadings_Qatar/iqb_ipleadings_CounterMemorialQatar_HIGHLIGHTED/iqb_ipleadings_CounterMemQatar_High_C2.htm (8198 words)

	MENAFN - Middle East North Africa . Financial Network News: DOHA: The Prime Minister H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al ...
		DOHA: The Prime Minister H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani presided over the Cabinet meeting held at the Emiri Diwan yesterday.
		The letter was received by the Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani when he received the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Qatar Dhary Ajran Al Ajran on May 26.
		The letter was conveyed by the Egyptian president's political adviser Osama Al Baz during a meeting with the Emir on May 29.
	www.menafn.com /qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=94124 (595 words)

	From al Sa'ud to al Thani - Reader comments at DanielPipes.org
		The al Thani family that rules Qatar, however, said that unconditionally recognizing the Jewish democracy was "in our national interest." If the Saudi Wahhabis are to truly defeat the Ikhwan, they too will have to realize that recognizing Israel and enacting major socioeconomic and political reforms are in their national interest.
		Indeed, the Ikhwan dominate modern Saudi Arabia because they have gone unchallenged in their quest to radicalize those segments of the Arabian population that are most vulnerable to militant utopian ideologies: the educated but unemployed upper middle class.
		The al Saud family must recognize his phenomenon and realize what Qatari Emir Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani professed to CNN's Wolf Blitzer: "We can tell our people to hate America, but at the end of the day, they will see the [US military] planes flying from our airports, so what is the point...?"
	www.danielpipes.org /comments/9072 (398 words)

	Welcome to Al Amal Hospital Website
		Eventually, this health edifice is regarded as a major achievement, which we feel proud of, in the field of medical care.
		Abdullatif al Khal, Head of Al Amal Oncology Hospital, revealed that the hospital would have a bone marrow transplant unit to treat leukemia.
		DOHA: the Prime Minister H H Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani, at a ceremony held on its premises on...
	www.hmc.org.qa /alamal (205 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The name Al-Thani comes from the family's ancestor, Thani bin Mohammed, who was the father of the first Al-Thani sheikh to rule over the entire Qatar peninsula in the mid-19th century.
		The Al-Thani arrived in Qatar in the early years of the 18th century and initially settled in the northern part of the peninsula.
		In the mid-19th century, however, under the leadership of Mohammed bin Thani, they moved to present-day Doha.
	www.arab.net /qatar/qr_rulers.htm (570 words)

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