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	Qatar - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Clans such as the Al Khalifa and the Al Said (which would later ascend the thrones of Bahrain and of Saudi Arabia respectively) swept through the Arabian peninsula and camped on the coasts within small fishing and pearling villages.
		His clan, the Al Thanis, had taken relatively little part in Gulf politics, but the diplomatic foray ensured their future participation and dominion as the ruling family, a dynasty that continues to this day.
		Under Emir Hamad, Qatar has experienced a notable amount of sociopolitical liberalisation, including the enfranchisement of women, a new constitution and the launch of Al Jazeera, the controversial Arabic satellite television news channel.
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	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Qatar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Ruled by the Al Thani family since the mid-1800s, Qatar transformed itself from a poor British protectorate noted mainly for pearling into an independent state with significant oil and natural gas revenues.
		During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Qatari economy was crippled by a continuous siphoning off of petroleum revenues by the amir, who had ruled the country since 1972.
		His son, the current Amir HAMAD bin Khalifa Al Thani, overthrew him in a bloodless coup in 1995.
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	Qatar - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Since 1995, Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani has ruled Qatar: he seized control of the country from his father Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani while the latter holidayed in Switzerland.
		On June 27, 1995, the Deputy Ruler, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa, deposed his father Emir Khalifa in a bloodless coup.
		Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab founded Wahhabism, a puritanical version of Islam which takes a literal interpretation of the Koran (also known as the Qu'ran) and the Sunnah.
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