Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The onset of the Arab Spring in January 2011 complicated Qatar's ability to mediate having forced Gulf leaders to side with revolutionaries or the longstanding autocratic regimes. Sheikh Hamad stated in that Qatar would support the uprisings, a position that clashed with neighboring Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates .
Sharia law is a main source of Qatari legislation according to Qatar's constitution. [4] [5] Sharia, derived from the Arabic term meaning 'the path to follow,' supposedly constitutes a divine revelation conveyed by God to the Prophet Muhammad, the eminent figure in the establishment of Islam, during the year AD 570.
He became the heir apparent to the Qatar throne on 5 August 2003, when his elder brother Sheikh Jassim renounced his claim to the title. [12] [11] Since then he was groomed to take over rule, working in top security and economics posts. [13] On 5 August 2003, he was appointed deputy commander-in-chief of Qatar's armed forces. [11]
The prime minister of the State of Qatar (Arabic: رئیس الوزراء القطري) is the second most powerful official of Qatar, who heads the Government of Qatar. Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani , the Emir of Qatar from the coup d'état of 22 February 1972, was the first holder of this position from its establishment on 29 May 1970.
The Cabinet of Qatar is the chief executive body of the State of Qatar.The number of the cabinet ministers in 2007 was 13. [1]The Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, on 8 January 2024 issued Amiri Order No. (1) of 2024 and on 12 November 2024 issued Amiri Order No. (2) of 2024 to reshuffle the Cabinet.
Panicum turgidum in a wadi near Mukaynis, Qatar. The flora of Qatar includes more than 300 species of wild plants. [1] Qatar occupies a small desert peninsula that is around 80 km (50 miles) from east to west and 160 km (100 miles) from north to south. [2] The climate is hot and humid with sporadic rain.
Check the pictures out below. Editor's Note: This post was inspired by an earlier feature written by former Business Insider reporter Mike Bird. 25 world leaders and dictators when they were young
Tamim bin Hamad was born on 3 June 1980 in Doha, Qatar.He is the fourth son of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, and second son of Sheikha Moza bint Nasser Al-Missned, Hamad's second wife.