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OMAN - Extremist Threat?
(From Political Risk Services)
Questions remain about the circumstances surrounding the arrest of at least 15-20 intellectuals, clerics, and government employees (some early reports put the total of detainees in the several hundreds) in mid-January. Rumors of the discovery of a terrorist bomb plot have not been corroborated, and government officials have only said that the detainees were organizing to undermine national security. While Sultan Qaboos is viewed by some in the region as too chummy with the US, and too accommodating of Western social influences, the fact that those detainees who have been identified are not Sunni Muslims casts doubt on speculation that the entire incident is proof of an emerging Al Qaeda ...
- Oman: sultan calls on majlis for partnership. (Sultan Qaboos bin Said;...
- Magazine article from: MEED Middle East Economic Digest O'Sullivan, Edmund January 13, 1995 700+ words
Sultan Qaboos Bin Said called on the majlis al...first time. It was rounded in 1992. Sultan Qaboos said the increased size of the majlis...members and the appointment of women. Sultan Qaboos dwelt on the significance of female...
- WINNER OF SULTAN QABOOS PRIZE FOR ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION 2009 IS UNVEILED
- Newspaper article from: Info-Prod Research (Middle East) October 29, 2009 700+ words
...Ministry of Environment in Spain won Sultan Qaboos prize for Environment Protection for...Science raised thanks and appreciation to Sultan Qaboos bin Said for his continuous care and...international levels as evidence by allocating Sultan Qaboos prize for Environmental Protection...
- OMAN - Profile - Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Bin Taimour Al Said
- Newspaper article from: APS Review Gas Market Trends February 23, 1998 700+ words
...deposed his father Said Bin Taimour, Sultan Qaboos is immensely popular in Oman. He has...s socio-religious traditions. Sultan Qaboos controls decision making in Oman...s emergence as a big gas exporter. Sultan Qaboos is aware of the dangers of over-dependence...
- Sultan Qaboos prize goes to Spanish green body.
- Newspaper article from: Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman) October 30, 2009 700+ words
...Ministry of Environment, has bagged the Sultan Qaboos prize for Environment Protection this...thanks and appreciation to His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said for his continuous care and...environment as evidence by instituting the Sultan Qaboos prize for Environmental Protection...
- Sultan Qaboos mosque. (Mosaic).
- Magazine article from: The Middle East Wells, Rhona May 1, 2003 700+ words
The Omani ruler, Sultan Qaboos bin Said, like all wise leaders...business and commerce thrive, Sultan Qaboos has not neglected the spiritual...his accession to power in 1970, Sultan Qaboos has made provision for the construction...
- OMAN - Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Bin Taimour Al Said.(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: APS Review Gas Market Trends February 21, 2000 700+ words
...deposed his father Said Bin Taimour, Sultan Qaboos is immensely popular in Oman. He has...see Gas Market Trends No. 7). Sultan Qaboos is aware of the dangers of over-dependence...of unemployment to become serious. Sultan Qaboos has a number of advisors helping him...
- OMAN: SULTAN QABOOS HOLY QURAN MEMORIZATION COMPETITION PRESS CONFERENCE.
- Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database August 24, 2009 700+ words
...Riyami, Secretary General of the Sultan Qaboos Centre for Islamic Culture has...the first five winners of the Sultan Qaboos 19th Competition for Memorization...Islamic Sciences Institute at the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in the Wilayat...
- OMAN - Profile - Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Bin Taimour Al Said.
- Newspaper article from: APS Review Gas Market Trends February 18, 2002 700+ words
...deposed his father Said Bin Taimour, Sultan Qaboos is immensely popular in Oman. He has...see Gas Market Trends No. 7). Sultan Qaboos is aware of the dangers of over-dependence...of unemployment to become serious. Sultan Qaboos has a number of advisors helping him...