Qatari Pilgrims Face New Kind of Racial Bias in Saudi
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SUNDAY OCTOBER 14, 2018 SAFAR 5, 1440 VOL.12 NO. 4422 QR 2 FINE Fajr: 4:15 am Dhuhr: 11:21 am HIGH : 36°C Asr: 2:41 pm Maghrib: 5:09 pm LOW : 29°C Isha: 6:39 pm India / World 9 Business 12 Sports 16 Superstar Mohanlal under fire Katara Hospitality, Marriott sign Borges records a hat-trick as over abduction mishandling deal to manage Al Messila resort Al Rayyan subdue Al Sadd 8-0 Trump vows ‘severe AL GHANEM INAUGURATES APACHE HELICOPTER PRODUCTION LINE hief of Staff of the punishment’ if Saudi Qatari Armed Forces CLieutenant-General murdered Khashoggi (Pilot) HE Ghanem bin Shaheen al Ghanem on DPA Saturday inaugurated the ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON production line of Apache helicopters meant for the US PRESIDENT Donald Qatari Amiri Air Forces during Trump has promised that a visit of Boeing’s factory in Saudi Arabia would face Mesa, Arizona. The Major "severe punishment" if the General also toured the flight kingdom's leadership was simulator facility in the fac- behind the disappearance of tory. He was accompanied by journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Boeing Vertical Lift’s General The Washington Post Manager David Koopersmith, writer and Saudi dissident Director of the Apache has not been seen since he project committee Brigadier entered the Saudi consulate QPC deeply General (Pilot) Ghanem bin in Istanbul on October 2 Abdul Hadi al Shahwani, to deal with paperwork re- concerned members of the commit- quired to marry his Turkish DOHA: The Qatar Press tee and a number of Qatari fiancee. Armed Forces officers in World leaders have de- Centre (QPC) has ex- charge of the project. (QNA). manded an explanation pressed its deep concern from Riyadh amid US and over the disappearance Turkish media reports that of Saudi journalist Jamal authorities believe Khashog- Khashoggi after he had gi, a legal US resident, was entered the kingdom’s murdered in the consulate. consulate in Istanbul. In Saudi Arabia vehemently re- a statement issued on futes accusations it was be- Saturday, the centre said Qatari pilgrims face new kind hind his disappearance and it was following with great has claimed Khashoggi left the building before he went concern the develop- missing. ments regarding the sus- "We are going to get to picious disappearance of the bottom of it and there Khashoggi since the first of racial bias in Saudi: Marri will be severe punishment" day. (QNA) PAGE 2 if Saudi Arabia killed him, Trump told CBS News in an reluctant to cancel a 110-bil- The NHRC chief calls on UN to initiate a globalprobe into Saudi violations of religious freedom interview released on Satur- lion-dollar arms deal with day. the Saudis, even if Riyadh QNA freedom of religion or belief at “This is a precedent in the Asked if Khashoggi was was found responsible. LONDON the United Nations. mandate of the Special Rap- murdered on the order of the "I don't want to hurt He has called on the Unit- porteur on freedom of religion Saudi government, Trump jobs. I don't want to lose SAUDI Arabia is practising a ed Nations to initiate a global or belief in the United Nations. replied: "It's being investi- an order like that. And you “new kind of racial discrimi- probe into Saudi denying peo- We call upon him to include gated, it's being looked at know what, there are other nation” on Qatari people per- ple in Qatar their right to per- this precedent and to record very, very strongly, and we ways of punishing - to use forming religious rites in the form religious rites. all the violations that Saudi would be very upset and an- a word that's a pretty harsh kingdom, National Human Despite a year and a half Arabia has been implicated in gry if that were the case." word - but it's true." Rights Committee (NHRC) after leading an unjust siege on his annual reports to the Hu- "As of this moment, they An excerpt of the inter- Chairman Dr Ali bin Smaikh Qatar, Dr Marri said Saudi has man Rights Council and to deny it, and they deny it ve- view, due to air in full on al Marri told a UN official on not stopped the “violations”. conduct studies to provide im- hemently. Could it be them? Sunday on the programme Monday. The NHRC chief called on mediate and future solutions Yes," he said. "60 Minutes," was released The country has been ac- the Special Rapporteur to ap- to these grave violations,” Dr But Trump said he was on Saturday. PAGE 10 cused of harassing Qatari hajj prise the Saudi authorities of Marri said. pilgrims and restricting or de- the danger of politicising reli- Dr Marri said Saudi’s arbi- nying their access to Mekkah. gious practices. Dr Marri said NHRC Chairman Dr Ali bin Smaikh al Marri trary actions amounted to po- “Unfortunately, it appears appropriate action would be liticisation of religious rituals, that we are facing a new type taken to hold Saudi Arabia ac- before the European Union the peoples of the Gulf, are as per the UN human rights of racial discrimination that countable for this locally, re- and other bodies concerned that the policies of the King- code. He stressed the need for Pastor’s release: Trump limits the freedom to practice gionally and internationally, if soon, he added. dom of Saudi Arabia have pro- Saudi authorities to respect religious rites,” he said in his it did not back down from its “The repercussions of the duced a new kind of discrimi- the rights of citizens and resi- thanks Erdogan ‘for his help’ meeting with Ahmed Shahid, discriminatory actions. siege crisis, despite ideological nation because of the political dents of Qatar to practice their US President Donald Trump thanked Turkey on Saturday for the UN Special Rapporteur on The matter will be brought and ethnic consensus among dispute. religious rites unconditionally. freeing American pastor Andrew Brunson after two years in custody and said it would help improve strained relations, but he denied cutting a deal with Ankara. “I don’t make deals for hostages. There was, however, Oman gets more Qatari tourists after siege great appreciation on behalf of the United States, which will THE number of Qatari tourists to Oman has been increasing since the CCQ strives for Suspended Gaza lead to good, perhaps great, relations between the United blockade and is expected to grow further with growing cooperation quality education fuel deal shreds States & Turkey!” Trump wrote in a tweet. Trump specifically thanked President Tayyip Erdogan “for his help”, drawing a between the Qatar Tourism Authority and the Omani Ministry of in Qatar: President tough diplomatic Tourism, according to an Omani Ministry of Tourism official. curt response from the Turkish leader, who has repeatedly Dr Naemi (PG 20 ) efforts (PG 10 ) said it was a court’s decision to make, not his. PAGE 11 — BY MALEK HELALI PAGE 20 ROAD TO 2022 Mahmoud chairs IPG Qatar to have 80,000 hotel rooms ready for World Cup consultative meet in Geneva prime locality of Qatar. “You go to Asia, Europe, The Katara Hospitality CEO says the chain To be built as part of America or Africa, everywhere Katara Hospitality’s five-year budget hotels are in high will set up its own brand of budget hotels plan, he said, the five-star demand. They also give better hotel will be ready before the returns than luxury hotels,” SATYENDRA PATHAK the minimum requirement 2022 FIFA World Cup. he said. DOHA of 80,000 rooms for the Mulla said that two of “We have already entered mega sporting event. All the Katara Hospitality’s mega into talks to acquire or open MORE than 80,000 hotel hotel rooms will be delivered projects Salwa Resort and Al such hotels in Sri Lanka, India and cruise ship rooms will between 2019 and 2021.” Messila will be launched by and Thailand. We might in- be available to host fans and Work on all of Katara the end of this year or early vest in Sri Lanka and Thailand visitors during the 2022 FIFA Hospitality hotel and resort next year. soon,” he said. World Cup in Qatar, a top of- projects are going as per We have already entered Besides launching these Talking about the upcom- ficial of Qatar’s leading hospi- schedule, Mulla said add- into talks to acquire or luxury projects, Mulla said, ing projects in the interna- tality organisation has said. ing that some of the projects open such hotels in Sri the company is looking at tional market, Mulla said SPEAKER of the Advisory (Shura) Council HE Ahmed In an exclusive interview like the iconic Katara Towers Lanka, India and Thiland. acquiring two, three and four- Raffles Singapore is all set to bin Abdullah bin Zaid al Mahmoud chaired on with Qatar Tribune, Katara development in Lusail Marina star hotels worldwide. open in the first quarter of Saturday the consultative meeting for parliament Hospitality CEO Hamad District are expected to be de- We might invest in Sri Divulging the company’s 2019 after the completion of Lanka and Thailand soon. speakers of the Islamic Parliamentary Group (IPG), Abdulla al Mulla said, “Qatar livered ahead of the schedule. plan to increase the share of phase three of the restora- which is taking place alongside the 139th general will have almost 60,000 hotel “If you go to Lusail, you Katara Hospitality CEO budget hotels in its portfolio, tion of the flagship property rooms ready much before will find 12,000 to 15000 ho- Mulla said, “We have a plan.