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Amir condoles with FM, Rwandan PM discuss bilateral ties Iraqi president Qatar to open seven The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani held a telephonic conversation with Iraqi President Dr Barham Salih, express- visa centres in ing condolences over the victims of a ferry that sank in the Tigris river in Mo- All QVCs in India will be operational by April-end: MoI sul, wishing the injured a speedy recovery. (QNA) Hisham Aljundi Doha

Qatar will open seven visa Golan Heights an centres in India as part of its ‘Qa- Arab land: Qatar tar Visa Centers (QVCs) abroad’ programme, the Ministry of In- Qatar on Friday stressed that terior (MoI) has announced. Golan Heights is an occupied Director of Visa Support Arab land and rejected any Prime Minister of Rwanda Edouard Ngirente on Friday met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Services Department Major attempts to undermine interna- of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al Thani during his official visit to Rwanda. Abdullah Khalifa al Mohanna- tional resolutions which confirm At the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations and means of boosting them, as well as matters of di said the new visa centres will Director of Visa Support Services Major Abdullah Khalifa al Mohannadi that Golan belongs to Syria and mutual interest. (QNA) be opened in the cities of Delhi, (centre) addresses a seminar. is occupied by Israel. Mumbai, , Hyderabad, In a statement on Friday, Kochi, Lucknow and Kolkata. Muhannadi explained. India through these centres. the Ministry of Foreign Affairs The first one will be opened in He said the process is very Qatar opened the first QVC said Qatar stresses that aiding Delhi on March 26. The second simple and it saves time and in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in Oc- Israeli occupation undermines QVC will be opened in Mum- effort both of the employer and tober 2018. Similar centres international resolutions related bai on March 28, followed by the worker. The contracts will are currently offering services to occupied Golan Heights, par- Qatar calls for efforts to Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi, be translated into the language in Dhaka in Bangladesh, and ticularly UN resolution no. 497 Lucknow and Kolkata. of the worker at the service Islamabad and Karachi in Pa- of 1981 and will not change All the seven QVCs in India centres so that the employee kistan. the fact that the land belongs tackle Islamophobia will become operational by the knows all the provisions. Mohannadi said the de- to an Arab country and is under end of April, he said. Applicants can use the ser- partment is planning to open occupation, pointing out that QNA civilizations and promoting a Mohannadi said an em- vices including attestation and more QVCs in various coun- Israel’s imposition of its laws, Istanbul culture of tolerance and mod- ployer must fulfil a procedure biometric enrolment at the tries. In the first phase of the jurisdiction and administration eration among all religions, in order to employ expatri- seven QVCs. Facilities will also project, the focus is on Sri on Golan is void and without any Qatar has condemned the cultures and societies. ates from India by applying be in place for medical check- Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, legal effect. terrorist attack that targeted He said the time has come through MoI’s website. up, which is expected to reduce India, Nepal, Indonesia, Tuni- The statement stressed worshippers in mosques of for the OIC to play its pivotal “A new provision was add- the risk of serious diseases be- sia and the Philippines. that Israel must conform to New Zealand and called for role in confronting the mani- ed to the work contracts which ing carried to Qatar. QVCs are set up and func- the resolutions of international concerted efforts to tackle Is- festations of Islamophobia. provides the expatriate work- Job-seekers, tourists and tion with cooperation from the legitimacy and withdraw from lamophobia. He urged the secretariat to ers with the employer’s full visitors from India will have to Ministry of Administrative De- all occupied Arab land, includ- In a speech at the Emer- update the work team formed details and contact number complete proceedings through velopment, Labour and Social ing Golan Heights. It stressed gency Meeting of the OIC Ex- Minister of State for Foreign by the coordinating commit- besides, a free Qatari SIM card the QVCs. Private and semi- Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign that any unilateral measures ecutive Committee in Istanbul Affairs HE Sultan bin Saad al tee for Islamic action, which to help them contact their em- government companies also Affairs and the Ministry of recognising Israel’s sovereignty on Friday, Minister of State Muraikhi speaks at the OIC is charged with monitoring ployers upon arrival in Qatar,” need to bring employees from Public Health. over the area represents a huge for Foreign Affairs HE Sultan meeting in Istanbul on Friday. the implications of Islamo- obstacle to peace. (QNA) bin Saad al Muraikhi said Qa- phobia. tar expresses its deep concern wave of hostility against those He declared Qatar’s full regarding the rise of extremist who advocate and defend the solidarity with the govern- ideologies that fuel hatred and Muslim cause,” he said. ment and people of New Zea- religious and ethnic intoler- He pointed out that these land, and praised the meas- Man arrested in UAE ance around the world. and other phenomena consti- ures taken to protect Muslim “Qatar is particularly tute a violation of human rights communities in the country. for wearing Qatar shirt concerned over the spread and require members of the He called for holding account- of Islamophobia, combined OIC to not only condemn the able those responsible for the with the ideology of racial su- acts, but also to counter the crime and for providing nec- launches legal claim premacy and racial extremism hate-mongering against Mus- essary protection for mosques Hundreds throng Grab our special supplement, currently present in many so- lims and find ways to enact and other religious centres. football fan from Wol- his trip and wrote to the for- cieties, which in turn have in- international laws to combat He reiterated Qatar’s com- QIFF at Oxygen verhampton has launched eign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, Pakistan Day creased hate crimes against all these phenomena effectively. mitment to support OIC’s ef- Aa legal challenge against on Wednesday, urging him to with Today’s Qatar Tribune those who profess Islam and He stressed on the im- forts in promoting a culture of Park (PG 16 ) the UAE after he was detained take action. have led to the creation of a portance of dialogue among peace. and tortured after wearing a Ahmad says he was forced Qatar football shirt on a holi- to sign a confession saying he day, according to a report in was guilty of wasting police The Guardian. time with the incident. Ali Issa Ahmad, 26, a secu- Ahmad had travelled to rity guard, says he was arrest- the UAE for a holiday in Janu- AR Rahman enthrals music buffs at Doha concert ed, interrogated and detained ary. While he was there he while on holiday in UAE after got a ticket for an Asian Cup watching an Asian Cup football match between Qatar and Iraq Santhosh Chandran cert with his latest popular singer , Car- match in January. He says that on January 22. The Arsenal DOHA compositions from and natic vocalist, playback singer during his detention he was fan wore a Qatar shirt to the Tamil songs. Held as part of and musician Se- beaten, electrocuted, cut and match, not knowing that doing Oscar winning Indian mu- Qatar-India Year of Culture shadri, A R Rahman’s sisters burned and questioned repeat- so is an offence in the UAE. sic composer and singer 2019, the concert was organ- and popular singers from the edly about why he was wearing Ahmad returned to the UK AR Rahman enthralled a ised by Katara Studios. South Indian film industry a Qatari football shirt in UAE. with a series of knife wounds 20000-strong crowd at the Khalifa International Sta- Rehana and Ishrathquadhre, Ahmad is bringing a hu- to his arm, injuries to his chest Khalifa International Stadi- dium pitch turned into a giant playback singer from the Ma- man rights claim against the and a stab wound to his side. um (KIS) on Friday, with the 90-metre-long stage with 80 layalam film industry Alphons UAE government for the phys- He said that a security official audience swaying and danc- artistes performing live simul- Joseph, Bollywood playback ical harm he suffered, which he had knocked out a tooth when ing to his popular numbers taneously, a first of its kind singer , singer and hopes to fund with a Crowd- he punched him in the face. like Jai Ho...Jai Ho. experience for many in Doha. actor , Indian film Justice campaign. He added that he was de- The iconic Khalifa Interna- Large LED screens were score composer Ranjit Barot, According to information prived of sleep, food and wa- tional Stadium was crowded put up around the stage to Rahman’s troupe singer Dil- on the Foreign Office (FCO) ter for several days while he even hours before the sched- ensure the audience got a shad Shabbir Ahmed Shaikh website, it is an offence to pro- was interrogated, before being uled opening of the concert. memorable up-close view of and Indian-born Canadian mote Qatar in UAE and doing transferred to a police cell in Rahman appeared on the the maestro. singer . so can attract a large fine and Sharjah where he was held un- stage in a glittering silver and Rahman was joined for Compositions of Qatari imprisonment. til February 12. He said he was black-coloured jacket to thun- the concert by popular In- musician Dana Alfardan was Ahmad’s lawyers are call- stabbed in the side one night AR Rahman performs at the Khalifa International Stadium on derous applause. dian playback singer Udit another highlight of the pro- ing on the Foreign Office to in the police cell, which he was Friday. (Jalal Pathiyoor) Rahman started the con- Narayan Jha, award-winning gramme. launch a full investigation into forced to share with 18 other what happened to him during people.