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Qatar Rushes to Turkey's Aid As Erdogan's Crisis with US Deepens Lebanon weighs Europe’s jihadist medical cannabis problem Page 9 Page 17 UK £2 www.thearabweekly.com Issue 170, Year 4 August 19, 2018 EU €2.50 Qatar rushes to Turkey’s aid as Erdogan’s crisis with US deepens ► Doha’s pledge comes as the Turkish-Qatari alliance appears to have tightened. Mohammed Alkhereiji turned into a nosedive when with Iran despite US efforts to iso- and Thomas Seibert US President Donald Trump an- late Tehran. nounced punitive tariffs on Turk- Erdogan has said Turkey would ish steel and aluminium imports not abide by Trump’s new eco- London/Istanbul on August 10. That move was tied nomic sanctions against Iran. “If to a dispute over the detention of you think relations cannot get any atar has pledged $15 bil- US pastor Andrew Brunson in Tur- worse, think again,” Gonul Tol and lion to prop up Turkey’s key. Engin Polar of the Middle East In- ailing economy at a time stitute in Washington wrote in an Q when Ankara’s ties with analysis. “Iran sanctions will com- the United States have worsened. Kuwaiti government plicate Turkey-US relations even “Turkish-Qatari relations are denied reports in further.” based on solid foundations of true Turkish media of a $1.6 This comes as the Turkish-Qatari To the rescue. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and friendship and solidarity,” Turkish billion bailout of Ankara. alliance appears to have tightened. Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in Ankara, on presidential spokesman Ibrahim “We stand by our brothers in Tur- August 15. (Reuters) Kalin posted on Twitter on Au- The Trump administration key,” wrote Sheikh Tamim on Twit- gust 15 in announcing the pledge. threatened Turkey with additional ter following his meeting with Er- er Islamist groups, as well as its Officials in the Gulf remained It came during a meeting between sanctions on August 16 and Trump dogan. ties to Iran, generally viewed as a mute on Turkey’s problems for Turkish President Recep Tayyip accused Ankara of holding Brun- Sheikh Tamim stressed what he destabilising regional force. An- the most part but news of the fall Erdogan and Qatari Emir Sheikh son “hostage.” Writing on Twit- called Turkey’s support for “the kara’s decision to set up a military of the Turkish currency was cele- Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in An- ter, Trump said the United States causes of the [Arab] nation and base in Qatar was interpreted as a brated on social media. The Arabic kara. would “pay nothing for the release Qatar,” a reference to tensions be- threat by some Gulf Arab states. hashtag “the Turkish lira collaps- Qatar went to Turkey’s aid amid of an innocent man” and that his tween Turkey and other states be- Ahead of the Qatari pledge, the es” was trending in Saudi Arabia, one of the biggest financial crises administration was “cutting back cause of Ankara’s pro-Qatari stance Kuwaiti government denied re- the United Arab Emirates and Ku- facing the Erdogan government. on Turkey.” The Erdogan govern- in a dispute between the country ports in Turkish media of a $1.6 bil- wait. The Turkish lira has been in free ment said it would retaliate against and Saudi Arabia, the United Arab lion bailout of Ankara. fall, losing nearly 40% of its value any US action. Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt. The denial came despite Muslim Mohammed Alkhereiji is Gulf against the US dollar this year. Even a quick resolution to the Those countries severed ties Brotherhood supporters in Kuwait, section editor of The Arab Weekly. Market worries over Erdogan’s row over Brunson would likely with Doha in June 2017 over what including clerics and members of Thomas Seibert is an Arab Weekly increasing control of Turkey’s leave significant tensions in Turk- they claimed was the Qatari gov- parliament, telling Kuwaitis it was correspondent. economy have been a major factor ish-US relations. Like Qatar, Tur- ernment’s support for terrorism, their Islamic duty to support the behind the lira’s downturn, which key has remained on good terms the Muslim Brotherhood and oth- Turkish lira. Pages 2-3 Millions of Muslims converge on Mecca to perform ‘smart haj’ Samar Kadi online services. place with Turjuman, an instant self and the whole Muslim nation.” Under the “Smart Haj” initia- translation app to facilitate com- Pilgrims perform rituals around tive, pilgrims with smartphones munication between pilgrims. the Kaaba and on the Mount Arafat Beirut can download the Asefny app, al- Other ideas included Haj Wallet, plain east of Mecca. The haj ends lowing them to send health reports which would allow pilgrims to pay with Eid al-Adha, a 3-day feast hether pushed in a through their phones and request through their phones for services that starts with the “stoning of the wheelchair or holding help in a medical emergency. The during haj, reducing cases of pick- devil.” a walking stick, Mus- app tracks pilgrims’ locations to pocketing. Eid al-Adha — the “feast of sac- W lims from all over the provide them with services or as- rifice” — includes the slaughter of world converge on the holy city sistance for those with special sheep, with the meat distributed of Mecca to perform the haj, one needs. The 3-day pilgrimage is to Muslims in need. The ritual sym- of the five pillars of Islam that the The ministry also introduced a becoming increasingly bolises Abraham’s willingness to faithful are expected to carry out at new version of the Manasikana app smart, using high-tech sacrifice his son, Ishmael, on the least once in their lifetime. meant to guide pilgrims through applications to help the order of God. Almost 2 million people descend every step of haj, from signing up faithful navigate Islam’s The 2018 pilgrimage comes more on Mecca every year on the eighth for the pilgrimage to returning holiest sites. than a year into the worst political day of Dhu al-Hijjah, a month in home. crisis to grip the Gulf, pitting re- the Islamic calendar that translates Available in eight languages, For many pilgrims, the journey gional heavyweights Saudi Arabia as the “month of pilgrimage.” the app provides information that to Mecca is the first time they will and Qatar against one another but The 3-day pilgrimage, the world’s includes prayer times and flight leave their countries or fly on an Qatari pilgrims are permitted into Troubling largest, is becoming increasingly schedules, the weather forecast for aeroplane. More than half of those Saudi Arabia for haj. smart, using high-tech applications Mecca, Medina and Jeddah, emer- performing haj are from low-in- Iranian pilgrims are also in at- to help the faithful navigate Islam’s gency numbers, the location of the come countries and many others tendance this year. Tehran barred pattern holiest sites. nearest emergency centre and cur- come from conflict-ridden ones. its citizens from the haj following a The Saudi Ministry of Haj and rency exchange rates. “This was my dream from child- 2015 stampede that left about 2,300 Umrah set up 16,000 communica- An inaugural Haj Hackathon, or- hood,” Raja Amjad Hussein, 40, pilgrims dead, including hundreds of Iranian tion towers and more than 3,000 ganised in August to help the min- who made the trip to Mecca from of Iranians. WI-FI hotspots. The towers will istry come up with technological Pakistan, told Agence France- provide pilgrims with undisrupt- solutions to some of the pilgrim- Presse. “I can’t explain. I have no Samar Kadi is The Arab Weekly aggression ed 4G mobile internet to main- age’s most pressing issues, saw an words. For many Muslims this is Travel and Society section editor. tain contact with their families all-female team of Saudi and Yeme- the big, the biggest, dream of life, and make use of the ministry’s ni computer programmers win first to see the Kaaba and pray for your- P20 Pages 4,6 2 August 19, 2018 Cover Story US-Turkey Tensions Amid row with US, Turkey’s search for ‘new allies’ has few viable options Thomas Seibert cars to 120%, on alcoholic drinks from the United States to 140% and on leaf tobacco to 60%. Istanbul Writing in the New York Times, Erdogan warned that the United aught in the most serious States should refrain from “unilat- row with the United States in eralism and disrespect” or see Tur- decades, Turkey reached out key “looking for new friends and C to allies on the Gulf and in allies.” Washington should “come to Europe to shore up its economy, rak- terms with the fact that Turkey has ing in a $15 billion investment from alternatives,” the Turkish president Qatar that observers said is a big wrote. On the day Trump unveiled thank you note for Ankara’s support his sanctions against Turkey, Er- in Doha’s dispute with Saudi Arabia dogan had a telephone conversation Desperate moves. Turkish businessmen stand in front of a currency exchange office in response to and the United Arab Emirates. with Russian President Vladimir Pu- the call of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Turks to sell their dollar and euro savings to Turkish President Recep Tayyip tin, who sent his foreign minister, support the lira, on August 14. (Reuters) Erdogan is accusing US President Sergei Lavrov, to Ankara. Donald Trump of stabbing NATO-al- Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin ly Turkey “in the back” with punitive Hamad al-Thani, a regional ally of stated a headline of the pro-govern- ambassadors in Ankara.
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