QATAR | Page 2 SPORT | Page 12 Al-Attiyah INDEX aims for DOW JONES QE NYMEX QATAR 2, 3, 24 COMMENT 22, 23 REGION 4 BUSINESS 1 – 6, 9 – 12 highest spot 17,863.49 9,964.26 46.87 ARAB WORLD 4, 6 CLASSIFIED 7, 8 Rota volunteers honoured -85.88 -15.85 -2.12 INTERNATIONAL 8 – 21 SPORTS 1 – 12 -0.48% -0.16% -4.33% for community services on Rio podium Latest Figures published in QATAR since 1978 WEDNESDAY Vol. XXXVII No. 10141 July 6, 2016 Shawwal 1, 1437 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Traditional cookies An array EID MUBARAK TO ALL OUR READERS of activities In brief for Eid IRAQ | Reaction Interior minister off ers to resign holidays Iraq’s interior minister yesterday off ered to resign and said a deputy Qatar Tourism Authority has Souq Waqif (Al Rayyan Theatre), Al would take over his responsibilities, charted out a programme in Dosari Zoo and Game Reserve (from days after one of the worst collaboration with partners in the Day 2), Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al bombings in Baghdad since the public and private sectors Thani Museum, Al Samriya Equestrian 2003 invasion. Mohamed Ghabban A Palestinian man showing traditional date-filled cookies at a bakery in Jerusalem’s Old City yesterday, ahead of Eid al-Fitr, a Academy and Sealine Beach. made the announcement at a three-day holiday that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. wide range of events and special Meanwhile, the Asian Town Cricket media conference in Baghdad, a attractions have been lined up Stadium will be the venue for the fi nal video of which was posted on his A for the Eid al-Fitr celebrations match of the Ibn Ajayan Trophy T20 off icial Facebook page. Page 4 which begin in Qatar today. Cricket Tournament this evening. Preparations for the festivities A variety of musical and cultural have been under way for the past sev- shows will also be held as part of this INDIA | Politics eral days, with organisers giving fi nal year’s “Communities Eid al-Fitr 2016 Modi adds 19 new Saudi king vows ‘iron touches to the events and the country’s Celebrations”. residents thronging malls and hyper- The Indian, Sri Lankan, Nepalese ministers to cabinet markets to buy gifts and goodies. and Korean communities will be hold- Indian Prime Minister Narendra The day that marks the end of the ing their shows beside the Asian Town Modi expanded his council of holy month of Ramadan will start with Cricket Stadium in Doha’s Industrial minister yesterday, inducting 19 fi st’ against extremists Eid prayers at 5.03am, as announced by Area on the fi rst two days of Eid. new faces in the second major the Ministry of Endowments and Is- Al Wakrah Sports Club will host ac- revamp since his party came to lamic Aff airs (Awqaf). The ministry has tivities of the Bangladeshi and Pakista- power in May 2014. Page 17 Agencies the attack near the Prophet’s Mosque. prepared 298 mosques and grounds, ni communities on the fi rst day . Riyadh The Saudi interior ministry said including 35 mosques and places re- Eid will be celebrated at the Barwa offi cers became suspicious of a man served for women, in diff erent parts of Workers’ Sports Complex, Al Khor in- PHILIPPINES | Crime heading for the Prophet’s Mosque the country for the Eid al-Fitr prayers. dustrial area, as part of this initiative. Duterte accuses top he Custodian of the Two Holy through a parking lot. With the Qatar Met department A large number of people have been police generals Mosques, King Salman of Saudi “As they tried to stop him, he blew forecasting a maximum temperature of visiting hypermarkets and malls for TArabia, yesterday vowed to himself up with an explosive belt 46C in Doha, the fi rst day of Eid is also the past few days for Eid shopping. The Philippines’ President Rodrigo strike back at those leading the coun- causing his death and the death of expected to be very hot. rush was particularly heavy yesterday Duterte publicly accused five police try’s youth astray, a day after three four police,” the statement said, add- Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) has for last minute purchasing by the resi- generals of involvement in the suicide attacks in the Kingdom, one ing that fi ve others were wounded. charted out a programme consisting an dents. Many expatriates also fl ocked to drugs trade yesterday and said of them near the Prophet’s Mosque in A damaged car is seen after a blast The head of Saudi Arabia’s Shura array of activities in collaboration with exchange houses to send money back only he would be accountable for Madinah. near the US consulate in Jeddah. Council, the kingdom’s main govern- partners in the public and private sec- home, while others formed long queues a bloody crackdown that has killed “The kingdom is fully determined ment advisory body, called the attack tors for the day. The celebrations will in front of ATMs. 30 people since he took off ice last to strike with an iron fi st all those who The group claimed responsibil- an “unprecedented” incident. be held under the theme “Capture Joy” Traffi c congestion was seen along week. Page 20 aim at the minds or ideas of our dear ity for Sunday’s car bomb attack on “This crime, which causes goose- and off er a variety of entertainment some thoroughfares, leading to the young people,” King Salman said in a shopping street in the Iraqi capital bumps, could not have been perpe- options at venues across Qatar, includ- parking lots of hypermarkets yesterday an address to the nation for the feast Baghdad in which at least 213 people trated by someone who had an atom ing sport organisations, malls and cul- due to the rush. of Eid al-Fitr, published by the offi cial were killed. of belief in his heart,” Abdullah al- tural landmarks. As reported in Gulf Times earlier this Saudi Press Agency. Meanwhile, Saudi Crown Prince Mo- Sheikh said. Malls where Eid celebrations will week, the police will intensify secu- The Madinah attack, which killed hamed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz, who is Cairo-based Al-Azhar, the highest take place under this initiative are Al rity patrols in residential areas, public four policemen near Islam’s second- also the Saudi interior minister, has vis- authority in Sunni Islam, condemned Khor Mall, City Center Doha, Dar Al places and commercial centres during holiest site, 24 hours before the end ited two security offi cers and a citizen the attacks and stressed “the sanctity Salam, Ezdan Mall, Hyatt Plaza and La- the Eid and summer holidays to ensure of the fasting month of Ramadan, has wounded in the bombing in Jeddah, the of the houses of God, especially the goona Mall, which will all host family that no untoward incidents and unlaw- drawn condemnation from Islamic state news agency SPA reported. Prophet’s Mosque”. entertainment shows. ful activities take place. fi gures worldwide. “The security of the homeland is Saudi Arabia’s supreme council Other venues that will hold Eid fes- Special advisories have also been No group has claimed responsibil- good, it is at its highest levels and of clerics said the blasts “prove that tivities and activities as part of QTA’s issued by the authorities concerned ity for the attack or for two other sui- thanks be to God it gets stronger every those renegades have violated every- celebrations are Katara - the Cultural to ensure safe and hassle-free travel cide bombings the same day, outside day,” SPA quoted Prince Mohamed as thing that is sacred”. Village, Aspire Zone, The Pearl-Qatar, and on how to keep one’s house secure a mosque in the eastern city of Qatif saying during the visit. The governments of Turkey and Aqua Park, Qatar National Theatre, while the occupants are away. and near the US consulate in Jeddah in “I know that terrorist operations Lebanon joined in the condemnation, the west of the Kingdom. are not a simple thing, and the mi- while Iraq said the attacks amounted The Jeddah bombing killed only the nor impacts that you feel now will go to “heinous crimes”. attacker, and reports suggest there away, God willing,” Prince Mohamed The Organisation of Islamic Co- Oil sinks as Nigeria production rises were no innocent victims in the Qatif said, according to SPA. operation (OIC) expressed its con- attack either. “I had been through this in the past demnation and denunciation of the AFP crude surplus persisting on the global Many observers, however, suspect and feel what you feel,” he added, re- terrorist attacks. New York market. the Islamic State extremist organisa- ferring to a suicide bombing he had The UN human rights chief yester- London benchmark Brent crude for tion of being behind the bombings. survived in his offi ce in 2009. day called the Madinah suicide bomb- August delivery fi nished the day down The group, which controls areas of Meanwhile, outrage spread yester- ing an attack on Islam itself and many il prices fell sharply yesterday 4.3 % at $47.96 a barrel. eastern Syria and northern Iraq, has day after the blast in Madinah. Muslims expressed shock that their as news of increased produc- In New York, the West Texas Inter- claimed previous attacks on mosques Religious and political leaders second-holiest site had been targeted. Otion from Nigeria and a jump in mediate contract for August delivery in Qatif and elsewhere in the kingdom.