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After the passing of the Ruler of Ras Al Khaima recently, one son made himself the Ruler with the blessing of the other Emirates. The other son (the oldest) is not very unhappy about that.

"The outcome of the tussle for power will provide a barometer of the direction of the UAE, according to Dr Christopher Davidson of Durham University, an expert in the region. He said the most powerful emirates are the broadly pro-western Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and they should in principle be sympathetic to Sheikh Khalid's argument about the danger of Iranian influence in RAK. However, they must be careful not to alienate the emirate's poorer and more Islamist population. For this reason, many observers believe that Sheikh Saud bin Saqr al-Qasimi will prevail."


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oc ... ssion-gulf

this happens all the time ...it aint surprising tho..

Anyone who has been here for a while will remember the reason why Sheikh Khalid was ex-communicated in the first place.

He is married to a relation of Queen Rania of Jordan. They went to a symposium in New York together on the education and empowerment of women in the Arab world. The event was well covered by the media and very well received internationally as there were some important points raised and discussed.

Upon her return, the father deposed Sheikh Khalid as punishment and was quoted in Gulf News as saying "Women serve no useful purpose in modern Islamic society"!!!!!!!

How's that for up to date thinking?



Knight

Wow!

Dubai Knight wrote:Anyone who has been here for a while will remember the reason why Sheikh Khalid was ex-communicated in the first place.

He is married to a relation of Queen Rania of Jordan. They went to a symposium in New York together on the education and empowerment of women in the Arab world. The event was well covered by the media and very well received internationally as there were some important points raised and discussed.

Upon her return, the father deposed Sheikh Khalid as punishment and was quoted in Gulf News as saying "Women serve no useful purpose in modern Islamic society"!!!!!!!

How's that for up to date thinking?



Knight

Thanks DK for this piece of info.....

Didn't know that he was deposed for such a silly reason!!!