Abdullah Bin Khalid Al-Thani
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Since 2001, by appointment of the Emir, HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalid bin Hamad bin Abdullah bin Jassim bin Muhammed Al Thani is the Minister of the Interior of Qatar
. He is a member of the House of Al-Thani, the Qatari royal family, and first cousin to the reigning emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani.
to avoid capture by U.S. authorities. In his flight from Qatar he was helped by Sh. Abdullah, who was the Qatari Minister of Religious Affairs in 1996.
Qatar
Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
. He is a member of the House of Al-Thani, the Qatari royal family, and first cousin to the reigning emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani.
Controversy
In early 1996 currently detained terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed fled to PakistanPakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
to avoid capture by U.S. authorities. In his flight from Qatar he was helped by Sh. Abdullah, who was the Qatari Minister of Religious Affairs in 1996.