REF: 0057 3.10.09
TO,
MINISTRY OF CULTURE.
DEAR SIR,
Prepare yourself for Hassan Aljefairi’s hot talk during the next cultural festival. I do not care if some are accusing me of being secular, but I promised that Qatar is going to be different and as I said, the Switzerland of the Arab world.
The Qatari Government promised that Qatar will be an open minded free country where people can enjoy freedom. Qatar businessmen believed this claim and borrowed millions from the banks and built hotels, towers, villas and furnished apartments, but then they discovered that a Taliban like rule by Islamic law is taking over. Therefore, some hotels began to operate with less than 20 % occupancy during summer, month of Ramadan and Eid holiday.
Those who support Taliban are not travelling to Pakistan or Sudan for vacation, but they prefer destinations like Dubai, London or Paris.
Month of Ramadan shows the contradictions, people adhere to the dawn to dusk fast, at night, many party with large meals and a heavy dose of TV entertainment. But the confusion comes from the Government as well. It has often supported radicals who promote strict fabricated Islamic principles but at the same time undercutting the liberal Qatari activist, Hassan Aljefairi, the voice of the Qatari democracy.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
HASSAN IBRAHIM ALMULLA ALJEFAIRI,
QATARI ACTIVIST.
www.hassanAljefaii.com
