Qatar Crown Prince Outed
02/08/2005
Qatar's 25 year old Crown Prince Tameem Bin Hamad Al-Thani has apparantly been outed by a Dubai-based publication after a fight at G-A-Y.
Aljazeera, quoting a Qatar-based Islamic website, reports that the prince and two other Qataris were involved in a fight at G-A-Y, one of the biggest gay club in London.
Aljazeera Magazine reports that the heir to the throne of Qatar and two others, one of whom as described as the prince's "partner", have been barred from the club.
The report quotes police as saying that the three men exchanged blows with locals at the club.
“Prince Tameem and his partner were not charged. However, they will be banned from visiting this club for 30 days,” a police spokesperson is quoted as saying.
Because no charges were laid there is no official police record of the alleged incident, so details have not been verified and the Qatar embassy in London did not immediately respond to a request for a statement.
The Prince was educated in the UK and spends most summers in London.
Scholars of Islamonline.net condemned the actions quoting religious text, the magazine says.
"Almighty Allah has prohibited illegal sexual intercourse and homosexuality and all means that lead to either of them. Moreover, Islam emphatically forbids this deed [homosexual sex] and prescribes a severe punishment for it in this world and the next.
“How could it be otherwise, when the Prophet of Islam (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Whoever you find committing the sin of the people of Lut, kill them, both the one who does it and the one to whom it is done.'"
Qatari based scholar Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi also quoted: "The scholars of Islam, such as Malik, Ash-Shafi`i, Ahmad and Ishaaq said that (the person guilty of this crime) should be stoned, whether he is married or unmarried.”
Qatar is an Islamic state. Under Sharia law the prince could be imprisoned if he were formally charged with the "crime of homosexuality".
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