Qatar: Emir Tamim attends US-Islamic World Forum opening

Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani – who on 25 June will have been emir of Qatar for exactly a year (GSN 950/1) – attended the opening of the US-Islamic World Forum, which took place on 9-11 June at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Doha. US assistant secretary of state at the Bureau of Near Eastern affairs Anne Patterson spoke at the event, entitled Islam and Inclusion, and began by thanking Qatar again for its assistance in securing the release of US Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl.