| The emir often receives household heads asking him to let their sons leave ISIS and apparently he often responds positively. |
| A few weeks ago he sought to persuade the emir of Qatar to close it down, without success. |
| People are not happy with what is going on, but they are keeping quiet as a sign of respect to the emir and his crown prince. |
| But some now question whether the emir, Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, is frittering their wealth away on foreign ventures. |
| Is your house more secure than the convent of the patriarch, or the palace of the emir? |
| He managed to win the trust of the emir at the time, Sheikh Isa, who then commissioned the Swiss national to renovate his palace facilities. |
