Talk:Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

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[edit] Liverpool Takeover

This part of the article is uncited as well as being grammatically, erm, flawed. The sort of statements made in this section really can't stand without being cited. Epeeist smudge 10:49, 1 June 2007 (UTC). The "reasons" cited for why DIC didn't end up investing in Liverpool were ridiculous. Someone has made them up. The real reasons where that they were looking at Liverpool primarily as a business and DIC are well known for their ruthless streak when it comes to business.

[edit] Removal of Hon Title

I'm not entirely sure of the Wiki policy here, but I'm very surprized to see that the "Sheikh" has been removed from the name in the opening paragraph. He is almost universally known as Sheikh Mohammed and a quick check of british royalty and aristoccracy (hereditory and otherwise) seem to include their titles. If Wiki poloicy does demand the deletion of the title, I'm tempted to suggest it is either bad policy or mis-applied.Epeeist smudge 15:43, 24 June 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Picture ?

Shouldnt this page include a picture perhaps? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.233.195.131 (talk) 21:37, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

this one is good: http://www.dubaicup.ae/images/sheikh-mohammed.jpg --Englishazadipedia 22:04, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] POV

"Sheikh Mohammed enjoys a vast and enviable popularity , with both expatriates and Emiratis.His charity programmes as well as his good natured behaviour and respect to elders and his genorusity is well known."

This sentence doesn't belong in this article. I don't think his popularity can be substantiated with appropriate citations. It's not as if gallup pollers roamed around in Dubai asking people if they liked Sheikh Mohammed. AreJay (talk) 21:17, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

I agree. I was "bold" and removed it. I also removed {{POV}}. If that was for something other than the Popularity section, please bring it back. Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 01:57, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lufthansa Flight 181

Didn't Sheikh Mohammed play the role of chief negotiator with the Palestinian hijackers of Lufthansa Flight 181 when they landed at Dubai? Does anyone have information? 9591353082 (talk) 02:43, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

He did not play the role of chief negotiator, but was involved. There was an article in Time in 1977 about the incident. You can read it here. Sheikh Mohammed is mentioned in the fourth paragraph. Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 04:24, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] slavery accusations ???

what about this? "Dubai's ruler has been accused of enslaving thousands of young children for camel races in a class-action lawsuit filed in the US". am i crazy, or this should be in the article?? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5346430.stm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.55.124.210 (talk) 02:20, 11 June 2008 (UTC)