There is no such thing as secret police in Qatar. I think Sirwa69 and MT Edelstone56 don't know the definition of secret police, Secret police are like the Gestapo in Nazi Germany. Secret Police can arrest people even if the person arrested doesn't break the law that certainly doesn't happen in Qatar.
In Qatar we have the normal police with it's many branches (Traffic, Emergency, Rescue, Drug/Alcohol unit, Diplomatic police, Guard Police etc....) and we also have the "Mukhabarat" who are the equivelant of the FBI, and the FBI are no secret police.
The last "political" disturbance happened in Nov. 2000 when 4 Israeli's from the Mossad who carried Canadian and Italian (IIRC) passports. They attempted to assasinate some of the Hamas leader who had taken political assylum in Qatar. They were caught and extradited to Israel.
I hope you realise the animosity and antipathy arises from professionals treated like slaves from the sub-continent.
Oh yes you caught me, every month when the moon is full, me and my fellow qataris lease a 747 with "slave configuration" and head to India. My friends preffer to catch the indians with traps or large nets but I prefer using a gun with tranquilizers, good fun
. We usually round up about a 1000 indians everytime and beleive it or not the slave configured 747 can fit them all. When we arrive in Doha we brand each and everyone of the indians and give them a number. After that we shackle them all and march them down the corniche all the way to the north of Doha where we store them in a warehouse. Where they are available for sale. Even if we don't sell them thier upkeep is cheap because all we feed them are scraps from the landfill.
I believe QR took 10 or 11 last time to see if the CF-6s in the new A330-00 could widthstand ingesting a human. Boy do GE know how to make engines.
Poor old Akbar, he was enslaved because he is partly from the sub-continent. As you see his mother is from India and his father is Qatari (of Irani origin).
Last note, if you don't like Qatar Airways, stop complaining and don't work them. They don't have grounded aircraft because of lack of pilots.
Quote from Qatar Airways website
Thank you for considering Qatar Airways for your future career - due to Qatar Airways' popularity we are receiving too many applications for the positions available. Whilst we would like to reply to each and every application, please accept and understand that only candidates who are successful in being called forward for interview will be contacted.
Regards,
MTQatar