By teaming up with Sharia Capital, Al-Safi aims to provide a platform that is constantly monitored for compliance by a Sharia board.

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Al-Asadi said the action aims to "impose the law and to confront outlaws" and that curfews have been imposed in some parts of the province.

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The goal was to topple the Taliban who had given safe haven to al-Qaeda, although in the following years the aims of the British mission broadened.

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Their spending power suddenly became apparently near limitless, while the immediate aims of the club also sky-rocketed, with ADUG spokesman Dr Sulaiman Al-Fahim claiming he expected the club to be challenging for the Champions League inside three years.

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Both Al Busaidi and Al Hasni are part of the "Oman Sail" project, which aims to encourage people across Omani society to take up the sport.

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