Doha, Qatar

The first U.S.-Islamic World Forum was held in January 2004, in Doha, Qatar. The Doha meeting brought together 165 leaders from the U.S. and 37 states in the Muslim world met over the course of three days. The discussions included a wide variety of topics: the peace process, Iraq, human development, education, the role of the private sector, the new media, etc. The leaders in attendance ranged from government ministers and CEOs to deans of universities and news editors. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, delivered the keynote addresses.