Sultan Qaboos University

Highlights from the Speech of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said During His Visit to Sultan Qaboos University on May 2nd, 2000 We are proud of this university; and more than that, we are proud of you in Oman and elsewhere.HM Qaboos Bin Said Knowledge is renewable, and we have to add something new to world knowledge. We want this to be a world-class university. The suppression of ideas and thought is a major sin, and we will never allow anyone to stifle freedom of thought. Our religion stands for knowledge and thought. It has never been, at any time, against inquiry or knowledge seeking. There is no doubt that the economy is the basis of everything. The greater the national income of a country, the stronger its economy will be. That is why the national income is always more important than government revenues. The national income represents the country’s main source of income. One should start with the basics and then move on steadily from there. Then, as the wheel of development continues to turn, more progress will be achieved.