Threats against Israeli security, nuclear ambitions, chemical attacks on Kurdish civilians, the war with Iran and the annexation of Kuwait are just a few examples. Sultan of Brunei Sultan Sir Muda Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzadin Waddaulah is the 29th Sultan of Brunei. THe first Sultan was crowned in the early 1500's by the Sultan of Johor. With some 280,000 residents, Brunei has the world's highest per capita income. Education and health care are free.
All government workers get free trips to Mecca.
He made a million dollar gift to Bosnia as part of the celebration. The Sultan is also famous for his 200 Argentine polo ponies which live in air conditioned stalls. Brunei is closed to expatriate missionaries. Born in 1934, he began religious training in his early teens. He went to Qum to study under Khomeini in the 1950s.