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The local population, made up of Qataris, are all Muslims although there are high numbers of foreign workers in Qatar which varies the Muslim population. According to the CIA World Factbook, as of 2010 an estimated 67.7% of the population is Muslim, while 13.8% is Christian, another 13.8% Hindu, and 3.1% Buddhist.[2] Foreign workers are well noted in the country, mainly from South Asia which constitute most of the population of Qatar. At the end of 2013, there were a total of 1,848 mosques recorded in the country.[3]
History
It is likely that some settled populations in Qatar did not immediately convert to Islam.
During Islam's early years, Qatar's inhabitants are thought to have subscribed to the radical
Islam in education
At a tertiary level of education Islamic Studies is taught at Qatar University, and at Hamad Bin Khalifa University's (HBKU) Faculty of Islamic Studies where a master's degree is offered. Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, the consort of the Father Emir and mother of current Emir, is the most notable graduate.[14]
Islam's role in scientific discovery has also been an area of interest for the Qatar Foundation, and recently, the Society for Muslim Scientists was established with prominent members. In 2010, the joint venture between Bloomsbury Publishing and Qatar Foundation began, which saw them publish the book, ‘Science in Islam’.[16]
Qatar's religious ministry uses the
Demography
Sunni Islam
Shia Islam
Shiites comprise around 10% of Qatar's Muslim population.[20] Several of Qatar's most notable merchant families have historically been Shia. Qatari Shiites are granted religious liberty and some have held government positions.[21] In contrast to the Shiites in nearby Bahrain, the Qatari Shiites have an identical dress, dialect and culture to Qatari Sunnis.[22] However, there have been a small amount of societal conflicts between Shiites and Sunnis within the country. One notable instance is the attempted demolition of a Shia cemetery near Doha in 2011 by a group of Wahhabi extremists allegedly affiliated with Qatar's Islamic ministry. Upon receiving news of this event, The Emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa condemned the attempt and attended a Shia funeral as a sign of respect.[21]
See also
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- ^ "History of Qatar". Amiri Diwan. Archived from the original on 22 January 2008.
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- ^ "Christianity in the Gulf during the first centuries of Islam" (PDF). Oxford Brookes University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Qatar". Geographical. 78 (2): 12. February 2006. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
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- ^ a b Gaiser, Adam R (2010). "What do we learn about the early Kharijites and Ibadiyya from their coins?". The Journal of the American Oriental Society.
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وذكر في وفيات الاعيان لابن خنكان ابو نعامة قطري بن الفجاءة واسمه جعونة ين مازن بن يزيد اين زياد ين حبتر بن مالك ين عمرو رين تهيم بن مر التميمي الثسيباني ولد في الجنوب الشرقي من قرية الخوير شمال قطر في
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- ^ "Class of 2015 graduates honoured". Gulf Times. 6 May 2015.
- ^ "CILE Center – about us". CILE. 2012. Archived from the original on 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
- ^ "Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation publishing and delfina foundation announce winner of Arab writing residency programme". Al Bawaba. 5 March 2015.
- ^ Mohammed Hassan Al-Kuwari; Maryam Khulaifi; Jamila Abdulla Ahmed; Sawsan Al-Haddad (2013). "دليـل المؤسسات الثقافية في قطر (Directory of Cultural Institutions in Qatar)" (PDF) (in Arabic). Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-22.
- ^ "Qatar - Country Profile". about.com. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ "Qatar embraces Wahhabism to strengthen regional influence". Middle East Online. 18 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ "Mapping the Global Muslim Population" (PDF). Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. October 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
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- ^ Micahel Stephens (26 November 2012). "Ashura in Qatar". Open Democracy. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.