An official revealed that Qatar annually spends QR 40,000,000 to maintain the cleanliness of the country’s mosques.
Mohamed Ahmed Naji Al-Dhahabi, head of the mosque services department at the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs [Awqaf], also said the annual expenditure on mosque furnishings works in Qatar amounts to an additional QR 1,500,000.
Qatar operates more than 2,000 mosques, with many standing in different areas across the Gulf state to serve as a symbol of the country’s culture.
According to the Pew Research Center, at least 65% of Qatar’s population are Muslims, some 13.7% are Christians and around 16% are Hindus.
On 4 February 2021, the 17th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup™ officially kicked off in Qatar, with…
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The Arab states of the Persian Gulf are the seven Arab states which border the Persian Gulf, namely Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).This excludes the non-Arab state of Iran. All of these nations except Iraq are part of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
