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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — From Masses to baptisms, weddings and confessions, the church provides a window into the religious life of Catholic expatriates in Qatar. DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Hymns echo through the ...
News Qatar » Doha » Religion: Qatar spent decades building its reputation. Deporting Bahá’ís threatens to undo it.
(RNS) — In recent weeks, nearly half of the few hundred remaining Baha’is in Qatar have been threatened with detentions, non-renewal of work permits and forceful deportation. (RNS) — For eight decades ...
News Qatar » Doha » Religion: More Persecution of the Baha’i in Qatar
One might have thought that a Middle East war that has badly reduced Qatar’s natural gas exports and greatly harmed its economy would fully occupy the Qatari government. Not so; it has found time ...
News Qatar » Doha » Religion: Qatar support helps establish major Islamic Centre and Mosque in Bosnia’s Lukavac
The opening of the Islamic Centre and Mosque in Lukavac has marked a significant addition to Bosnia and Herzegovina s religious, ...
News Qatar » Doha » Religion: Religious Repression in Qatar
Last week Qatar sentenced the leader of that country’s tiny Baha’i community to five years in prison for the crime of belonging to the Baha’i faith. That is not quite what the Qatari court said but ...
News Qatar » Doha » Religion: Qatar sentences the country's Baha'i leader to 5 years for social media posts
The leader of the small Baha’i community in Qatar was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for social media posts that allegedly “cast doubt on the foundations of the Islamic religion,” ...
News Qatar » Doha » Religion: Qatar imprisons Baha'i leader for casting 'doubt on the foundations of the Islamic religion'
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Remi Rowhani (photo credit: SECTION 27A COPYRIGHT ACT) Qatar has previously been accused of deporting members of the Baha'i ...
News Qatar » Doha » Religion: Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the former Emir of Qatar, has died at the age of 74
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the former Emir of Qatar and Father Amir, has passed away at the age of 74. The Amiri Diwan announced his death on the morning of July 12, expressing prayers for ...