Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

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Edited by: Gerhard Robbers and W. Cole Durham

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In recent years, issues of freedom of religion or belief and state-religion relations have become increasingly important worldwide. The Encyclopedia of Law and Religion, unique in its breadth and global coverage, provides an important foundational resource for study of these issues. The encyclopedia covers the relation between law and religion in its various aspects, including those related to the role of religion in society, the relations between religion and state institutions, freedom of religion, legal aspects of religious traditions, the interaction between law and religion, and other issues at the junction of law, religion, and state.

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Qatar

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Author(s): Mohamed Saeed M. Eltayeb
I. Social Facts   According to the most recent estimates by the Qatar Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics, the total population of the State of Qatar at the end of January 2016 was about 2,423,175, 1,853,001 of whom were males and 570,174 were females. According to the UNDP Human Development Report of 2015, Qatar’s Human Development Index (HDI) value for 2014 is 0.850—which puts the country in the very high human development category—positioning it at first in the Arab world and at 32 ou…