Talk:Qatar/Archive 1

Absolute or Constitutional?
Is Qatar actually a absolute or constitutional monarchy? In the infobox says it is a constitutional monarchy, but in Politics of Qatar page says it is a absolute monarchy. 20:50, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Religion
Serious discrepancy : it is said in this article at one point that 10% of Qataris are Shias and in another section that a fifth are... I am no expert on Qatar so maybe someone who is could look into that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.210.89.238 (talk) 07:19, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Pollution
There is no mention of the high rate of carbon emissions per capita. Qatar has ranked no.1 as the worst polluter of carbon dioxide per capita for some fifteen years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita


 * I agree. CO2 emissions per capita are almost double those of the next country in the list (http://cait.wri.org/cait.php?page=yearly). Which section should it go in? -- Graham king 3 (talk) 02:53, 23 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Added an Environmental Issues section with both of these references -- Graham king 3 (talk) 06:07, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

American Base
could someone add something about the American Base in qatar?--Arabian soul 07:14, 23 August 2007 (UTC)


 * I agree, this article is sorely lacking on its information concerning the US military presence in Qatar. The only mention of it is, "Qatar served as the headquarters and one of the main launching sites of the US invasion of Iraq [3] in 2003." Certainly Al Udeid Airbase, serving as the site of the Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC), deserves some mention. But then again, those articles are sorely lacking as well. -- Pepsi2786 (talk) 03:59, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Population Error?
I noticed that the 2004 census puts Qatar's population at 1 344 269, while the attached external link totals each municipality population, with a total of only 744 029. Is this a descrepancy in statistics, or did Qatar actually shrink by 500 000 people in two years?

Answer: That is the total population EXCLUDING expats. (not true)

http://www.qsa.gov.qa/eng/PopulationStructure.htm Current population. I've heard that the Current Qatari population is some where around 300 000.

the 1st information about Qatar having more than 1 000 000 poeple in the year 2004 is 100% wrong,  actually the esti. population is around 880 000 (in the year 2006) with less than 25% of those are Qataris ( locals ). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Psychiatrist (talk • contribs) 19:07, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Somebody wanted to know about US military in Qatar. There are 2 bases. One being an Air Force base, the other being an Army base. There are military members from all branches on both bases. Exact number of personnel is not and probaly will never be known. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 214.3.85.252 (talk) 06:26, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Random Question
Is there a reason behind Qatar having a male/female ratio of 2.24? Fephisto 22:32, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
 * High quantity of (male) immigrant workers. Yes, there are plenty of female immigrant workers, but much much higher male rate --Matt 22:34, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Qatar keeps on hiring male immigrant workers such as for construction and mowasalat drivers, most of them south asians - insanedrivers

Major Qatar Article cleanup
This article has potential, but looks like its core has been left to rot for a couple of years (no offense meant) [eg. lack of mention of new parliament], and needs major cleanup. I will adopt the Qatar subcategory, starting with the more specific pages and finishing with the largest one here. Any other people willing to help? Is there somewhere else I should put this? --Arithmomaniac38 04:44, 22 May 2006 (UTC) Join Wikiproject Qatar!

I have no clue how to use this but in the first part of the article someone has added somthing about beer pong wich has no place in the article.

Infobox
There is a possibility to use template:qatar infobox. But someone doesn't seem to like that.--Jerryseinfeld 23:03, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah ibn Khalifah Al Thani
I think the prime minister is Sheikh Abdullah ibn Khalifah Al Thani.

Zntrip

This appears to be true and the article concurs. Any issues? --Matt 01:12, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

NO, now the current prime minister is Sh. Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al Thani.

Cultural information
'''We want to participate in Doha Cultural Festival.How can you help us?

Tahira, Baku, Azerbaijan'''

Guessing you might want to try the official DCF page. Of course, it's a little late for 2005, but good luck in 2006 --Matt 01:12, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Section "Qatari Woman"
I removed the section Qatari Woman because it was copyrighted work of the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs. See the original page and Copyrights. --Jonnabuz 13:23, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Coat of Arms
Do they have Coat Of Arms? 83.130.116.4 16:27, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Yes,, which is shown in the info box --Matt 01:00, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Neutrality & review of Abdulla Qatar's changes
Could someone with more knowledge than me please review the changes of [the edit from 33257014 to 32630677] and see if neutrality is maintained? It seems that detail has decreased and the text might be biased --Matt 19:33, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Two points. First, the generalization of warring tribes is correct, but leaving out the British control and the Turkish occupation is a little too close to ignoring history.  The ruling family al-Thani in the late 19th century was under Ottoman authority.  This conflicted with the rising ambitions of the family.  When the Ottomans left in WWI, the al-Thanis signed a pact with the British to become a protectorate.


 * Second. The ommission of the al-Saud family in the second paragraph is important.  As one can see by the existence of Saudia Arabia, the al-Sauds were a major threat.  The al-Thanis ended up paying a tribute to the al-Sauds as an alternative to being invaded.  More importantly, this is a sensitive issue, as the current dealings between Saudi Arabia and Qatar are not exactly clear.  However, the al-Sauds were not, like the al-Khalifa, concerned with the pearl economy or the coast in general (they wanted Mecca and Medina).


 * In conclusion, I would include the al-Saud family in the second paragraph as a geopolitical threat to Qatar, though a general one. I would also include information about exclusive alliances with the British and Ottomans.  If this information is left out the article, it basically removes Qatar from the recent history of the region.  Tribal politics are only one side of Qatar's inception.

So revert and edit. This information would also be useful in the history article. --Vector4F 17:34, 1 January 2006 (UTC)


 * I've decided to revert back Abdulla Qatar's changes on Vector4F's recommendations, though I saved the clarification on Peninsula/Northern Peninsula. --Matt 18:05, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

better choice of words required
"Qatar's national income primarily derives from oil and natural gas exports. The country has oil reserves estimated at 15 billion barrels (2.4 km³). Qataris' wealth and standard of living compare well with those of Western European nations. Qatar has the highest GDP per capita in the developing world ($39,607 as of 2005)."

Using the term "developing world" suggests that Qatar is a "Developing country" - as it is ranked as no. 40 in the UN calculated HDI index it is quite likely that Qatar has not designated itself as a developing country (countries decide on their development status for themselves.) I tried to find out what what status Qatar has given itself - but I could not locate the answer.

The general consensus is that in calculating whether a country is a developing country the main indicators used are GDP per capita, literacy, and life expectancy.

--222.225.1.229 14:25, 10 March 2006 (UTC)stuart macdonald

Note:- The general consensus of opinion suggests that whilst Qatar is a developing country without doubt, this development is happening so incredibly rapidly that in 10 - 20 years this will no longer be the case. And whilst the majority agree it indeed is a developing country, I agree that omitting this statement is the best course of action. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.148.97.69 (talk • contribs) 20:33, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

According to List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita, published by the International Monetary Fund, in 2006, Qatar led all of Asia in per capita GDP, at 62,914 per capita. No doubt, high fossil fuel prices have something to do with this. In 2007-2010, it will triple natural gas production, sending figures even higher.

In the section on laws it reads: "Qatar has further been liberalized due to the 15th Asian Games, but is cautious of becoming too liberal in their law making the country a viable weekend immigration from their western neighbor." What does it mean to be "a viable weekend immigration from their western neighbor." I would rephrase it, but I am not sure of the writer's point. —Preceding unsigned comment added by HagarJr (talk • contribs) 12:10, 31 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I think that means that Qatar doesn't want to become like Bahrain, a weekend place for Saudis to go and do things that aren't legal in Saudi. It sees like an unverifiable sentence though, so much of it could be lopped off. --Matt 15:26, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Pronunciation
I am editing the pronounciation paragraph so that it is actually helpful to those of us who aren't linguistics professors --68.185.172.206

I agree that the paragraph about the pronunciation is dense. However, "it's COT-ter like welcome back Kotter" is not an encyclopediadic comment. Plus, I've never heard anyone say it like that - I've heard Cutter, Katar, and the proper pronunciation. --Matt 16:49, 29 March 2006 (UTC)


 * My source is the audio file available at the Merriam Webster online entry for Qatar. --68.185.172.206
 * I've never heard anyone pronounce it like that. m-w is definitely weird on this one. --Matt 06:18, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I've only heard 'cutter' from servicepeople coming back from there after a few months deployment. And then I spoke to a recent returnee who called it 'kay TAR' and chastised those who called it 'cutter'. I came to wikipedia for an answer and got IPA crap so I went to m-w and got what I thought was to be the best answer. I know my addition is nothing special, but I think it works until the world makes a decision (which could be sooner rather than later-- remember 'EE rahq' versus 'eye RACK'?)
 * I know Qataris who say "kuh-TAR" (what I wrote earlier as 'katar') when speaking English. The Arabic doesn't have a direct English transliteration - so it doesn't have an easy answer, and the IPA will be the 'most correct' way to specify how it sounds. --Matt 00:08, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Well guys... Everybody in Qatar have different accents. Qatar is a multicultural country with so many expats. there are so many pronounciations for that...But i pronounce it as Katar These pronounciations are based on how ive heard them British- Kah-tahr Indian - Kahtr Filipino - Katar - insanedrivers

I'm a Qatari national, I can tell you it's closer to Katr. (with a hard R), however Ka-tar, is the official english way of pronouncing it. :) Hope I helped. -Khalifa


 * How is IPA "crap"? It is the basis for pronunciation and the only way to help people pronounce a word correctly.  If we say things like "pronounce it like the 'a' in bath" then that's just stupid because the letter is pronounced differently in different countries and regions.  If you're struggling with the IPA symbols then learn them - they may help you when you come to learning a language in the future. 213.230.130.56 (talk) 22:31, 16 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Re: stress. In the UK we used to pronounce it Katar. Now adverts for their airline... say Katar. The para on pronunciation should mention this dual stress and the changing situation. Malick78 (talk) 08:49, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

I am currently living in Qatar and I heard that it sounds like Qotr. I agree with the previous post, though. Qatar is a multicultural country with the number of expats are more than the locals, so its actual pronunciation might alter from one people to the other. Kangxi Emperor ( talk ) 13:17, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

How to add a "section"?
I want to add a section titled "criticism", and put in some info about the use of foreign workers and their lack of rights in Qatar. An example being a Qatari man gettign caught with a Filippina woman, and he is allowed to go free but she spends two years in jail before being deported. How would I go about doing this? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 153.26.176.34 (talk) 16:45, 6 December 2006 (UTC).


 * Well, you would put in something like: ==Criticism== Qatar does x, y, and z. I'd put it after Education, and make sure to cite your sources. Look at the page source on the main article, and click the edit tab. Look at the surrounding sections and you should get an idea of how to format things. Feel free to ask questions on here or my talk page, and if I notice any formatting errors I'll try and clean them up. --Matt 16:52, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Lol... Is there something wrong with Filipinas going out with a Qatari? whats the point of her being deported and jailed... Did they banned the Qataris from marying Filipinas? you really should protest this


 * I think the crime is fornication (so-called 'inappropriate relations'), rather than dating the wrong nationality. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.148.97.69 (talk) 17:44, 11 January 2007 (UTC).


 * I am afraid this is not the right place to discuss about this matter. This page is strictly for talks on how to improve the article. Please kindly go to the community portal to discuss about this matter instead. Regards Kangxi Emperor  ( talk ) 13:25, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Proposed WikiProject
In my ongoing efforts to try to include every country on the planet included in the scope of a WikiProject, I have proposed a new project on Western Asia at WikiProject Council/Proposals whose scope would include Qatar. Any interested parties are more than welcome to add their names there, so we can see if there is enough interest to start such a project. Thank you for your attention. Badbilltucker 16:49, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * See .martianlostinspace 14:24, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Country of Qatar blocked from editing Wikipedia
Is this at all true? I had found this at some news site called slashdot. --69.67.229.90 04:49, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Not anymore. There was some minor confusion and everything has been fixed.  Thanks  Nacon kantari  04:50, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * they'll no doubt re-block anonymous posting soon - already there's been some vandalism from the qatar IP address 82.148.97.69 11:47, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
 * See BBC: . Apparently they can't block individual users, because all of Qatar uses only one IP address.martianlostinspace 14:23, 2 January 2007 (UTC)


 * All traffic from Qatar is routed through a single IP address? Really? How Bizarre. Jooler 22:19, 2 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Qatar uses a proxy to filter its internet, and that IP is the proxy's IP. So any internet access in Qatar is routed through that IP. thats why our internet's so damn slow! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.148.97.69 (talk) 19:58, 3 January 2007 (UTC).


 * This is a mainstream newspaper article from Australia about the same issue. But it was sourced from Associated Press so it's probably the same as the BBC one...Garrie 23:23, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

ISP & Blocking
It seems that someones added a section about Q-Tel blocking websites... it is untrue that they block sites that are against the interests of Qatar, only pornography is blocked - all political websites & blogs can be accessed easily. Shouldn't this be changed? --Amjra 15:22, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I'd say that's appropriate to change then. I wouldn't be against leaving the blocking detail in the Qtel article either. --Matt 17:43, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Coat of Arms?
What happened to the coat of arms image? --Amjra 19:54, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Looks like it was deleted due to unknown copyright status... --Matt 20:12, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * To my knowledge it looks like it was changed, cause I remember that the Coat of Arms used to say "Qatar" in english and as of now it says (hope guess right) "Qatar" in Arabic. It's been awhile since I visited this page so maybe I am wrong. Tazz 07:44, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

QatarLiving.com
Qatarliving.com is not an appropriate external link due to number 10: "Links to social networking sites (such as MySpace), discussion forums or USENET". Yes, qatarliving.com is a useful discussion forum, but it is a discussion forum and doesn't add much useful information for people browsing the article. --Matt 20:50, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Of course, the link I provided was "links to normally be avoided" - I'm open to discussion of a compelling reason why qatarliving.com is important enough to be an external link. --Matt 20:54, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

The site is not just a "discussion forum"- it has a forum component to it. It also has has maps, classifieds adverts and news articles.

GDP
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28nominal%29_per_capita Qatar is #3 in the world for its GDP. According to this article however it is ranked #7. Any reason why it isn't updated? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.179.63.4 (talk) 01:54, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

| cabrón unit |talk|conts| 19:24, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Between the three sources for that GDP information, namely the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the Central Intelligence Agency, there is considerable variation. The IMF and WB have quite a few blank entries, only the CIA has estimates for every country. The CIA ranks Qatar number two at $141,733 (2008 est.), right behind Liechenstein at $145,734 (2007). The IMF and WB don't even have numbers for Liechenstein, WB has no ranking for Qatar, and IMF puts Luxembourg and Norway ahead of Qatar. The CIA has Luxembourg trailing a distant third at $118,538 (2008 est.) and Norway yet further behind in position four at $103,586 (2008 est.). Given the variability along with the incompleteness of some of the sources, "number 7" seems too precise, "ranks in the top three countries" would be more reflective of the available precision. --Vaughan Pratt (talk) 20:19, 30 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Whether it's number 2, 3, or 7, it should be at least consistent throughout the article. The infobox tells Qatar is number 3 (international monetary fund), the first paragraph says it's second (cia factbook). Personally, I think it is not actually important whether it is second or third by GDP per capita, the importance is that it is a very rich country. Ben T/C 20:46, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Qatari law
I think the claim that Qatar is '..the first country in the Persian Gulf where women gained the right to vote.' is not completely true. Women's suffrage was introduced in Qatar in 1999, whereas the women of Iran gained this right already in 1962 (and kept it after the 1979 Islamic revolution). 84.85.155.51 (talk) 18:11, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Origin of name
"The name 'Qatar' may derive from the same Arabic root as qatura which means 'to exude.' The word Qatura traces to the Arabic qatran meaning 'tar' or 'resin', which relates to the country's rich resources in petroleum and natural gas. [2]"

This seems unlikely to me, given that the discovery of oil in Qatar is so recent. What do others think? 80.175.102.226 (talk) 18:24, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Motor Sports
Something should probably be written (and I may take a stab at it) about the world class racetrack at Losail. It hosts both MotoGP and World Superbike classes, yet remains sparsely unattended. These are races that draw a massive worldwide TV audience (second only the Football and F1) so it seems to be part of the master plan to move the economy away from primarily oil-based long term. Caferace (talk) 07:12, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

They are getting a hydroplane race too: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2008625349_hydros14.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.64.30.2 (talk) 21:15, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

United States Ambassador to Qatar
Why does this redirect here? It shouldn't, there is a current abassador (look under United States-Qatar relations. The same user (Special:User:Ccson/Contributions) made other redirects like this. If I had time I would clean this up myself but im to busy IRL. What should be done then?  Royal  Mate1  02:28, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Never mind, didnt realize this was a way to say this article needs to be created. My bad.  Royal  Mate1  02:33, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Discuss Revision
This quote was removed from the article today: "Clans such as the Al Khalifa and the Al Saud (which would later ascend thrones of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia respectively) swept through the Arabian peninsula and camped on the coasts within small fishing and pearling villages." It has no reference, so I haven't re-instated the claim. However, there was no discussion over why it was taken down and I wonder if anybody thinks it should be kept in the article. - Rdanneskjold (talk) 03:08, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

IP Addresses
It's interesting to see which countries the anonymous edits are coming from... some of the content deletions are coming out of Qatat. -- BlindWanderer (talk) 20:25, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Amir
in the introduction emir is spelled Amir which is wrong —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.105.67.58 (talk) 02:03, 11 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Some people spell it as "Amir". Nevertheless "emir" is more common than "Amir". Kangxi Emperor 康熙帝  ( talk ) 11:33, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Qatar was under Ottoman Rules
50 Why there is nothing about Ottoman Empire ?? Qatar was an Ottoman city for almost 50 years. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.175.60.73 (talk) 17:34, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Qatari health
I found: Slackman, Michael. "Privilege Pulls Qatar Toward Unhealthy Choices." The New York Times. April 26, 2010. Retrieved on April 28, 2010. WhisperToMe (talk) 09:38, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Audio Pronunciation of Country
An audio file of a native speaker pronouncing the countries name would be nice. Micro360 (talk) 03:32, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism
Presumably this isn't true?

It is often believed that Qatar was the birthplace of cheese. In ancient times, nomadic hunters made cheese from the teats of their cows. They produced local cheeses which are still used today most famously, Al-Jizzab Cheddar (a hard cheese that was previously used to stone adulterers) and Al-Messi Brie in History, 2nd para

Can an expert on cheese please assess this and decide? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomopope (talk • contribs) 15:46, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I am an expert on cheese and can assure you this is entirely true. Snaisybelle (talk) 20:59, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, Qatar is also the birthplace of sun-dried tomatoes, which were used in ancient times to punish thieves and dishonest politicians. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.72.216.131 (talk) 16:50, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Sport
Today it was announced that Qatar will be hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Alex (talk) 15:49, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Yes and do to the fact that some people are not happy (jealouse fans), I suggest that the Qatar article be semi protected until further notice due to risk of vandalism Wifishark (talk) 11:03, 2 December 2010 (UTC5)
 * ✅ semi for 6 hrs. we'll see what happens after that. Ronnotel (talk) 16:05, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

World Cup Announcement
How could it have been announced on December 10th 2010 if it's only December 2nd 2010? 98.135.60.0 (talk) 16:32, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

It was announced about an hour ago. On December 2. Obvious typo, should be fixed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Baritone10 (talk • contribs) 16:37, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ Ronnotel (talk) 16:54, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Also on the page was a comment of the annoucement sugesting any of the other countries would be better than Qatar, and said Qatar, fuck me! anyone else see this before?
 * This was vandalism and was quickly reverted. The page has now been temporarily semi-protected to prevent this type of vandalism from unregistered users. Ronnotel (talk) 16:54, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 75.6.148.123, 2 December 2010
Please change the date that Qatar won the 2022 World Cup Bid from December 10th 2010 to December 2nd 2010 because if you look at any news site or even the FIFA website you will see that it was announced on the 2nd.Thank You.

75.6.148.123 (talk) 17:01, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ - I changed it in the lead section. Is there another incidence of this error? Ronnotel (talk) 17:31, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Please correct a sentence that makes no sense!
In the section on sport a sentence reads:

"Club Dam is the only country club won the Asian Cup Winners only once in 1989 after winning golden goal for the Iraqi police team, which culminated in Qatar and the Gulf Cup champions twice, in 1992 and 2005 in the territory and to their constituencies."

This makes no sense and I cannot work out what it is even supposed to mean. Please correct it or remove it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mackemsteve (talk • contribs) 17:19, 2 December 2010 (UTC) ✅ Ronnotel (talk) 17:32, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Israeli Citizens
In a recent CNN article on Qatar winning the bid for the 2022 World Cup, it states that currently Israeli citizens are banned from entering the country. I think this is pretty important information and should be noted in the article. 1ragincajun (talk) 01:24, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't. In the long run, what will it really say about the country as a whole? I would favor creating expanding Israel-Qatar relations which could include that information, but not the main article.--TM 01:26, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from 24.127.39.128, 3 December 2010
I think that the recent FIFA World cup bid should be added to the history because it will become the smallest country to hold a world cup.Now I know that the vote was about twelve hours ago,but this is still a little important because the U.S. could've got the vote.If you do post up the bid,that'll be great!

24.127.39.128 (talk) 03:11, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Please provide a reliable source verifying this information. Furthermore, please state exactly what you want the article to say. Posting an edit request is basically just like editing the article directly--it's up to you to provide exactly the text that you want to add along with references to verify it. Qwyrxian (talk) 05:38, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from War59312, 2 December 2010
edit semi-protected

Reference Link 10 is bad (404 because the page was moved it seems).

The link http://www.fifa.com/newscentre/news/newsid=1344698.html should be changed to http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/russia2018/news/newsid=1344698/index.html.

War59312 (talk) 20:52, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
 * ❌: Did you mean another article? Reference 10 in this article is OK. Frozen Wind  want to be chilly?  23:35, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

I fixed it myself. :) War59312 (talk) 19:47, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Kingdom or Emirate
As the ruler of Qatar now uses the title "King of Qatar" surely Qatar is now a kingdom. If so, why does this page state that it is an Emirate? James Frankcom (talk) 21:00, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
 * The Qatari National Anthem still refers to the Emir. The article to the current Emir of Qatar states that he is the Emir of Qatar.  In fact, "King of Qatar" only brings up people asking who is the king of Qatar, which can only be appropriately answered: "The Emir of Qatar is..."  Do you have any resource suggesting that Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani is using the official title of "King of Qatar"? --Puellanivis (talk) 21:32, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Shia 6% or Sh'ia 30%?
In the Religion section, the percentage of Qatari Muslims that are Shia is given as 6%, but in the Culture section the figure for Sh'ia (spelt differently) is given as 30%. Quite a big difference! Can somebody please clear this one up? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nattypoos (talk • contribs) 11:28, 4 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I find a figure of about 10% in various sources so I have put this in with what I hope is a good source. Thincat (talk) 22:47, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Official Airlines
Qatar Airways serves as the official airlines of Qatar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asilverfalcon (talk • contribs) 14:42, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

government
im doing a prodject in school about Qatar and i was wondering if anyone could tell me how long their government has been in power. please tell me —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.30.180.103 (talk) 22:36, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Royal Family Name
I will be changing references from al-Thani to Al Thani. Why, you ask? Because the former spelling is used for a certain type of name, where al- denotes the article "the" in Arabic, which is connected (orthographically and phonetically) to the noun it modifies. In the case of the ruling family, this is not correct. It is actually [aal] (أل), which means "family" and is a common naming formula in this part of the region. I think this might be only valuable to me, but someone has to care, right?

So, in short: al-Thani or Al-Thani -> الثاني (wrong) Al Thani or Aal Thani -> أل ثاني (correct)

Alharaka (talk) 16:11, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

The History
in the history section there appears a "hi my is blah blah blah" in the first line, which I guess should not be there. I do however not find it when I try to edit the page. Ravn-hawk (talk) 08:04, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Absolute monarchy?
Is Qatar is an Absolute monarchy. Wikipedia defines Absolute monarchy is when the monarch exercises ultimate governing authority as head of state and head of government. Emir of qatar is only the head of state and there is a prime minister since 2007 ShenmueIII (talk) 23:27, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

I am just posting this info for someone else to determine http://english.mofa.gov.qa/details.cfm?id=42 and http://english.mofa.gov.qa/details.cfm?id=17 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.100.39.210 (talk) 12:45, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Contradictory Statements
Under 5.2.1 Labor laws - the 2nd sentence says "Qatar ... does not permit labour-unions." Under 6 Economy - paragraph 3, the last sentence says "...Qatar ... allow[s] labour unions." Could someone who knows which is correct please fix this? Bobwozniak (talk) 02:45, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

In the Qatar Labour Law - Part 12 - it discusses that Workers organisations are allowed but to what I believe is only Qataris. http://www.qatarembassy.net/Qatar_Labour_Law.asp - CFC — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.100.39.210 (talk) 12:40, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Removed qatarliving.com
Reason: It is a rant blog. It's not directly directed to the topic Qatar.


 * hmm. it's one of the few blogs actually written by qataris.

they are not all qataris. And yes, it is a rant blog in my opinion. - Kei

I dont believe the people on Qatar living are Qatari. I think it is mostly expats -CFC — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.152.197.189 (talk) 07:46, 3 February 2012 (UTC)


 * The vast majority of the people living in Qatar are expat workers, I know, as I lived there for 5 years. Qatarliving isn't used very much by Qatari people, but instead is a blog that expats use and all too frequently, rant about various frustrations.Wzrd1 (talk) 15:53, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Alcohol consumption
It is as if this has been written for Western expats. Too much emphasis on the status of alcohol consumption. In the larger scheme of things, that topic hardly warrants inclusion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.61.205.26 (talk) 04:45, 26 December 2011 (UTC)


 * I agree and have removed references in the section where it seems particularly irrelevant. (Under "culture")  Left in government and politics section, but moved from general discussion of law to preexisting section on alcohol and dietary restrictions.  Singling alcohol out as one of the few areas of Qatari law to be discussed seemed peculiar and gave this topic undue influence.  -- --Sjsilverman (talk) 16:50, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * After doing some more work on this article, topic became a subtopic of law. Still has undue emphasis, but this would be ameliorated by a more robust discussion of other aspects of legal system.--Sjsilverman (talk) 21:04, 9 January 2012 (UTC)


 * I'd suggest retaining the alcohol and dietary reference, as Qatar is Wahhabi based, even if relatively loosely, hence it is notable that alcohol and pork are permitted for non-Muslim people (actually, I left Qatar in 2010 and pork wasn't permitted yet, but licensing was being finalized at that time).Wzrd1 (talk) 16:02, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

World's wealthiest country
According to Forbes, Qatar is now (as of 2012) the world's wealthiest country, ahead of Luxembourg. If any one can cite a good source for this claim, this can go in the article, in the section on the country's economy. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 00:25, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Electricity and water service in Qatar
Can we have someone examine that, I remember clearly paying for electricity and water while I was living in Qatar. It IS possible that Qataris don't pay, but I suspect that they do. The reference provided claims that water and electricity are free, but their reference is a dead link and does not match my direct, personal experience.Wzrd1 (talk) 16:05, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Removed qatarliving.com
Reason: It is a rant blog. It's not directly directed to the topic Qatar.


 * hmm. it's one of the few blogs actually written by qataris.

they are not all qataris. And yes, it is a rant blog in my opinion. - Kei

I dont believe the people on Qatar living are Qatari. I think it is mostly expats -CFC — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.152.197.189 (talk) 07:46, 3 February 2012 (UTC)


 * The vast majority of the people living in Qatar are expat workers, I know, as I lived there for 5 years. Qatarliving isn't used very much by Qatari people, but instead is a blog that expats use and all too frequently, rant about various frustrations.Wzrd1 (talk) 15:53, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Alcohol consumption
It is as if this has been written for Western expats. Too much emphasis on the status of alcohol consumption. In the larger scheme of things, that topic hardly warrants inclusion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.61.205.26 (talk) 04:45, 26 December 2011 (UTC)


 * I agree and have removed references in the section where it seems particularly irrelevant. (Under "culture")  Left in government and politics section, but moved from general discussion of law to preexisting section on alcohol and dietary restrictions.  Singling alcohol out as one of the few areas of Qatari law to be discussed seemed peculiar and gave this topic undue influence.  -- --Sjsilverman (talk) 16:50, 9 January 2012 (UTC)
 * After doing some more work on this article, topic became a subtopic of law. Still has undue emphasis, but this would be ameliorated by a more robust discussion of other aspects of legal system.--Sjsilverman (talk) 21:04, 9 January 2012 (UTC)


 * I'd suggest retaining the alcohol and dietary reference, as Qatar is Wahhabi based, even if relatively loosely, hence it is notable that alcohol and pork are permitted for non-Muslim people (actually, I left Qatar in 2010 and pork wasn't permitted yet, but licensing was being finalized at that time).Wzrd1 (talk) 16:02, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

World's wealthiest country
According to Forbes, Qatar is now (as of 2012) the world's wealthiest country, ahead of Luxembourg. If any one can cite a good source for this claim, this can go in the article, in the section on the country's economy. ACEOREVIVED (talk) 00:25, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Electricity and water service in Qatar
Can we have someone examine that, I remember clearly paying for electricity and water while I was living in Qatar. It IS possible that Qataris don't pay, but I suspect that they do. The reference provided claims that water and electricity are free, but their reference is a dead link and does not match my direct, personal experience.Wzrd1 (talk) 16:05, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Independence question
Hey everybody, I'm in a knot here. Here it says that Qatar gained independence from the Bahrain. Here it says that Qatar gained independence from the United Kingdom. I googled it, and it says here that they signed a protection treaty with the UK after Ottoman rule. I'll do more research but still....

---Qatar did NOT get independence from Bahrain. It was part of Saudi Arabia and was given sovereignty by the United Kingdom which signed an agreement with the ruling family.

When was it part of Saudi Arabia? It was dominated by Bahrain in the early nineteenth century, and Bahrain regarded it as their possession.

no man recently the goverment of qatar said that we gained independance from the ottman empire which was on 18, December, 1878
 * Yes you should always trust your government, especially on these kind of matters. 06:41, 25 June 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.179.162.179 (talk)

HRA
What is HRA? Lwoodyiii (talk)

I can't find any HRA. where! So I could reply.--Neogeolegend (talk) 04:45, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 3 July 2012
I do not have the time right now to make an edit request, but merely wish to point out that the Communications section of the Qatar Wikipedia page is grossly incorrect and contains a number of errors and untruths. There are at least five Business Magazines in Qatar as well as a number of lifestyle magazines and Oryx is not the only magazine publisher like they make it sound. Someone should correct this as it is a prime example of why people do not consider Wikipedia a reliable information resource.178.152.38.218 (talk) 09:36, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Villaggio Mall Inferno Aftermath
After the Villagio Incident on May 28, 2012 where 19 people died including 13 children QNA reported on their website that Qatar’s attorney general has ordered the arrest of some five people associated with Monday’s (May 28, 2012) tragedy, including Villaggio mall’s owner and the owner of Gympanzee.

http://dohanews.co/post/24021333892/report-qatars-attorney-general-orders-arrest-of http://dohanews.co/post/23919755454/a-fire-broke-out-at-the-villaggio-mall-around-11am LeFapOnymous (talk) 20:16, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I've removed this section per WP:UNDUE. It should not be in a top-level country article. -- Neil N   talk to me  21:00, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

Constitutional Monarchy
Under the 2003 constitution isn't Qatar now a constitutional monarchy? The first legislative elections are to be held next year, and Article 1 of the constitution says that Qatar is a democratic state. 24.128.221.196 (talk) 21:18, 1 September 2012 (UTC)ZacharyGeorgeNN 9/1/2012

GDP per capita
The page contradicts itself. In the opening summary it says Qatar has the highest GDP per capita while deeper in the article it says second-highest GDP per capita. The contradiction arises from using different sources. The article should either choose a source and note the existence of the others or reflect the difference in the various rankings. Dvogel (talk) 14:51, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Looking for a better caption, not sufficiently informed to write one
The caption "Diwan Al-Emiri" does not help this reader understand what the building is or anything else. For me, I can guess that "Emiri" is related to "Emirate", but that's all I get. I see that the image is called "Doha Palace," so I offer a more detailed caption per guidelines "Doha Palace, also known as Diwan Al-Emiri, has served as the seat of government in Qatar since 1901." I'm sure someone who knows the subject can write a better caption - more informative or more correct or both. I see List of palaces mentions Doha Palace and Diwan Emiri separately. Is there a distinction that should be drawn? We could have an article for this place, to be sure. -- ke4roh (talk) 17:37, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Climate
Curious about the climate information, as I was in Qatar during the summer and the highest I saw on the WBGT was at 138F (58.8C). This wasn't once either, it was mulitple times. --JE (Let's talk) (My contribs) 21:54, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

Improving coverage of Qatar's culture
I have added a subsection under ==Culture== about Qatar's art and museum policies; this paragraph's main function is to link other WP pages about Qatar's culture to this page, and to serve as a basis to expand upon.Robert Kluijver (talk) 23:41, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

"sovereign Arab state"
In my opinion, "state" needs to be internally linked, either to State (polity) or to Sovereign state. If it's the latter, stuff probably needs to be moved around and the link to Sovereignty removed from "sovereign". --82.170.113.123 (talk) 17:25, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Maybe "sovereign state in the Arab world"? --82.170.113.123 (talk) 17:26, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Religion
The support of wahhabi islam should be mentioned. Also, the fact that it supports the spreading of wahhabi islam in other countries should be mentioned. There is currently no religion section at all. See Fundamentalism 109.133.56.104 (talk) 13:09, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

Tourism in Qatar
Hi! It would be great if you could create this article: Tourism in Qatar!

Perhaps you can draw some inspiration from Tourism in Brazil and Tourism in Germany. :) Use proper sources! Thanks & all the best, Horst-schlaemma (talk) 21:00, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Flag and Emblem
The Flag and the emblem images are old versions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mntalateyya (talk • contribs) 14:08, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

Constitutional or Absolute Monarchy
This discussion might as well be the most confusing in the entire article, according to the US it is a constitutional monarchy, which might be true considering Qatar approved a constitution in April 2003, can somebody clarify this? I want to be completely sure. Ibrahimsqureshi (talk) 16:09, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Al Jazeera
quote: and by asserting global influence through its expanding news group, Al Jazeera. I don't think this sentence is right, it hints that qatar is using Al Jazeera and funding it to assert global influence. In fact Al Jazeera has so much success because it's really independent, they often fight in the GCC because they don't like this. I would reformulate it to state that al jazeera is a leading global news network, without that hint that AJE is a mean to an end. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.66.149.65 (talk) 21:04, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Merging of sections
Some of the content under the 'Sharia law' subsection in the government and politics section pertains to human rights rather than enforcement of Sharia law. It seems appropriate to move the entire human rights section, and the unrelated content of Sharia law, to a separate subsection under the government and politics section (similar to the Bahrain and Saudi Arabia articles), provided there are no disagreements. Elspamo4 (talk) 01:11, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Bad ISBN
Because it is causing a Checkwiki error #70: "ISBN with wrong length", I removed the ISBN from the entry:

The Lizards Living in Qatar. 2014. First edition, Published in Doha (Qatar), 2014, 5 June (World Environment Day). 570 pages. ISBN 978-9927-93-12-9

I have tried unsuccessfully to locate the correct ISBN on the Internet. Knife-in-the-drawer (talk) 02:09, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

Emblems
The emblem of Qatar being used on the old version looks like the emblem being used by the Qatari Embassy. LiXuanzes' new version is different. I am reverting.-- Toddy1 (talk) 06:00, 13 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Fully agree with your revert since this is the emblem used on the official Qatari government website. Elspamo4 (talk) 06:29, 13 August 2015 (UTC)

Politics section needs help
Almost the entire first part of the "Politics" section relies on a single source, and seems to be in need of a copyedit. It seems to me that there is no need for so many short and comparatively uninformative sentences in this section, especially since some appear to be bordering on un-objective. "There are no civil society organizations for human or citizens’ rights, nor any association or institution with a focus on public affairs.[92] There is no transparency regarding major public policy decisions.[92] Qatar's income, expenditure, and investment of public wealth are unknown.[92] There is no information about Qatar's public reserves, investments, and the results of these operations.[92]"

Perhaps if this particular passage could be condensed to a single paragraph, the flow and objectivity might be better. 2ReinreB2 (talk) 22:14, 10 September 2015 (UTC)


 * I will attempt to condense the paragraph and remove the inaccurate parts, such as there being no civil society organizations for humans' rights (NHRC was established in 2002). I'm not entirely sure about the veracity of the other statements. Elspamo4 (talk) 00:58, 13 September 2015 (UTC)


 * It seems much improved even as I just skimmed it. Thanks very much. 2ReinreB2 (talk) 03:26, 13 September 2015 (UTC)

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Rape laws
Should we talk about the rape laws in Qatar or should we hide that to prevent making a bad view of Qatar?

Dutch woman arrested in Qatar after making rape claim - BBC News — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.70.140.202 (talk) 23:07, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
 * In order to add the content you'll need to find academic articles analyzing rape laws in Qatar and showing why they're important enough to mention in the top-level article for the country. --Neil N  talk to me 23:14, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Sorry, Neil, but "Qatar is classified by the UN as a country of very high human development and is the most advanced Arab state for human development." is what should be sourced if we know that a woman was arrested for being raped. This is common sense and overrises policy. I fail to understand how it can be presented as such when its laws are still part medieval. I'll find sources. Bataaf van Oranje (Prinsgezinde) (talk) 13:46, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
 * No idea what you're trying to say here but explicitly invoking WP:IAR to "override policy" rarely works. --Neil N  talk to me 14:22, 15 June 2016 (UTC)


 * I believe this rape case should be mentioned. it is violation of human right and it is not the norm in the 21 century.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36516006 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/06/14/dutch-tourist-in-qatar-jailed-for-3-months-fined-845-after-reporting-she-was-raped/ http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2016/06/dutch-woman-arrested-in-qatar-after-claiming-rape/ and even the Qatari Al Jazeera http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/06/qatar-dutch-woman-alleged-rape-court-160612112412853.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.117.136.7 (talk) 14:10, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
 * We're don't insert "news of the day" items in a top-level country article. --Neil N  talk to me</i> 14:22, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
 * This is not news of days, it is special case that is reflection of the policy of treating rape victims (arresting them, fine them and deporting them). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.117.136.7 (talk) 14:24, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

famous rape case
I believe the rape case that happened in Qatar, a case in which the victim was arrested, should be mentioned. It is a special case and was highlight in all new agencies, TV Chanel of news (even Al Jazeera) and newspaper. All mention it: Guardian, BBC, Washington post, New York time etc etc This case highlight problems in Qatar laws and violation of human rights. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.117.136.7 (talk) 14:17, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
 * It is not a "famous" rape case. It is a "news of the day item". Look at the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting which probably got 1000x the exposure. It it mentioned in United States? No. --<b style="color:navy">Neil N </b> <i style="color:blue">talk to me</i> 14:25, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
 * regardless, the issue is the rape law, the fact that rape victims are arrested and deported. it should be mentioned. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.117.136.7 (talk) 14:33, 15 June 2016 (UTC)
 * "Regardless" meaning you're ignoring my point? Here's another one: Wikipedia is not a soapbox. As I said above, "In order to add the content you'll need to find academic articles analyzing rape laws in Qatar and showing why they're important enough to mention in the top-level article for the country." Not "news of the day" pieces. --<b style="color:navy">Neil N </b> <i style="color:blue">talk to me</i> 14:47, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

Absolute vs Constitutional
, can you please paste here the text in the source you're using that says Qatar is an absolute monarchy, who said it, and their qualifications? --<b style="color:navy">Neil N </b> <i style="color:blue">talk to me</i> 15:43, 16 June 2016 (UTC) I am not him, but still http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Asia-and-the-Pacific/Qatar-POLITICS-GOVERNMENT-AND-TAXATION.html "Qatar is an absolute monarchy that has been ruled by the al-Thani family since the mid-1800s" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.180.118.177 (talk) 20:18, 16 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Also http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Learning-with-the-Times-7-nations-still-under-absolute-monarchy/articleshow/3692953.cms "Qatar is also an absolute monarchy" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.180.118.177 (talk) 20:25, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

flogging as a punishment in Qatar
This should be mentioned in the section about Qatar law. http://dohanews.co/four-things-to-know-about-flogging-as-a-punishment-in-qatar/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.180.118.177 (talk) 17:34, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

constitutional monarchy
Any source that Qatar is constitutional monarchy? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.180.118.177 (talk) 15:21, 17 June 2016 (UTC) I don't understand why wikipedia contain false information like the claim that Qatar is constitutional monarchy. In constitutional monarchy, the monarch is only symbolic, in Qatar the monarch is the last decider and he can revoke any parliamentarian decision. Wikipedia should contain accurate information and that is that Qatar is absolute monarchy. It is not an issue of opinion. Iti s a fact that the monarch in Qatar is not limited by the law. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.180.118.177 (talk) 18:59, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Canada embassy define Qatar as an absolute monarchy
The State of Qatar is an absolute monarchy governed by the Al-Thani family. On June 25, 2013, Sheik Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani was sworn in as the new Emir (ruler) of Qatar when in a pioneering move his father, Sheik Hamad, voluntarily abdicated in favour of his son in an orderly transition of power. http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/qatar/bilateral_relations_bilaterales/index.aspx?lang=eng&pedisable=true — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.180.118.177 (talk) 19:49, 18 June 2016 (UTC)
 * OK, there are many sources pointing Qatar as an absolute monarchy, so it should be changed. 79.70.159.26 (talk) 21:13, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

Government type
The edit warring is continuing without discussion taking place. , Qatar may call itself a constitutional monarchy (just as North Korea may call itself a Democratic Republic) but we also need to look at what reliable sources call it. --<b style="color:navy">Neil N </b> <i style="color:blue">talk to me</i> 04:24, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

Constitutional monarchy
Qatar has become a constitutional monarchy following constitutional referendum in 2003. It is also identified as constitutional monarchy by, for example, the U.S. Department of State (http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/186656.pdf) and the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3784765.stm). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adountersw (talk • contribs) 04:51, 22 June 2016 (UTC)


 * This article used to say that Qatar is a constitutional monarchy, but an editor has edit-warred for it to say "absolute monarchy". I think there ought to be a discussion on the talk page.


 * Neutral point of view says that "All encyclopedic content on Wikipedia must be written from a neutral point of view (NPOV), which means representing fairly, proportionately, and, as far as possible, without editorial bias, all of the significant views that have been published by reliable sources on a topic." There are reliable sources for both the view that it is a constitutional monarchy and that it is an absolute monarchy.  Surely the article should mention both views.--  Toddy1 (talk) 06:00, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 27 November 2016
1 "Capital and largest city Tel Aviv"

2 "Capital and largest city Doha"

Please change 1 to 2

3 "Religion 	Zionism" 4 "Religion    Islam"

Please change 3 to 4

These corrections are well known facts and don't require source justification. 108.31.137.133 (talk) 21:31, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Seems it has been done by another editor, thanks for the note. Vsmith (talk) 22:31, 27 November 2016 (UTC)

Official Languages
I saw that the official languages of Qatar are Arabic and English. I'm not sure English is an official language as Qatar is an Arab country and I've never heard English is an official language. If you read the paragraph about languages it talks about how English is used as a second language, in the sense that it's not the country's language. I think English should be removed from official languages.TheRealSou (talk) 19:44, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

2015 Ladies Tour of Qatar (section on sport in Qatar)
I can swear that all the cyclists shown on the photo are male! Is this photo really from the Ladies Tour of Qatar? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.10.121.8 (talk) 20:27, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 June 2017
Under the Sharia Law section, In the second paragraph, there is a sentence that starts with, "Blasphemy is can result in up to seven years in prison..." This is grammatically incorrect and should be edited to remove the word "is." Jerm1.geo (talk) 15:23, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅, thanks. -- zzuuzz (talk) 15:28, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed
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Population Error Again
"In early 2017, Qatar's total population was 2.3 million: 313,000 Qatari citizens and 2.6 million expatriates." How is this possible? Are citizens somehow counted as negative population? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.14.77.50 (talk) 17:53, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Why even include expats in population? thats misleading showing other nationalities as part of the populace.139.190.254.44 (talk) 17:22, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

Jared Kushner's role, or alleged role, in the current crisis
Does anyone think that this should be mentioned?

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/07/jared-kushner-qatar-666-fifth-ave

deisenbe (talk) 11:59, 11 July 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 July 2017
In Qatar 13,8% of the people are christian and Muslim 67.7%, Christian 13.8%, Hindu 13.8%, Buddhist 3.1%, folk religion <.1%, Jewish <.1%, other 0.7%, unaffiliated 0.9% (2010 est.) (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/qa.html) Hereismarius (talk) 16:14, 12 July 2017 (UTC) Maybe you can add this so islam is not the only religion
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. This would require altering the pie chart, and I don't believe it can handle cases for <1% data apart from decimal percentages. jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 20:27, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Wahhabism?ً
Qatar explicitly uses Wahhabi law as the basis of its government

Could somebody post an evidence for this? I'm from Qatar (see my ip) and I'm not aware of such a thing like that.

I've heard it from a friend about the wahhabism but i don't know what does that mean... Im an expat student in qatar btw. - insanedrivers


 * Please read and do some reseacrh! http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-11031.html

Mistreating of construction workers
There has a been a lot of discussion lately about Qatar's "practices" towards immigrant workers wich approaches slavery, shouldn't it be talked about on this page ?

CIA fact book also mention Qatar as absolute monarchy
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/qa.html Expand the government section, inside it there is government tye and it say absolute monarchy. I really don't understand why no one fix this wikipedia article, and leave it with false information.

Hi ... I 'm sorry to say this but I don't rely on CIA facts book because it has some wrong information. For instance, It says Maldivian language is a dialect of Sinhalese language. But if they had done research on that subject, they should have known that Maldivian language is not a dialect of Sinhalese language but both are separate languages even though they both share common ancestor. Secondly, it (CIA FACTS BOOK) also says in Maldivian ethnicity part that Maldivians are South Indians, Sinhalese, Arabs etc....

which is also wrong. 103.50.105.162 (talk) 10:02, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

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Qatar: Censorship Ignores Rights, FIFA Rules
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/08/03/qatar-censorship-ignores-rights-fifa-rules articles about LGBT rights are censored in Qatar. should be mentioned.

Qatar municipalities map lacks Al-Shahaniya
Well, subject says it all, but here's it again: Qatar municipalities map lacks Al-Shahaniya --67.176.76.117 (talk) 22:25, 13 November 2018 (UTC)A helpful person, I hope


 * Good catch, I've updated it with the latest map. Elspamo4 (talk) 04:39, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

Recent edit
I have removed this Special:MobileDiff/889840574 because it is entirely sourced to Egypttoday. Egypt and Qatar has bad relationship and we can't rely on a source that would most likely be biased also read WP:UNDUE we don't give minor opinions/events so much attention since this is an opinion of a Bahraini "human rights activist" I suggest it gets less attentions (that's if it is sourced to a non-biased source), thanks. SharabSalam (talk) 09:25, 28 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I agree with your removal, it's absolutely bonkers to use a propaganda outlet from a country currently involved in the blockade of Qatar unless it's for their own opinion. Elspamo4 (talk) 20:52, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

Type of government
The dispute is about whether it is an absolute monarchy or a constitutional monarchy. In both cases it is a hereditary monarchy. , just like monarchy is not disputed, hereditary monarchy is also not disputed.--SharabSalam (talk) 01:34, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
 * I honestly don't care if you change it. My feeling was that keeping all qualifiers out of the term in the infobox might reduce the edit-warring, but what do I know, after all? Continue as you see fit. -- Begoon 01:38, 31 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Alright I will add that back hopefully no editwar happens although we shouldn't let edit warriors win.--SharabSalam (talk) 03:19, 31 May 2019 (UTC)

Amnesty international report about Qatar abusing of worker
Amnesty international says that Qatar continue to abuse workers https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/sep/19/amnesty-says-migrant-workers-still-being-exploited-in-qatar https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/09/qatar-despite-reform-promises-migrant-workers-still-return-home-without-wages-or-justice/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.154.23.74 (talk) 12:19, 22 September 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 June 2020
The percentage distribution in the Infobox the religion distribution adds up to far more than 100%. I looked at the source to get the correct percent and found the mistake.

Change: Buddhism 13.8%

To: Buddhism 3.1% Greg Mote (talk) 21:12, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done TheImaCow (talk) 05:04, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

Why Qatar has no COA?
What is the reason behind Qatar that has no Coat of Arms? That makes no sense. --Paul Ahyi (talk) 21:59, 22 April 2020 (UTC) Probably because a countries "Coat of Arms" hasn't mattered in 1500 years. The only reason some countries sill have them is because they had them two thousand years ago when the King sent out his Knights and their banner was their "authority" and their COA announced what countries authority they acted under. In modern times, we do that with treaties. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.217.2.121 (talk) 00:42, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

Qatar and ISIS
Funding of ISIS (ISIL, IS) by Qatar is a proven fact (e.g., https://www.nordicmonitor.com/2020/07/top-turkish-general-who-discovered-qatar-funding-to-jihadists-and-isis-oil-smuggling-executed/). Why is there no mention of this on this page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.166.41.102 (talk) 01:22, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion
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Is there such a thing as ethnic Qataris ?
Do Qataris consider themselves a ethnic group or just national group ? So I read that in the country of Qatar there is only like 11.6% Qatari (300,000) but 88%+ of them are non-Qatari people expatriates, do they also include other Arabic ethnic group from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, UAE as non-Qatari people or are they all included as Qatari people? Is Qatari basically just collection of Arab ethnicities ? From just reading just the to section of History of Qatar it seems there was large settlement of in Qatars during the Abbasids, and they are properly Arabs I believe and became the ancestors of Qatari but are these modern Qataris ethnically the same as the one that settled in the 5-8th century or are they something else ?

Okay, I just read they are descended from a number of migratory Arab tribes that came to Qatar in the 18th century from mainly the neighboring areas of Nejd and Al-Hasa. Some are descended from Omani tribes. It also says that Qataris can be divided into three ethnic groups: Bedouins, Hadar, and Afro-Arab. Bedouins are descended from the nomads of the Arabian Peninsula. So ethnic Qataris are combination of several ethnic groups or Arabs masters and Afro-Arab slaves with later some addition to Omanis in the Qatari people ? -Vamlos (talk) 20:33, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 January 2021
Qatar Official Portal (Hukoomi): www.hukoomi.gov.qa Naji.musa (talk) 11:17, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
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Qatar Demographics
Currently, it says that as of 2015, Qatar is 40% Arab, 18% Pakistani, 18% Indian, 10% Iranian, and 14% Other. However, this statistic is pretty inaccurate. According to Priyadsouza, a company that specializes in Qatar, the population of Qatar is approximately 21.8% Indian, 12.5% Bangladeshi, 12.5% Nepali, 10.5% Qatari, 9.35% Egyptian, 7.35% Filipino, 4.7% Pakistani, 4.35% Sri Lankan, and then Others make up the remaining 29.45%. I think the demographics in the infobox should be changed to something along these lines. NorfolkIsland123 (talk) 19:26, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3/7/2021
I want to add "under an Absolute Monarchy" to the form of government of Qatar. The Absolute Monarchy page supports this edit as Qatar is listed as being an absolute monarchy. I'm not biased towards Absolute Monarchies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.219.180.69 (talk) 23:54, 7 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 03:29, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

here you go Politics of Qatar. It is also covered in the politics section of the Qutar article with relevant references. Ip says: Work Better yes. (talk) 12:28, 8 July 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 August 2021
Persian Gulf to Arabian Gulf 176.237.175.200 (talk) 03:21, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
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autoconfirm edit request
greetings. on the page, the "In terms of income, the country has the third-highest GDP (PPP) per capita in the world,[21] and the sixth-highest GNI per capita (Atlas method)." section is incorrect. Qatar is actually no. 6 and no. 9 on the respective pages. e

--2001:56A:72EB:C200:B91D:1A8:F6DA:5BF5 (talk) 17:41, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

Government type?
Is Qatar government type disputed or what? Mhatopzz (talk) 22:16, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

Suggestion for section on science and technology
Hi, just a suggestion, many country articles have sections for 'science and technology', this could be a section on this article as well.

Thanks

John Cummings (talk) 17:07, 2 September 2021 (UTC)


 * I think that's a good suggestion so I went ahead and added this as a subection to education. Elspamo4 (talk) 19:43, 2 September 2021 (UTC)