Because of the religious origin of the word, some prefer to capitalize it and others not. The word sharia means  the path  or  the path to wate r. Sharia as a source of law, is, by definition, arbitrary and discretionary-some would prefer to describe it as flexible.
COUNTRY OVERVIEW. LOCATION AND SIZE. Qatar is a tiny peninsula jutting into the Persian Gulf and bordering only Saudi Arabia. With an area of 11,437 square kilometers (4,416 square miles) and a short coastline of 563 kilometers (345 miles), Qatar is slightly smaller than the state of Connecticut.
Qatar ranks No. 140 among195 countries which published this information in countryeconomy.com. The male population is greater, with 1,933,363 men, representing 75.23% of the total, compared to 636,441 or 75.23% women. Qatar, with 221 people per square km and it was in position 153th in our ranking of density population in 2016. In this page we show you the progression of the population in Qatar.