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.
Yes, Qatar is a country. It is on a peninsula in the Persian Gulf, connected by land to Saudi Arabia. It is just east of the island of Bahrain.nswer by Qanboy. Confidence votes 70. Qatar is in the middle east of Asia, in the Gulf of Arabia. it's a small country. The Qatari people are 99.8% Muslim and it has a population of 900,000 people.