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EXPLAINER: Islam in Qatar explained ahead of FIFA World Cup

FILE - People walk at Souq Waqif in Doha, Qatar, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File) FILE - A boy takes a look at holy Koran in his father's hands ahead of the Friday Prayers at the Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies's mosque, in Doha, Qatar, Friday, April 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File) FILE - Qataris pray in a Bedouin tent before the opening ceremony of the AFC Asian Cup Soccer outside Khalifa stadium in Doha, Qatar, Friday, Jan. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill, File) FILE - People perform Friday Prayers at the Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies's mosque, in Doha, Qatar, Friday, April 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File) FILE - People leave a mosque to have their evening meal, Iftar, during the holy month of Ramadan, at the Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies in Doha, Qatar, Sunday, May 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
EXPLAINER: Islam in Qatar explained ahead of FIFA World Cup