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==Religions== {{Main|Religion in Qatar}} Qatar is an Islamic state with multi-religious minorities like most of the [[Arab states of the Persian Gulf|Persian Gulf countries]] with waves of migration over the last 30 years. The official state religion is Sunni [[Islam]]. The community is made up of [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] and [[Shia Islam|Shi’a]] [[Islam in Qatar|Muslims]], [[Christianity in Qatar|Christians]], [[Hindus]], and small groups of [[Buddhism|Buddhists]] and [[Baháʼí Faith|Baha’is]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Qatar |url=https://rpl.hds.harvard.edu/religion-context/country-profiles/qatar |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=rpl.hds.harvard.edu |language=en}}</ref> [[Muslims]] form 65.5% of the Qatari population, followed by [[Christians]] at 15.4%, Hindus at 14.2%, Buddhists at 3.3% and the rest 1.9% of the population follow other religions or are unaffiliated. Qatar is also home to numerous other religions mostly from the [[Middle East]] and [[Asia]].<ref name=pewrel>{{cite web|title=Religious Composition by Country|url=http://www.pewforum.org/uploadedFiles/Topics/Religious_Affiliation/globalReligion-tables.pdf|work=Global Religious Landscape|publisher=Pew Forum|access-date=9 July 2013}}</ref>
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