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 (/ËkÃ¦ËtÉËr/, /ËkÉËtÉËr/, /ËkÉËtÉr/ or /kÉËtÉËr/; Arabic: ÙØ·Ø±ââ Qatar [ËqÉtË¤Ér]; Local vernacular pronunciation: [É¡ÉªtË¤Ér]), officially the State of Qatar (Arabic: Ø¯ÙÙØ© ÙØ·Ø±ââ Dawlat Qatar), is a sovereign country located in Western Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula.