Khalifa Saleh, a 24-year-old Qatari, held the opposite perspective, commending the government for helping a religious minority feel more welcome in the country.
"This is a great step towards respect and tolerance. Many Christian expatriates have moved to Qatar in search for a better future. Their hard work and dedication to their work helps give Qatar a brighter future and I thank them for that."
He said that only a minority of nationals, which account for less than a third of Qatar's one million residents, are upset about the church.
"Those people have to be ignored. We ask for a mosque in England, so why can't people ask for a church in Qatar? As long as the religion does not interfere with the state or not impose itself on other Muslims, I see no problem at all."
Indeed, religious leaders have promised not to proselytise.
Funny isn't it? Oh how I HATE Fox News and their BS.
Wtf is THIS for example. "200,000 of the country's population of 900,000" Is our population going down??
Shows how much research they actually do.
Plus as PM said, they quoted ONE guy who said something that sounded negative. They didn't bother to quote another Qatari :p as Al Jazeera did on
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/56444BD1-1991-45CF-A310-344A78910476.htm
Khalifa Saleh, a 24-year-old Qatari, held the opposite perspective, commending the government for helping a religious minority feel more welcome in the country.
"This is a great step towards respect and tolerance. Many Christian expatriates have moved to Qatar in search for a better future. Their hard work and dedication to their work helps give Qatar a brighter future and I thank them for that."
He said that only a minority of nationals, which account for less than a third of Qatar's one million residents, are upset about the church.
"Those people have to be ignored. We ask for a mosque in England, so why can't people ask for a church in Qatar? As long as the religion does not interfere with the state or not impose itself on other Muslims, I see no problem at all."
Indeed, religious leaders have promised not to proselytise.
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