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In the administrative divisions of Qatar, zones (Arabic: مَنَاطِق manāṭiq; singular مِنْطَقَة minṭaqa) are the second-highest level of government after municipalities. As of the 2015 census, there were 98 zones across the country. [1] However, several of these zones are not currently in use. [2]
According to Qatar's Constitution, Sharia law is the main source of Qatari legislation, [128] [129] although in practice Qatar's legal system is a mixture of civil law and Sharia. [ 130 ] [ 131 ] Sharia is applied to family law, inheritance, and several criminal acts (including adultery, robbery, and murder).
The system is colloquially known as Fayda(ፋይዳ) to signify “value” in Amharic and other languages. [121] This national digital ID system also offers real-time online and offline authentication to support eKYC. It is consent-based biometric-backed identification for all legal residents of Ethiopia (non-citizens and minors are also ...
The 2024 Qatar 1812 km (formally known as the 2024 Qatar Airways Qatar 1812 km [1]) was an endurance sportscar racing event, held on 2 March 2024, as the first of eight rounds of the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the inaugural running of the event.
Qatar is an Islamic state with multi-religious minorities like most of the 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 and Shi’a Muslims , Christians , Hindus , and small groups of Buddhists and Baha’is . [ 31 ]
CompStat is a management system created in April 1994 by Bill Bratton and Jack Maple, whom Bratton met while he was chief of the New York City Transit Police and later hired as the New York Police Department's top anti-crime specialist when he became Police Commissioner in 1993. [1]
The police response has been described as a "brutal" crackdown on peaceful and unarmed protestors, including doctors and bloggers. [ 224 ] [ 225 ] [ 226 ] The police carried out midnight house raids in Shia neighbourhoods, beatings at checkpoints, and denial of medical care in a "campaign of intimidation".
On September 17, 1979, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 with the registration C-FTLU operating as Air Canada Flight 680 left Boston for Yarmouth, NS. 14 minutes after taking off from Logan, the entire tailcone section of the aircraft separated resulting in rapid decompression at an altitude of 25,000 feet (7,600 m) and leaving a large hole in the ...