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  • Qatar to get first church

    10/22/2005 11:28:48 PM PDT · by Eurotwit · 8 replies · 381+ views
    AP via Al Jazeera ^ | Sunday 23 October 2005 | AP
    An Anglican congregation plans to build Qatar's first Christian church since Islam's arrival in the 7th century. Clive Handford, the Nicosia-based Anglican bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf, says construction will start in the Qatari capital of Doha in early 2006 on the 26-million Qatar riyal ($7 million) Church of the Epiphany, along with a conference centre and meeting rooms. Plans for the Anglican church and three other Christian houses of worship have not been well publicised in Muslim-dominated Qatar, which is also the forward headquarters of the US military's Central Command. While some see the construction as a sign...