Political situation 2. The clear majority of Qataris belong to the Wahhabi tradition of today's Saudi Arabia , but their branch is not as strict in some fields as what is seen in Saudi Arabia. The other large group of inhabitants in Qatar are of Persian descent. Of the recent foreigners, most come from India and Pakistan, and other Arab countries, like Egypt , Palestine , Syria , Jordan and Lebanon .
Westerners are principally British citizens.
The dominating language is Arabic , but English is widely spoken. Urdu is spoken by the large group of Pakistani expatriates, who also have high skills in Arabic.