I must take issue with your statement "It's a preamble to the real thing at home!" It's like you're saying "it's not ours so we'll do it as it's not legally binding back home and really means nothing to us except that we can do as we please while we're in Qatar."
Contact the embassy of your country in Doha and see what they have to say. And don't take other people's faiths and cultures so lightly to suit your own means.