The official religion of the UAE is Islam, however the government has a very strong policy of religious tolerance. Because of the amount of expatriates living in the country, you can find Christian churches and Hindu temples. However mosques are by far the most common. Within Dubai alone there are over 500. I heard on one of my tours that the goal is to have a mosque within every 500 meters so that places of worship are easily accessible to all. While riding along the metro, you can see scores of minarets from all the various mosques.
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