How can a woman embrace Islam in Qatar in a proper way, and where can she find an official body to certify her conversion to Islam so that she can change her name in her passport?

Embracing Islam is accomplished by uttering and believing in the two Shahadas (declarations of faith); it does not require a specific authority. Documenting the conversion with official bodies is necessary for the new Muslim to change their religion in their official documents, which enables them to perform Hajj and Umrah (definition) and to change their name if they wish, though this is only obligatory if their current name contains a Sharia (definition)-compliant prohibition. In Qatar, conversion to Islam can be documented at the court or at the Sheikh Abdulla Bin Zaid Al Mahmoud Islamic Cultural Center.