If you still didn't know just how much the UAE takes happiness seriously, now you will. In a recent survey - conducted by the Department of Community Development in Abu Dhabi - seven out of 10 people said they're "happy."

Conducted by the Abu Dhabi government, the study also revealed that 90 percent of residents in the UAE capital feel safe and secure in their environment. It involved 51,000 participants, of which 60 percent were expats.

The study also revealed that 68 percent of Abu Dhabi residents are satisfied with their job. The Department of Community Development is responsible for "providing a decent life for all community members." 

On Wednesday, Abu Dhabi officially launched the Department of Community Development, inaugurated at the Louvre Abu Dhabi.

The survey, conducted by the newly launched department throughout 2018, asked respondents to express their sentiments on 14 different sectors including income, housing, jobs, health, education, and safety, to name a few.

"On the satisfaction of life the score was 7.11 [out of 10], and job satisfaction was 68.2 percent," said Mugheer Al Khaili, Chairman of the Department of Community Development, according to Gulf News.

In 2018, the UAE made it to the top 20 happiest countries in the world, according to the World Happiness Report 2018, which ranked 156 countries around the world based on happiness.

The UAE was the only Arab country to make it to the top 20 in the ranking. 

Ohoud bint Khalfan Al Roumi, the UAE's Minister of State for Happiness and Wellbeing, expressed joy at the country's achievement.

"The concerted efforts and achievements made by federal and local government entities in the UAE to incorporate a culture of happiness and wellbeing in their environments and make it an important objective in their daily work was a key catalyst to rank the UAE as the 20th happiest country in the World Happiness Report," she said, according to Arabian Business.

The constant rise of Islamophobia has driven many attacks targeting Muslims over the years in many western countries. The most recent of these attacks was sabotaged before it even took place by a 16-year-old student who had suspicions about one of the attackers. 

A student at the Greece Odyssey Academy in Greece, New York, is said to have shown a photograph of a person he suspected to be "a potential school shooter" to fellow classmates, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. 

The alarming situation was reported to the school's officials, which later lead to an investigation and the arrest of four suspects. 

Vincent Vetromile (19), Brian Colaneri (20), and Andrew Crysel (18), "all from suburban Rochester, were arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon and conspiracy, according to court documents." The fourth arrestee, a 16-year-old boy, remains unnamed due to his age. 

The four men were caught with the possession of "23 legally owned shotguns and rifles" and "three improvised explosive devices." 

Their target, Islamberg, is a rural settlement three hours away from Greece, founded in the 1980s by a Pakistani cleric, Mubarik Ali Shah Gilani. The town is home to Muslim families and serves as the headquarters of Muslims of America. 

According to The New York Times, Greece's police chief, Patrick Phelan, said the suspects were plotting for at least a month for this attack, communicating via Discord - an application designed for video gamers to chat while they're in-game. 

"All four suspects remained in custody as of Wednesday morning. The juvenile suspect is being held on a $1 million bail and is scheduled to return to court next week. The three adults, who are being held on $50,000 cash bails or $100,000 bonds, are scheduled to appear in court next month," NYT reported. 

If the students did not report their suspicions to school officials, "people would have died," Phelan said. 

Islamberg has been the target of many attacks and threats in the past. 

According to BBC, "right-wing conspiracy-led media outlets like Infowars have suggested without basis it is a training camp for Islamist militants," which has tarnished the town's reputation. 

The 200 and so residents of Islamberg are mainly of African-American origins, and have settled in this town to escape the crimes of New York City back in the 80s.  

In 2015, a man from Tennessee was arrested after he was discovered plotting an attack on the town. Robert Doggart has been charged with 20 years in jail in 2017. 

In the past years, an anti-Islam group called "Bikers United Against Jihad" has ridden their motorcycles and protested against the community.