{"id":2119310,"date":"2023-12-07T22:17:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T03:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-examines-how-hamas-harboring-qatar-influences-universities-american-institutions\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T22:21:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T03:21:34","slug":"report-examines-how-hamas-harboring-qatar-influences-universities-american-institutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-examines-how-hamas-harboring-qatar-influences-universities-american-institutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Qatar&#8217;s Influence on US Institutions via Hamas Support Examined"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-examines-how-hamas-harboring-qatar-influences-universities-american-institutions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2119310&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A New Report Reveals Qatar&#8217;s Influence on Western Democracies<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a groundbreaking report titled &#8220;Networks of Hate: Qatari Paymasters, Soft Power and the\u200c Manipulation of Democracy,&#8221; the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and\u200d Policy exposes how Qatar, the largest foreign donor to U.S. universities, utilizes its vast\u200b financial resources to shape and control \u2063Western democracies.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIslamism \u200cdeveloped in Qatar\u200c between the 1960s and 1980s, and\u200d it\u2064 was influenced by the writings of significant \u2063Muslim Brotherhood\u2064 (MB) scholars\/ideologues such as \u2063Sayyid Qutb,\u201d states the <a href=\"https:\/\/isgap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Networks-of-Hate_1DEC.pdf\">report<\/a>. \u200d\u201cA group of Muslim Brotherhood members gradually re-developed\u200d strategies,\u2064 and started\u200b thinking\u200c in\u2064 terms of \u2063\u2018human rights\u2019 and \u2018civil society\u2019 for its proselytizing (da\u2019wah) system.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The report reveals that Qatar has supported Arab and Islamist non-state actors, particularly those affiliated with the \u2064Muslim Brotherhood, some of which\u2063 have been \u2063designated as terrorists by the United States. This \u200bsupport includes funding \u200cfor organizations tied to Hamas\u200d and other global terror groups.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">With the Qatar Investment\u2064 Authority (QIA) boasting assets between\u200c $500 billion and \u200c$1 trillion, the\u200c country has made significant investments in \u200cthe United States, including iconic properties like \u200dthe\u2064 Empire State Building, Plaza Hotel, and St. Regis Hotel. \u200dThe report \u200calso\u2062 highlights Qatar&#8217;s use of the Qatar Foundation for \u2062Education, Science and Community Development (Qatar\u200c Foundation, \u201cQF\u201d) to mask state funding as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-first-lady-casey-desantis-announces-millions-of-dollars-have-been-raised-for-communities-impacted-by-hurricane-ian\/\" title=\"Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis Announces Millions Of Dollars Have Been Raised For Communities Impacted By Hurricane Ian\">private sector contributions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The report \u200calleges that Qatar&#8217;s financial influence extends \u200dto universities in the United States, with the country contributing more funds than any other nation. It \u200bexposes the\u2063 failure of universities to disclose significant sums of Qatari funding, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watchdog-group-sues-irs-over-stonewalled-investigation-into-massive-tax-record-leak\/\" title=\"Watchdog Group Sues IRS Over Stonewalled Investigation Into Massive Tax Record Leak\">violating transparency requirements<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cCollaboration on joint projects between \u200bdifferent U.S. universities utilizing\u200b foreign companies\u2014including\u200d Spain\u2014to transfer money from Qatar into various universities,\u201d the report reveals. \u201cNotably,\u2063 evidence indicates that the Spanish energy company, Iberdrola, and its\u200b American subsidiary, Avangrid, were utilized as conduits to indirectly channel Qatari money into partnerships with U.S. universities without proper\u2062 disclosure.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Furthermore, the report highlights Qatar&#8217;s support for Hamas, providing a \u200csafe haven for its political leadership since \u200d2012. It emphasizes \u200bthe need\u2064 for Congressional hearings to investigate the impact of Qatar&#8217;s investment strategies on Western \u2063democratic\u2063 values and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-does-britains-online-safety-proposal-mean-for-big-tech-in-the-us\/\" title=\"What impact will Britain's online safety proposal have on US Big Tech?\">potential security implications<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The report concludes by raising concerns about the rise of antisemitism in higher \u2064education and its potential connection \u200bto Qatar&#8217;s influence. It calls for an assessment \u2062of the\u2062 impact on \u2064education, curriculum, scholarship, and discourse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">To read the full report, \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/isgap.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Networks-of-Hate_1DEC.pdf\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO\u2063 GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does Qatar&#8217;s financial\u200d influence on prestigious U.S. universities shape the curriculum\u2064 and research projects in the field \u200dof\u2062 Middle Eastern studies?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Opment, a prominent education and research institution, to\u200d disseminate its ideological agenda and influence Western academia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the key strategies employed by Qatar is the funding of prestigious U.S. universities, such as Harvard, Georgetown, and Cornell, through entities like the Qatar Foundation and the Qatar National Research Fund. This financial influence allows\u200b Qatar to shape the curriculum, fund research projects,\u2063 and even \u200bestablish specialized\u2062 centers focused on Middle Eastern studies, thus ensuring its desired narrative and\u2064 perspective are\u200c promoted within academic circles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The report cautions against the ambiguous relationship between Qatar and Western democracies, highlighting how this financial influence can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fec-reportedly-decides-twitter-did-nothing-wrong-suppressing-true-hunter-biden-laptop-story\/\" title=\"FEC Reportedly Decides Twitter Did Nothing Wrong Suppressing True Hunter Biden Laptop Story\">manipulate public opinion<\/a>, policymaking, and \u2064the media landscape.\u2063 Qatar has been known to fund media \u200coutlets, including Al Jazeera,\u200d which has faced criticism for its\u2062 biased coverage and promotion of extremist ideologies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Furthermore, Qatar&#8217;s extensive lobbying efforts in Western capitals pose a threat to \u200cthe\u200c integrity of democratic institutions. According to the report, Qatar has hired prominent lobbyists to shape\u200b legislation and policy in its favor, often at\u200d the expense of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-war-vets-warn-biden-against-shuttering-gitmo\/\" title=\"Congressional War Vets Warn Biden Against Shuttering Gitmo\">national security interests<\/a>.\u2064 This\u200d strategic influence allows Qatar\u200d to exert pressure on Western governments, \u200bensuring its agenda is\u2063 prioritized and\u200b its actions\u200d are overlooked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The report underscores the significance of addressing Qatar&#8217;s\u200d influence on Western democracies. It calls upon governments, \u2062educational institutions, and\u2062 media organizations to be vigilant and\u2064 transparent\u2062 regarding \u200btheir relationships with Qatar. Efforts should be made to minimize the risk of manipulation and ensure that \u200bdemocratic values\u2064 and national interests are not compromised.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moreover, \u2064the report recommends greater scrutiny of Qatar&#8217;s\u200c financial activities, both in terms of investments and charitable contributions. It urges regulators to monitor the flow of funds\u2062 to ensure they are not supporting extremist \u200dgroups or ideologies that undermine the very foundations of Western \u200ddemocracies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">This groundbreaking report serves as a wake-up call for \u200dWestern democracies to reassess\u2064 their relationship with Qatar. While it acknowledges the importance \u200cof international cooperation and engagement,\u2064 it also \u2063emphasizes\u200d the need to be vigilant and protect the integrity of democratic systems from foreign influence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the report\u200d concludes, &#8220;Concerned \u2064citizens and policymakers must work together to ensure that Qatar&#8217;s soft power influence \u200cdoes\u200c not undermine Western democracies and the values they \u200buphold.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent report reveals Qatar&#8217;s significant financial influence on U.S. universities, highlighting its manipulation of Western democracies through various organizations and institutions. 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