Today Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Chief Executive Officer Ambassador Mark
D. Wallace commended Texas A&M University for its decision to close down its
flagship campus in Doha’s Education City.





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CEP APPLAUDS TEXAS A&M FOR DECISION TO CUT TIES WITH QATAR


(New York, N.Y.) — Today Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Chief Executive
Officer Ambassador Mark D. Wallace commended Texas A&M University for its
decision to close down its flagship campus in Doha’s Education City.



Ambassador Wallace stated:



“Qatar’s global isolation is rightly increasing every day. Texas A&M should be
roundly applauded for rejecting sponsorship from a global funder of terrorism.
Remaining universities with ties to Qatar must follow suit or risk severe
reputational damage.



Academic integrity, freedom of expression, and tolerance cannot exist
alongside terror sponsorship. Texas A&M has taken the right step in rejecting
this sponsorship and refusing to participate in Qatar’s attempts to whitewash
its bloody legacy.”



On November 30, 2023, CEP called on
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American institutions with Qatari satellite campuses to take immediate action
against their academic hosts, following up with aletter
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to Texas A&M dated February 8, 2024.



At its quarterly meeting that day, the Board of Regents voted to begin a
years-long process to shut down its campus in Doha, with plans to complete the
shutdown by 2028. Board Chairman Bill Mahomes stated that “The Board has
decided that the core mission of Texas A&M should be advanced primarily within
Texas and the United States.” The university’s statement cited “heightened
instability in the Middle East” as one of its reasons for closing down its
satellite campus.



Qatar is a top foreign funder of American universities, and has donated at
least $4.7 billion to U.S. colleges since 2001. It hosts and accredits several
American university satellites alongside Texas A&M: Carnegie Mellon, Cornell,
Georgetown, Northwestern, Virginia Commonwealth, and Arkansas State all enjoy
Qatar’s hospitality—alongside Hamas’s senior leadership.



In addition to the six remaining universities who have not taken action
regarding their relationship to Qatar, Doha is home to Hamas leaderIsmail
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celebrated
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the October 7 massacre from his office along with his predecessor,Khaled
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for months hid behind its role as “mediator,” claiming that it is acting as a
neutral party facilitating hostage release negotiations. But the Gulf state in
fact funds Hamas to the tune of $360 to $480 million annually, held Israel
“solely responsible” for the Oct 7 massacre in the days following the attacks,
and has spent months sponsoring a full-court propaganda press against the
Jewish state via its state-funded mouthpiece, Al Jazeera.



American universities admitted long ago
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that associations with authoritarian governments like Qatar compromised
academic freedom. More recentstudies
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have found direct links between foreign funding from authoritarian countries
like Qatar and increased levels of antisemitism, intolerance, and speech
suppression on campus.



Texas A&M has taken a significant first step in excising such malign
influences from its storied academic legacy. We urge the following universities
with campuses in Qatar to follow suit:

* Arkansas State University
* Carnegie Mellon University
* Cornell University
* Georgetown University
* Northwestern University
* Virginia Commonwealth University
To read CEP’s Nov 30 statement calling on American universities to take action
against Qatar, clickhere
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To read The Times’ report on CEP’s call to boycott Qatar’s London hotels, click
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To read The Wall Street Journal’s report on UANI and CEP’s previous call to
action, please clickhere
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To read The Telegraph’s report citing CEP’s Chief Executive Officer Mark
Wallace’s call for a Qatari asset freeze

until it surrenders Hamas leadership to the U.S. and/or Israel, please click
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To read The Washington Post’s report citing CEP CEO Mark Wallace on Qatar’s
role in harboring Hamas, please clickhere
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To read CEP’s report, Qatar: Extremism and Terrorism, please click here
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To read CEP’s HARBORS Campaign Report on Qatar, please click here
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