Doha Has Ties To Extremist Groups And May Monitor Visitors Through Mobile Apps





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Travel Warnings Issued Ahead Of FIFA World Cup In Qatar

Doha Has Ties To Extremist Groups And May Monitor Visitors Through Mobile Apps



(New York, N.Y.) — The governments of Israel, Germany, Norway, and France each
issued stern safety and data security warnings and recommendations last week to
citizens traveling to Qatar for the FIFA World Cup tournament, which began on
Sunday. Israel, which has no formal diplomatic relations with Qatar,launched
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a campaign urging visitors to be “downplay” any visible “Israeli presence and
Israeli identity” by hiding symbols such as Israeli flags or Stars of David.
Germany, Norway, and Francewarned
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may attempt to monitor and collect data on visitors, including members of
“vulnerable groups,” who download its World Cup apps.



Qatar’s government has ties to multiple extremist groups, including Iran’s
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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(IRGC), theTaliban <[link removed]>, and Hamas
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multiple sanction-designated or wanted individuals, including former Hamas
leaderKhaled Meshaal
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leaderIsmail Haniyeh
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financiers, and members of the IRGC. Although these individuals have been
publicly sanctioned by the United States or United Nations, or are the subject
of INTERPOL arrest warrants, they are able to live with impunity—and in some
cases, in luxury—within Qatar.



To read the Counter Extremism Project (CEP)’s resource Qatar: Extremism and
Terrorism, please click here
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Qatar has also lent support to al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
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(AQAP), theMuslim Brotherhood
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through direct money loans, ransom payments, and supply transfers.



To read CEP’s resource Qatar, Money, and Terror, please click here
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