Editing Islamism (section)

====Qatar====
{{Further|Muslim Brotherhood}}

Though the much smaller Qatar could not provide the same level of funding as Saudi Arabia, it was also a petroleum exporter and also sponsored Islamist groups. Qatar backed the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt even after the [[2013 Egyptian coup d'état|2013 overthrow of the MB regime of Mohamed Morsi]], with Qatar ruler Sheikh [[Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani]] denouncing the coup.<ref name="Islam Hassan">{{cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/12696782|title=GCC's 2014 Crisis: Causes, Issues and Solutions|journal=Gulf Cooperation Council's Challenges and Prospects|author=Islam Hassan|date=31 March 2015|publisher=Al Jazeera Research Center|access-date=4 June 2015|archive-date=4 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904020157/http://www.academia.edu/12696782/GCCs_2014_Crisis_Causes_Issues_and_Solutions|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2016, [[Mohamed Morsi]] was sentenced to life for passing state secrets to Qatar.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mohammed Morsi: Egypt's former president given life in spying case|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36567761|access-date=19 June 2016|publisher=BBC News|date=18 June 2016|archive-date=30 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830041331/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36567761|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Hendawi|first1=Hamza|title=Egyptian court sentences 2 Al-Jazeera employees to death|url=https://apnews.com/74b1debcd2b24a9db4d16868a8116d32|access-date=30 September 2017|work=Associated Press News|date=18 June 2016|archive-date=30 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930181320/http://www.apnewsarchive.com/2016/Egyptian_court_sentences_2_Al-Jazeera_employees_to_death/id-74b1debcd2b24a9db4d16868a8116d32|url-status=live}}</ref>

Qatar has also backed Islamist factions in Libya, Syria and Yemen.
In Libya, Qatar supported Islamists with tens of millions of dollars in aid, military training and "more than 20,000 tons of weapons", both before and after the 2011 fall of Muammar Gaddafi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://intpolicydigest.org/2015/12/13/uae-qatar-wage-proxy-war-libya/|title=The UAE and Qatar Wage a Proxy War in Libya|date=13 December 2015|website=International Policy Digest|access-date=9 June 2016|archive-date=1 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701165508/http://intpolicydigest.org/2015/12/13/uae-qatar-wage-proxy-war-libya/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204002304576627000922764650|title=Tiny Kingdom's Huge Role in Libya Draws Concern|last1=Dagher|first1=Sam|date=17 October 2011|last2=Tripoli|first2=Charles Levinson in|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|issn=0099-9660|last3=Doha|first3=Margaret Coker in|access-date=9 June 2016|archive-date=18 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818023842/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204002304576627000922764650|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/qatar/11110931/How-Qatar-is-funding-the-rise-of-Islamist-extremists.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/qatar/11110931/How-Qatar-is-funding-the-rise-of-Islamist-extremists.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=How Qatar is funding the rise of Islamist extremists|last=Spencer|first=David Blair and Richard|website=Telegraph|date=20 September 2014 |access-date=9 June 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Hamas, in Palestine, has received considerable financial support as well as diplomatic help.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/119705/why-does-qatar-support-known-terrorists|title=Qatar Is a U.S. Ally. They Also Knowingly Abet Terrorism. What's Going On?|last=Boghardt|first=Lori Plotkin|date=6 October 2014|magazine=New Republic|access-date=9 June 2016|archive-date=14 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914045206/https://newrepublic.com/article/119705/why-does-qatar-support-known-terrorists|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/15/israel-lied-about-isil-soldiers-entering-gaza-to-justify-its-sie/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/15/israel-lied-about-isil-soldiers-entering-gaza-to-justify-its-sie/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Israel lied about Isil soldiers entering Gaza to justify its siege, Hamas claims|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=15 May 2016|access-date=9 June 2016|last1=Lazareva|first1=Inna}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.daralhayat.com/Spec/12-2003/Article-20031205-4343f65c-c0a8-01ed-0012-e4cdc62232f8/story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051210145051/http://english.daralhayat.com/Spec/12-2003/Article-20031205-4343f65c-c0a8-01ed-0012-e4cdc62232f8/story.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=10 December 2005 |title=Dar Al Hayat |date=10 December 2005 }}</ref>