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January 28, 2025 Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1803

The Qatar Weekly Update (QWU) – Part Of The Qatar Monitor Project (QMP) – No. 4, January 28, 2025

January 28, 2025 | By Yigal Carmon*
Qatar | Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1803
  1. Qatari Shura Council Member Essa Al-Nassr: October 7 Was An Introduction To The Annihilation Of The Zionist State; There Can Be No Peace With Them; They Are The Slayers Of The Prophets – see https://www.memri.org/tv/qatar-shura-council-member-essa-nassr-october7-introduction-annihilation-zionist-state-no-peace-prophet-slayers

  2. Mrs. Muslim Brotherhood Wears Prada: The Comprehensive Islamist Activity Of Sheikha Moza, Mother Of The Qatari Emir, And Her Support For Islamic Terrorism, Antisemitism, The Muslim Brotherhood And Hamas – see https://www.memri.org/reports/mrs-muslim-brotherhood-wears-prada-comprehensive-islamist-activity-sheikha-moza-mother


Sheikha Moza bint Nasser (Image:Jamalouki.net, June 1, 2023)

  1. "In October, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) raised concerns regarding reports of discrimination of religious minorities in the country, including the Baha'i Faith community, some of whom are citizens. According to CESCR, Baha'is were subjected to administrative deportation and blacklisting, resulting in loss of employment and familial separation." – 2023 US International Religious Freedom Report, https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/qatar/

  2. Op-ed: "End America's unwise alliance with Qatar," by Michael Pregent, a former U.S. intelligence officer who also served as a Defense Department advisor on the Iraqi security forces from 2006 to 2011 – see https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4422149-end-americas-unwise-alliance-with-qatar/

  3. The Continued Arbitrary Detention of Sheikh Talal Aal Thani in Qatar. "The deprivation of liberty of Sheikh Talal bin Abdulaziz bin Ahmed bin Ali Aal Thani, being in contravention of articles 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and articles 2 (1), 9, 10 (1), 11, 14, 16 and 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, is arbitrary and falls within categories I, III and V."- see https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3991796/files/A_HRC_WGAD_2021_47-EN.pdf  See also Fox News: "Fear grows for jailed Qatari royal amid health decline as wife pleads at UN for release – his wife is waging David vs. Goliath struggle against the wealthy Qatari monarchy" – see https://www.foxnews.com/world/fear-grows-for-jailed-qatari-royal-amid-health-decline-as-wife-pleads-at-un-for-release

*Yigal Carmon is President and Founder of MEMRI.

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