A new report by the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) has revealed that the Qatari government spent $20 billion to spread Islamist ideologies on American college campuses and schools, the New York Post reported.
ISGAP executive director Dr. Charles Asher Small told the paper that the effort is linked to the Muslim Brotherhood's plan to destroy the West from within.
“The royal family of Qatar has a Bay’ah - a spiritual oath - to the Muslim Brotherhood, so they’re pumping in many, many billions of dollars into our universities, K-12 schools and cultural institutions, using influence and soft power to promote its ideology," he said.
The money was spent through the Qatar Foundation, which is funded by the Qtari royal family.
About half of the money, $10 billion, was spent on a single university, Cornell University, which is among the universities to have come under fire for its handling of rising antisemitism on campus since the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.
The most egregious incident at Cornell saw a student arrested after threatening to kill Jews on campus.
In another incident, Cornell History Professor Russell Rickford was placed on “voluntary leave” after widespread public outcry when he was recorded at an off-campus anti-Israel rally cheering the Hamas attack as “exhilarating” and “energizing."
Earlier this month, Cornell announced that it had reached an agreement with the Trump administration to restore over $250 million in federal funding, ending all ongoing investigations into the university over allegations of racial discrimination and antisemitism.
The Qatar Foundation also supports the Muslim Students Association (MSA), which has chapters on hundreds of campuses across the country. The ISGAP report states that MSA, together with the Students for Justice in Palestine organization, has been “particularly effective in advancing Brotherhood objectives.”
Also this month, the Guardian reported that the Qatari government paid a London-based firm to discredit the woman who accused International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan of sexual harassment.
The Highgate organization and a smaller organization gathered significant personal information about the woman who accused Khan and her family, including her child.
In documents obtained by the Guardian, Highland executives admit that they acted on behalf of a "client country" that they called “Q country." They were careful not to refer to Qatar by name.
The group attempted to find ties between Khan's accuser and the State of Israel.
The alleged victim told the Guardian that the organization's actions are "disturbing" and stated: “The idea that private intelligence firms have been instructed to target me is as incomprehensible as it is heartbreaking.”