Qatar-Saudi Tensions and the Muslim Brotherhood

What is the origin of tensions between the Gulf states of Saudi Arabia and Qatar? Dr. Tamara Cofman Wittes, former Director of the Office of Foreign Assistance at the U.S. Department of State and senior fellow in the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, explains, "Some of the dispute amongst the Arab States of the Gulf goes back a long way to family relationships and history and the creation of these states....Over the years. both of these royal families are rooted in the same interpretations of Islam and promote the same interpretations of Islam within their countries. So they're very close, but they're not always on the same wavelength. And in the wake of the Arab Spring, I think this came at a moment when the Qataris were increasing their own power and influence in the region, primarily through their new media, their pan Arab satellite channel, Al Jazeera, that was by far the leading news source for Arabs across the region. And it became the primary news source about the Arab uprisings. For Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The Arab uprisings were deeply unsettling, not only because of the implications for themselves as monarchies, but also because they saw in the wake of those uprisings, the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood politically, and they both perceive the Muslim Brotherhood as an existential threat to their own ideologies, their own leadership. And so they viewed Qatar as the propagator of Muslim Brotherhood...I think that these these countries, although they need one another, and they cooperate in many ways, especially in countering terrorism, they disagree right now about the direction of politics in the Arab world. And they disagree, especially about the role of Islamist movements in politics in the Arab world. And I think they're just at loggerheads over that."

This interview from the FPA archives was recorded in 2018.

[itn-nqtn]

Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 God bless you 🙏 God's people are praying for you 🙏 i love you Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 my long lost cousins 💙 Israel loves you 💙 God bless you brother MBS

[AnoNymous-qxtf]

Muslim brotherhood is a scam. MBS is the best leader we have 💪

[henkvandervossen]

What they lack is respect for the opinions of otber countries. They actively try to undermine the stability of their neighbours. Resulting in escalating conflicts.

[RasheedKhan-hexx]

Convenient when you neatly skip over the origins and instigation behind the Arab Spring.

[romero]

These coward people can fight each other. Shame on all ARABS.

[TheWorsey]

The UAE follow the teaching of the Maliki school. so much diffrence

[priortokaraew]

that's not the origin of the dispute.

[goodwinjosefernandes]

You are repeating the old story. Anything new ?

[yousefbarber]

Qarn ul Shayton (Horns of Satan) comes from Najd said Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) the house of Saud is from the heart of Najd. Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) said if it wasn't for Najd, the Muslims wouldn't fight each other

[Christy-xfph]

الرئيس بايدن يساعد إسرائيل. ماذا يفعل نظام الحكم الإسلامي، لا شيء! يبدو أنهم متورطون في سرقة أرضك من أجل النفط، هل هذه هي الطريقة التي أصبحت بها شركة أرامكو السعودية، أغنى شركة نفط في العالم وتعتبر أغنى شركة نفط عربية، غنية جدًا؟ تمتلك الحكومة السعودية وصندوق الثروة السيادية التابع لها، صندوق الاستثمار العام (PIF)، أكثر من 98٪ من شركة أرامكو السعودية. سيطرت الحكومة السعودية تدريجيًا على الشركة في السبعينيات والثمانينيات، وفي النهاية اشترت جميع المساهمين الأصليين وأعادت تسميتها إلى أرامكو السعودية في عام 1988.

[AhmedHussein-ottx]

Saudi must unite now and sort out their differences later on fix up the gaza iddue first

[George_bernard_shaw]

True the best leader and the all time great MBS guardians of the two holy the biggest supporter of only leader who is against american imperialism and jewish protector of the children and women of saud family sacrificed a lot of its people for the cause of the he also protected yemen and helped promote the good teachings of wahabism❤❤❤❤❤❤

Saud bin yahud god protect the saud family

[shafraznawaz]

Why are you tension?keep quiet please.