Qatar, along with Turkey, backs grassroots Islamist movements like the Muslim Brotherhood and its offshoots in Gaza, Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Iraq, and the Levant. That pits it against Saudi Arabia and countries like the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Jordan, whose rulers view such movements as an existential threat, with some, including the House of Saud, investing in propping up autocratic regimes like their own.
但是，如今的卡塔尔和沙特阿拉伯互相对立。卡塔尔和土耳其一样，支持草根伊斯兰运动，如穆斯林兄弟会及其在加沙、利比亚、埃及、突尼斯、伊拉克和黎凡特的分支。这让它站在了沙特阿拉伯和阿联酋、埃及、约旦等国家的对立面，这些国家的统治者将草根伊斯兰运动视为生存威胁。包括沙特家族在内的一些人投重金扶持与自己类似的独裁政权。