Several factors are driving Saudi Arabia’s moves against Qatar, which include a ban prohibiting Saudi intellectuals from contributing to Qatari newspapers. There is Qatar’s support for the Muslim Brotherhood (in Egypt and elsewhere); the speeches by the Islamic theologian Yusuf al-Qardawi and the broadcasting policy of Qatar-funded Al Jazeera since the Arab Spring; and the credence given to the view that Qatar is hosting Western institutions with the intent of orchestrating a coup in the Kingdom.
几大因素促使沙特阿拉伯走向卡塔尔的对立面，并且禁止沙特知识分子在卡塔尔报纸上发表文章。这些因素有：卡塔尔支持（埃及和其他地区的）穆斯林兄弟会；伊斯兰教神学家卡达维（Yusuf al-Qardawi）的演讲和卡塔尔出资的半岛电视台在阿拉伯之春后的节目政策；以及证据表明卡塔尔接纳了某些试图在沙特王国组织政变的西方机构的观点并非子虚乌有。