- Former U.S. Education Secretary William Bennett registered as a foreign agent for Qatar, receiving $30,000 monthly ($210,000 total) to “publicize that Qatari higher education efforts do not support radical Islamicist movements or positions.”
- Qatar, a major donor to U.S. universities with nearly $6 billion donated since 1981, is a major funder of Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood and is accused of using its university donations to shape academic narratives, raising concerns about promoting Islamist ideologies.