How Qatari Cash Influences Georgetown—and America’s Future Diplomats
27th June 2025
Georgetown University’s relationship with Qatar has the potential to influence the future diplomats who come out of the School of Foreign Service (SFS), among other institutions, according to a new report detailing ties between the university and radical “Islamist movements and entities associated with the Muslim Brotherhood.”
The university, which maintains a satellite campus in Doha, allows Qatar’s Hamas-friendly government to wield outsized influence over several key schools and centers, including SFS, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS), and the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU).
“Georgetown’s key centers function as platforms promoting political Islam, minimizing the threat of Islamist extremism, and advancing anti-Israel narratives,” a new probe by the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) states. “Affiliations include extensive networks linked to Islamist movements and entities associated with the Muslim Brotherhood.”
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