Qatar’s bloody hands extend to India

CAIRO – 16 August 2017: Qatar has granted a large sum of money to agencies with links to terrorist groups in the southern Indian state of Kerala under the label of charity, according to the Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA).

The main association that has been active in the field of social services for the past five years in Kerala was mainly used by the office owners to cover up for receiving these funds from Qatar, the Malayalam-language Mathrubhumi newspaper website reported.
The website pointed out that the perpetrators of the attacks in India’s Hyderabad and Bangalore areas had received financial assistance from an association in Kerala.

It stated that most of the non-governmental organizations that received the funds exist only on paper, and most of the staff of these organizations are being monitored for suspected involvement in recruitment of elements for the ISIS group in Kashmir.
Earlier, The Guardian newspaper stated that ISIS has found Kerala in southern India as "fertile ground" to recruit fighters.

On June 5, 2017, several countries, including Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, severed diplomatic ties with Doha over accusations of Qatar backing and funding terrorist groups.

On June 23, 2017, the four Arab states boycotting Qatar sent Doha a list of 13 demands, including downgrading diplomatic ties with Iran and cutting off any joint military cooperation with it.