ISLAMOPHOBIC? Saudi Arabia Bans Muslim Immigration from Qatar

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Four Islamophobic nations – Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE and Bahrain – have banned immigration from Qatar because of security risks.

Aljazeera reported:

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain say they are severing diplomatic relations with Qatar.

The Saudi kingdom said it was cutting ties to its neighbour and has pulled all Qatari troops from the ongoing war in Yemen.

The kingdom made the announcement via its state-run Saudi Press Agency early on Monday, saying it was taking the action for what it called the protection of national security.

The three Gulf states gave Qatari visitors and residents two weeks to leave their countries.

Saudi also closed the border and halted air and sea traffic with Qatar and urged “all brotherly countries and companies to do the same”.

The statement appeared to be timed in concert with an earlier announcement by Bahrain, which was similarly cutting ties and halting air and sea traffic between the two countries.

Bahrain’s foreign ministry issued a statement saying it would withdraw its diplomatic mission from the Qatari capital, Doha, within 48 hours and that all Qatari diplomats should leave Bahrain within the same period.

Egypt also announced the closure of its airspace and seaports for all Qatari transportation “to protect its national security”, the foreign ministry said in a statement.

Will CNN or MSNBC ever report this?

    Saudi Arabia has banned all immigration from Qatar – the Saudis have embraced Islamophobia

    — Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) June 5, 2017


http://americanlookout.com/rms-islamophobic-saudi-arabia-bans-muslim-immigration-from-qatar/

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Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE, & Bahrain Cut Diplomatic Ties, Shut All Borders With Qatar

Just days after president Trump left the region, a geopolitical earthquake is taking place in the Middle East tonight as the rift between Qatar and other members of the (likely extinct) Gulf Cooperation Council explodes with Bahrain, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt cutting all diplomatic ties with Qatar accusing it of "speading chaos," by funding terrorism and supporting Iran.

The dispute between Qatar and the Gulf's Arab countries started over a purported hack of Qatar's state-run news agency. It has spiraled since, and appears to be climaxing now... just days after President Trump left the region.

Notably, this raises further doubts about OPEC's stability. As Bloomberg notes, while Middle East ructions have historically added risk premia to oil prices, discord here could theoretically put downward pressure on prices as OPEC members struggle to maintain unity and compliance on production cuts.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-04/saudi-arabia-egypt-uae-bahrain-cut-diplomatic-ties-block-all-borders-qatar?page=1

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It's A "Geopolitical Earthquake": A Stunned World Responds After Saudi Alliance Cuts All Ties With Qatar

Virtually nobody saw it coming.

Late on Sunday night, the Saudi-led alliance of Gulf Arab states, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain including Egypt, shocked the world when they announced they had severed ties and closed borders with one of the Gulf's wealthiest, if smallest, neighbors Qatar, a (now former) member of the Gulf Cooperation Council in what we called a "geopolitical earthquake" and what Bloomberg dubbed "an unprecedented move designed to punish one of the region’s financial superpowers for its ties with Iran and Islamist groups in the region."



And speaking of Qatar's wealth, while the country has a population smaller than Houston, it has one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds with over $335 billion investments in companies from Volkswagen, to Rosneft, Barclays, Credit Suisse and Tiffany's.



The stunned confusion explains the sudden, adverse reaction in Qatar assets, which saw the Qatar QE Index of stocks plunge tumble 8%, the most since 2009 to the lowest since January 2016...




http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-06-05/its-geopolitical-earthquake-stunned-world-responds-after-saudi-alliance-cuts-all-tie

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This Arab block break with Qatar is going to be complicated

If we were examining this situation in a void we might think this was a positive development all the way around. We asked these nations to stand up to Iran and fight the funding of terrorist organizations and they are complying, right? Well… sort of. But Qatar is a country that walks a tightrope of diplomacy and plays to both sides. Yes, they are close to Iran, share oil and gas fields with them and probably funnel money to terrorist groups. But they are also the home to the forward headquarters of CENTCOM and they invest their considerable wealth massively in many western nations and interests. Also, they’ve played the role of intermediary for the United States with people we “don’t negotiate with” in the past. Along with some more high profile exchanges you are no doubt aware of, in 2014 they arranged for the release of American journalist Peter Theo Curtis.

http://hotair.com/archives/2017/06/05/arab-block-break-qatar-going-complicated/