"The decision to exempt Qataris from Schengen visa raised serious suspicions over Qatar's relationship with leading Muslim Brotherhood activists and the support it provides to radical Islamist organisations. Two years ago, Counter Extremism Project, a US non-profit organisation, warned companies to do business with the Qatari government. It alleged that the tiny Gulf emirate harboured terrorists and was a funder of extremist groups. 'Qatar has a long history of providing support for extremism and terrorism, including but not limited to vast financial and material support to internationally designated terrorist groups and willing accommodation of internationally designated or wanted terrorist leaders and financiers,' Counter Extremism Project CEO Mark Wallace wrote in a letter sent to several companies worldwide. Wallace accused Doha of offering financial support, either directly or indirectly, to Hamas, Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and Taliban."