23 November 2017 : the Anti-Terror Quartet (ATQ) composed by Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Bahrain, added two entities and 11 individuals to its blacklist. The blacklist included the Doha-based International Union of Muslim Scholars, and the International Islamic Council. The states said the entities and individuals use the Islamic rhetoric as a means to promote terrorism and a cover-up of their terrorist activities. The states said the 11 blacklisted people carried out terrorist attacks with a direct support from Qatar through giving them passports and hiring them in Qatari institutions working under the umbrella of charities. (Source: AllAfrica.com)