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Security? Qatar has had one incident where one person was killed over a decade ago and whilst sad, it’s no where near a problem when measured against Europe at present.Qatar's award certainly seems corrupt.
But I think Qatar's case is unique in that their are a host of other factors against Qatar's hosting WC 2022 (security, doubt that indoor facilities can be finished on time, fallout with other Arabic nations, human rights issues) that it seems to me, more likely than not, that 2022 will end up elsewhere, if not on the basis of corruption, for practical reasons.
The indoor facilities will all be finished well ahead of schedule, as will the stadia. One of them is already complete and the other seven are well on the way, some five years ahead of time.
I’ve covered human rights above.
The fall out with the UAE, Bahrain and Saudi is because Qatar allowed the Muslim Botherhood entry and refuses to extradite them on the grounds that whilst Egypt, Saudi and the UAE consider them a terrorist organisation (for having the audacity to call for redistribution of wealth and elections in the Arabian peninsula), Qatar, along with the UN, US, Britain and everywhere else, does not. They were outlawed in Egypt when democratically elected after the Arab spring by the military government following the military coup. It would be like Labour getting into power next, outlawing UKIP and then cutting ties with France for allowing UKIP exile in Paris.