Orwellian doublethink: Why West has no moral right to lecture Qatar despite its jihadi connections

"Doublethink" is a typical Orwellian word. It simultaneously accepts two conflicting beliefs as truth, often at odds with each other. As George Orwell writes in Nineteen Eighty-Four, doublethink is "to know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies... to believe that democracy was impossible and that the Party was the guardian of democracy..." On Saturday, a day before the 2022 football World Cup kicked off in Doha, FIFA president Gianni Infantino came out all guns blazing against Western countries, critical of Qatar hosting the global sporting event. As he criticised the West…