Egypt's former ambassador to Qatar, Mohamed Morsi, said that Qatar's issuance of the asylum law, coinciding with the boycott of the Arab quartet countries, sends negative messages that do not reflect any tendency to retreat or resolve Doha’s crisis.

Morsi said in a press statement that each country has the right to issue legislations as it sees fit to protect its interests and manage its relations with the outside world, including the issuance of laws concerning the right of political asylum. But in Qatar’s case, it seems different, where Doha faced many accusations of harboring and embracing extremist elements during the recent period, in addition to cooperating and establishing relations with terrorist organizations and groups. Accordingly, Qatar's decision to grant asylum to them has received much criticism.

The Egyptian diplomat added that Qatar has set conditions for granting political asylum, such as not being accused of war crimes or committing acts contrary to what the United Nations approved, or receiving a final sentence in cases that are not political. These conditions seem good on the outside, but in fact they’re too elastic and loose to empty their meaning, where it is difficult to ascertain whether these conditions apply to asylum seekers.