I do not think its fair to put Afghanistan/Pakistan/India/sri Lanka/Bangladesh into one pile because you guys basically share a lot among each other , be it cultural , genetics , politics , history ....etc. Especially when its something one nation might have taken part in but not the others.
Basically, i honestly doubt the UAE played any part in what you mentioned. Yes we are part of the GCC and have great relations with most of them , but this shouldn't mean its okay to pile us up together on certain issues just because we are all part of the GCC
Also, for your information, absolutely NO ONE in the GCC says i am a Wahhabi Sunni , this definition is very Alien to us but it seems the media loves going on about it and i guess it spread since your using it also.
its sunni , maliki , hanbali , shafei ....etc wahabi ? no .. total media and western fabrication with and evil agenda associated with it .... i can imagine the conversation going something like , people are realizing that Muslims are okay , sunnis are okay , shia are okay and a poor minority , but how can we get people to believe that these Arabs of the GCC are that extra evil , yeah , lets call them wahabi and associate them to a man that died hundreds of years ago