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| Qaradawi criticises Egypt military council during Friday prayers speech in Qatar |
| 2011-11-18 |
| [Al Ahram] In a speech following Friday prayers in Qatar's capital Doha, Egyptian sheikh Yusef El-Qaradawi ...crackpot Egyptian Islamist theologian. He is best known for his program Shariah and Lifeon Al Jizz, with an estimated audience of 60 million kindred souls worldwide. He is also well-known for IslamOnline, which occasionally advocates things like slavery and thumping the old lady with a rod no thicker than an inch. Joe has published more than 120 books, including Islam: The Future Civilization.Joe has long had a prominent role within the intellectual leadership of the Moslem Brüderbund. Some of Joes's views have been controversial in the West, though not so much in the Mysterious East, and he was refused entry to the United Kingdom in 2008. In 2004, 2,500 Mohammedan academics from Soddy Arabia, Iraq and from the Palestinian territories condemned Qaradawi, and accused him of giving Islam a bad name.... highlighted the importance of quick presidential elections after the parliamentary polls in Egypt, adding that the military council should not prolong the transition period. Qaradawi stressed in his speech that no one should have authority over the Egyptian people, not even the military council, adding that there should be no supra-constitutional principles and that the parliament has the right to set the constitution, and everyone else should abide with what the parliament decides. In his speech Qaradawi referred to Egypt's demonstrations in Tahrir Square, describing it as the place where Egyptians go to make their voices heard, adding that "there are some who are deaf so cannot hear and dumb so they cannot understand." He urged Egyptians to vote for those who are just and honest, and not to give their voices to some just because they are rich or famous. |
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