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Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi speaks to a crowd as he leads Friday prayers in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, on February 18, 2011.
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Opinion: Who’s Going to Tell Qaradawi?

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | May 15, 2014 | Opinion

Who wholly expect Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, the Muslim Brotherhood’s religious authority and political orator, to vent his anger regarding what is taking place in Egypt these days. The octogenarian cleric is angry and frustrated. He must have thought, leaning on his...

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Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi speaks to a crowd as he leads Friday prayers in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, on February 18, 2011.
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UAE summons Qatari ambassador over Muslim cleric’s comments

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 3, 2014 | Middle East

Dubai, Reuters—The United Arab Emirates summoned the Qatari ambassador over what it said were insults against the UAE made by a prominent cleric in a broadcast from Doha, state news agency WAM reported on Sunday. The diplomatic incident reflects growing splits between...

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An Egyptian man attends the afternoon prayer at al-Azhar mosque during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, July 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Egypt: Al-Azhar retakes control of mosques

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Dec 7, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—As part of a wider bid to prevent mosques from being used as political platforms, Egypt’s Ministry of Awqaf (religious endowments) has banned clerics who have not graduated from Al-Azhar from preaching. On Friday, several Al-Azhar clerics...

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Egypt’s 50-member constitution-drafting panel, including Amr Moussa, chairman of the Egyptian Constitutional panel (C-front), leader of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II (6L) and Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb (7L) pose for group picture (AFP PHOTO / STR)

Egypt: Qaradawi quits Al-Azhar

by Mahmud El Shafey | Dec 3, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Prominent Qatar-based cleric Yusuf Al-Qaradawi resigned from the governing body of Egypt’s Al-Azhar on Monday in protest at the head of the institution’s support for the country’s military-backed government. The cleric posted a message on his...

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Egyptian chairman of the International Union for Muslim Scholars, Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi (C) during his visit to the Islamic University in Gaza City on May 9, 2013. (EPA/ALI ALI)

Qaradawi’s War for Egypt

by David Schenker | Nov 23, 2013 | The Majalla Magazine

The 2011 toppling of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak signaled the onset of a prolonged period of political instability and economic uncertainty in Egypt. When Muslim Brotherhood apparatchik Mohamed Mursi was elected in 2012, many Egyptians were hopeful that the new...