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Yusuf al-Qaradawi (Arabic: يوسف القرضاوي, romanized: Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī; or Yusuf al-Qardawi; 9 September 1926 – 26 September 2022) was an Egyptian Islamic scholar based in Doha, Qatar, and chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars.
- Moving to Qatar
- Global Mufti
- Arab Revolutions
In 1961, al-Qaradawi would travel to Qatar as a teacher, in part so that he could escape the persecution of Muslim Brotherhood members in Egypt. He would soon develop a close relationship with the-then Qatari emir, Sheikh Ahmad Bin Ali Al Thani who passed away in 1977. The emir came to hold him in high esteem and would later grant him Qatari citize...
By now, al-Qaradawi had reached his 70s and was a globally recognised scholar who had authored dozens of books establishing himself as a religious expert in a range of Islamic scholarly fields. But the legacy of his membership in the Muslim Brotherhood continued to loom large. Despite his distance from Egypt, he was twice asked to assume the leader...
His most notable interventions towards the end of his career took place in the context of the Arab uprisings of 2011. Al-Qaradawi emerged as the most vocal globally-recognised Muslim scholar supporting the 2011 popular uprisings against the despotic governments of the Middle East. This in fact drew on his writings going back decades in which he had...
Sep 26, 2022 · Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, one of the Sunni Muslim world’s most influential religious scholars, has died. Al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian who was based in Qatar, was the chairman of the International...
Sep 30, 2022 · Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the influential scholar, cleric and longtime advocate for political Islam who saw his life’s ambition nearly realized in the 2011 uprisings against Arab dictators across...
Sep 26, 2022 · The influential Egyptian Sunni Muslim cleric Yusuf Al-Qaradawi has died aged 96 in Qatar, his website says. Qaradawi founded the International Union of Muslim Scholars and was seen as a...
Learn about the life and work of Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, one of the most influential Islamic scholars of the present age. Explore his childhood, education, views, and role in the Muslim world and beyond.
Sep 26, 2022 · Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi, a spiritual guide to the Muslim Brotherhood who championed the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings and unsettled rulers in Egypt and the Gulf with his Islamist preaching,...
