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Gulf Times, Qatar
Dec 24 2011
Qaradawi in call for Arab, Muslim unity
By Ayman Adly/Staff Reporter
Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi yesterday rejected the French parliament's
call for Turkey to admit that Ottoman Turks had committed genocide
against Armenians in the early 20th century.
`We support the stand of Turkey,' he said in his Friday sermon at Imam
Mohamed Ibn Abdul Wahab Mosque while adding that Islam does not allow
the extermination of people.
Qaradawi said this accusation was a manipulation of history and it was
not the job of parliaments to judge history.
He called for unity of Arabs and Muslims and praised the steps taken
by the Palestinian factions to overcome their differences and stand
united against the common enemy.
The Islamic scholar lauded Saudi King Abdullah's call for the GCC
states to `move beyond the stage of co-operation and into the stage of
unity in a single entity'. He considered this as an obligatory
religious duty and a necessity.
Qaradawi wondered why these countries did not unite and have a strong
army, powerful economy and one currency for they had the potential for
this. He explained how Europeans overcame their differences and
conflicts to form the European Union.
He warned against sectarianism and exploiting sectarian differences to
spread divisions among people to cover up for corruption and abuse of
power.
Qaradawi expressed his happiness that Islamists were winning at the
polls in Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt and said he expected this would
happen also in Syria and Libya. However, he welcomed secularists who
were friendly to Islam and said that liberals, secularists, Islamists
and others could work together for the public good so long as they
were not hostile to religion.
The Islamic scholar praised the process of the elections in Egypt and
the people who turned up enthusiastically for the polls. However, he
said action had to be taken to bring those accused of violence against
protesters to justice.
Though Qaradawi hailed the Arab League initiative to end violence in
Syria, he expressed his disappointment at the daily rise in casualties
among the people. He said: `We are with the Syrian people not the
ruler.' He also praised the endurance of the revolutionaries in Syria
and said the people would win ultimately. Tyrants and oppressors would
inevitably vanish, he added.
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=477320&version=1&templ ate_id=36&parent_id=16
Dec 24 2011
Qaradawi in call for Arab, Muslim unity
By Ayman Adly/Staff Reporter
Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi yesterday rejected the French parliament's
call for Turkey to admit that Ottoman Turks had committed genocide
against Armenians in the early 20th century.
`We support the stand of Turkey,' he said in his Friday sermon at Imam
Mohamed Ibn Abdul Wahab Mosque while adding that Islam does not allow
the extermination of people.
Qaradawi said this accusation was a manipulation of history and it was
not the job of parliaments to judge history.
He called for unity of Arabs and Muslims and praised the steps taken
by the Palestinian factions to overcome their differences and stand
united against the common enemy.
The Islamic scholar lauded Saudi King Abdullah's call for the GCC
states to `move beyond the stage of co-operation and into the stage of
unity in a single entity'. He considered this as an obligatory
religious duty and a necessity.
Qaradawi wondered why these countries did not unite and have a strong
army, powerful economy and one currency for they had the potential for
this. He explained how Europeans overcame their differences and
conflicts to form the European Union.
He warned against sectarianism and exploiting sectarian differences to
spread divisions among people to cover up for corruption and abuse of
power.
Qaradawi expressed his happiness that Islamists were winning at the
polls in Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt and said he expected this would
happen also in Syria and Libya. However, he welcomed secularists who
were friendly to Islam and said that liberals, secularists, Islamists
and others could work together for the public good so long as they
were not hostile to religion.
The Islamic scholar praised the process of the elections in Egypt and
the people who turned up enthusiastically for the polls. However, he
said action had to be taken to bring those accused of violence against
protesters to justice.
Though Qaradawi hailed the Arab League initiative to end violence in
Syria, he expressed his disappointment at the daily rise in casualties
among the people. He said: `We are with the Syrian people not the
ruler.' He also praised the endurance of the revolutionaries in Syria
and said the people would win ultimately. Tyrants and oppressors would
inevitably vanish, he added.
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=477320&version=1&templ ate_id=36&parent_id=16