Influential cleric says to resume Friday sermons amid Gulf rift
 

* Fiery preacher says to resume sermons next week * His criticism of Saudis, UAE has strained regional ties * Muslim Brotherhood reveres Qaradawi DOHA, April 2 (Reuters) - An influential Qatar-based Islamist whose fiery sermons strained ties between Doha and its neighbours said on Wednesday he would resume preaching after a gap of several weeks, dismissing a suggestion he had been silent due to the diplomatic tensions. It has **thing to do with the current situation," Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian-born cleric critical of the authorities in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), told Reuters. Asked if he had plans to leave Qatar to ease pressure on the government, Qaradawi, a naturalised Qatari citizen, said he would do ** such thing. "What you need to understand is that I'm a part of Qatar and they are a part of me.

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