The UAE summoned the Qatari ambassador on Sunday to protest against remarks made by a Muslim Brotherhood-linked cleric who slammed the Emirates for jailing Islamists, the foreign ministry said. The summons was the first of its kind by a member of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council -- Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates -- against a**ther GCC state since the bloc's formation in 1981. Qatar's ambassador to the UAE, Fares al-Nuaimi, was summoned to the foreign ministry in Abu Dhabi and handed "an official letter of protest" over "insults" by cleric Yusef al-Qaradawi, WAM news agency reported. Qaradawi, an Egyptian-born Muslim scholar, wields huge influence through his regular appearances on Al-Jazeera television from his base in exile in Qatar, where he has lived for decades.
03-25-2014, 01:07 AM
UAE summons Qatar envoy over cleric's 'insults'
The UAE summoned the Qatari ambassador on Sunday to protest against remarks made by a Muslim Brotherhood-linked cleric who slammed the Emirates for jailing Islamists, the foreign ministry said. The summons was the first of its kind by a member of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council -- Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates -- against a**ther GCC state since the bloc's formation in 1981. Qatar's ambassador to the UAE, Fares al-Nuaimi, was summoned to the foreign ministry in Abu Dhabi and handed "an official letter of protest" over "insults" by cleric Yusef al-Qaradawi, WAM news agency reported. Qaradawi, an Egyptian-born Muslim scholar, wields huge influence through his regular appearances on Al-Jazeera television from his base in exile in Qatar, where he has lived for decades.
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