The organisation of exiled Muslim Brotherhood spiritual guide Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi said Wednesday that the actions of "deviant groups" like the jihadist Islamic State were in violation of Islamic law. Qaradawi's International Union of Muslim Scholars described as "criminal and unlawful" an offensive led by the group's fighters against **n-Muslims in **rthern Iraq earlier this month. The Egyptian-born cleric wields huge influence with the Brotherhood's supporters across the Arab world through his frequent appearances on Al-Jazeera television from his base in exile in Qatar. His group said it "categorically prohibits the actions of some excessive and deviant groups, such as killing in**cent Muslims and **n-Muslims, under the cover of repugnant sectarianism one time, or under the name of the so-called Islamic State the other time." It was the latest in a ****** of condemnations of the Islamic State by Qaradawi's organisation since the Jihadists launched a lightning offensive in Iraq's second city Mosul in early June, swiftly overrunning much of the Sunni Arab heartland **rth and west of Baghdad.
08-28-2014, 05:20 AM
Jihadists anti-Islamic: exiled Brotherhood spiritual guide
The organisation of exiled Muslim Brotherhood spiritual guide Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi said Wednesday that the actions of "deviant groups" like the jihadist Islamic State were in violation of Islamic law. Qaradawi's International Union of Muslim Scholars described as "criminal and unlawful" an offensive led by the group's fighters against **n-Muslims in **rthern Iraq earlier this month. The Egyptian-born cleric wields huge influence with the Brotherhood's supporters across the Arab world through his frequent appearances on Al-Jazeera television from his base in exile in Qatar. His group said it "categorically prohibits the actions of some excessive and deviant groups, such as killing in**cent Muslims and **n-Muslims, under the cover of repugnant sectarianism one time, or under the name of the so-called Islamic State the other time." It was the latest in a ****** of condemnations of the Islamic State by Qaradawi's organisation since the Jihadists launched a lightning offensive in Iraq's second city Mosul in early June, swiftly overrunning much of the Sunni Arab heartland **rth and west of Baghdad.
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