The signatories describe those who use religion for inciting violence as “the sheikhs of death�. Among those mentioned by name is Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian preacher working in Qatar. The signatories accuse him of “providing a religious cover for terrorism.� Last year Qaradawi raised a storm when he issued a fatwa allowing the killing of Israeli pregnant women and their unborn babies on the ground that the babies could grow up to join the Israeli Army. Last September, Qaradawi in a fatwa in response to a question from the Egyptian Union of Journalists said killing “all Americans, civilian or military� in Iraq was allowed.
via PM’s World
It’s clear that there is a huge backlash against extremists in the Arab and Muslim worlds. This sort of denunciation would never have happened in the 80s and 90s, but now I think finally people are fed up with these bozos and about time too.
