Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Brotherhood spiritual and intellectual leader, January 8, 2003

Date
Jan. 8, 2003
Name of Author
Yusuf al-Qaradawi
Muslim Brotherhood
Body

“Those killed fighting the American forces are martyrs, given their good intentions, since they consider these invading troops an enemy within their territories but without their will… The issue is not with the Americans who are peace-loving, but with their arrogant government.”“Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradhawi in London to Establish ‘The International Council of Muslim Clerics,’” MEMRI, July 8, 2004, http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/1168.htm#_edn2.

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