Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Brotherhood spiritual and intellectual leader, October 18, 2002

“Hamas and its counterparts cannot be wiped out, for they are the mouthpiece of the Islamic nation all over the world.”“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.