Sunday, April 13, 2008
Worth noting as Qaradawi (Qaradhawi) has many admirers here in the Boston area:
PROMINENT scholar Sheikh Yousuf al-Qaradawi has denounced Pope Benedict's baptism of a Muslim-born journalist during the last Easter Mass at the Vatican as a "provocative and hostile act against Muslims".
Sheikh Qaradawi, who is the head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) and the European Council for Fatwa and Research, said the public baptism of Majdi Allam has provoked Muslims around the world...
..."It is not strange that Allam, who betrayed his country and supported Israel, left his religion. We know that he is an agent of Israel. He would not contribute to Islam if he were a Muslim," he said...
...The scholar also blamed the West for worsening relations with Islam. "We try to seek peace with the Vatican and the World Council of Churches but in vain. They keep provoking us by their hostility."
Sounds like a spokesman for the world's most sensitive religion.
Wait until the followers of the RoP hear the prayer Pope Benedict has written for his visit to the World Trader Center site. That will generate more than a few responses.