February 11, 2006

Qaradawi's Jackass Jihad

By Andrew G. Bostom
The [Muslim] nation [of Muhammad] must rage in anger. It is told that Imam Al—Shafi' [d. 820, founder of the Shafi'ite school of Islamic jurisprudence] said: 'Whoever was angered and did not rage is a jackass.' We are not a nation of jackasses. We are not jackasses for riding, but lions that roar. We are lions that zealously protect their dens, and avenge affronts to their sanctities. We are not a nation of jackasses. We are a nation that should rage for the sake of Allah, His Prophet, and His book. We are the nation of Muhammad, and we must never accept the degradation of our religion. Yusuf al—Qaradawi, Qatar, February 3, 2006 John Esposito, Georgetown University Professor and doyen of American apologists for jihadism, has repeatedly identified Sheikh Yusuf al—Qaradawi as one of the most influential contemporary Muslim thinkers. Qaradawi, 'spiritual' leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, and head of the European Fatwa Council, reaches an enormous audience during his...(Read Full Article)