Al-Qaradawi’s Support for US Invasion of Syria Described as Treacherous

Hamed Jabr, a senior member of Egypt’s Al-Karama Party said that by backing a likey American attack on Syria during his Friday prayers sermon, president of the International Union of Muslim Scholars Yusuf Al-Qaradawi insulted Syria as he had previously insulted Egypt.

He said what Al-Qaradawi did was treachery adding that Islam does not approve of welcoming aggressors and occupiers.

Former Egyptian presidential candidate Abul-Izz Al-Hariri, too, regarded Al-Qaradawi’s move as un-Islamic and rooted in his ignorance about religious and political issues.

Al-Qaradawi, the Egyptian born Mufti of Qatar, in his Friday prayers sermon in Doha supported military intervention in Syria and claimed that foreign forces are a means sent by God for taking revenge from the killers of hundreds in Syria.

In other news, Syria’s foreign ministry issued a statement on Friday dismissing allegations by US intelligence agencies about a chemical attack on the Riff district in Damascus.

Meanwhile, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Anders Fogh Rasmussen said direct participation of NATO forces in a military attack on Syria would be unlikely.

Rasmussen claimed, however, that the Syrian government has “undoubtedly” used chemical weapons.

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