MUSLIM fanatic Dr Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the Qatar-based cleric who defends suicide attacks, hates Jews and calls for the execution of homosexuals, has been refused a visa to enter to the UK after a campaign by Conservative leader David Cameron.
And the Muslim Council of Britain is not happy. The MCB deplores the decision and accuses the Government of caving in to ‘unreasonable demands spearheaded by the Tory leader’.
Muhammad Abdul Bari, the secretary-general of the MCB, said that Dr al-Qaradawi enjoyed respect as a scholar throughout the Muslim world.
I am afraid this decision will send the wrong message to Muslims everywhere about the state of British society and culture. Britain has had a long and established tradition of free speech, debate and intellectual pursuit. These principles are worth defending, especially if we would like to see them spread throughout the world.
And Muhammad Sawalha, the British Muslim Initiative president, said:
We would have to go as far back as the medieval age when scholars were hounded and vilified in order to find a similar retrograde decision.
So let’s examine some thoughts of this ‘respectable scholar’ – described by some, including London Mayor Ken Livingstone – as a ‘moderate Muslim.’
Defending terrorist bombing against off duty Israeli soldiers Qaradawi told BBC Newsnight that:
An Israeli woman is not like women in our societies, because she is a soldier. I consider this type of martyrdom operation as an evidence of God’s justice. Allah Almighty is just; through his infinite wisdom he has given the weak a weapon the strong do not have and that is their ability to turn their bodies into bombs as Palestinians do.
When Saudi Arabia banned the game of Pokemon as a Zionist plot, Qaradawi issued a fatwa endorsing the ban, saying that:
Pokemon not only uses Jewish and Masonic symbols, but teaches evolution. Not only do Pokemon evolve, they do so in battles where the survivors are those who adapt better to the environment; another of Darwin’s dogmas. In addition, both depiction of imaginary animals and card-games are contrary to the Koran.
This pathetic old half-wit also noted that:
Some Japanese expressions squeaked and gibbered by Pokemon may mean ‘I am a Jew’ and ‘Become a Jew’
But he did admit the matter was controversial and he really wasn’t certain.
In August 2005, he called for the stoning to death of the Crown Prince of Qatar for being gay.
This is what he says about homosexuality:
Almighty Allah has prohibited illegal sexual intercourse and homosexuality and all means that lead to either of them. This perverted act is a reversal of the natural order, a corruption of man’s sexuality, and a crime against the rights of females.
The rights of females? This from a man who preaches that husbands should beat disobedient wives. But only lightly.
So that’s OK then.
He goes on about homosexuality:
The spread of this depraved practice in a society disrupts its natural life pattern and makes those who practice it slaves to their lusts, depriving them of decent taste, decent morals, and a decent manner of living – Muslim jurists hold different opinions concerning the punishment for this abominable practice. Should it be the same as the punishment for fornication, or should both the active and passive participants be put to death? While such punishments may seem cruel, they have been suggested to maintain the purity of the Islamic society and to keep it clean of perverted elements.
And he goes on. And on, and on here.
The 81-year-old Egyptian-born preacher makes regular appearances on al-Jazeera television, clad in white robes, where he denounces anti-Muslim sentiment in the European media. He is also a prolific issuer of fatwas on IslamOnline.
According to The Times:
Sources close to Dr al- Qaradawi said that his visa application had had support within the Home and Foreign Offices. But the Zionist lobby placed huge pressures to block the visa application and Prime Minister Gordon Brown eventually backed that position. It is understood that Dr al-Qaradawi, who is banned from entering the United States, applied for a medical visa almost a year ago. In August he was hospitalised for a stomach ulcer, and in November he was treated for a cracked vertebra apparently caused by a slipped disc.
So, while we in the West are completely corrupt, depraved and under-dressed – thanks to the immoral influences of Zionism, homosexuality, rampant secularism and Pokemon – we’re the No 1 choice when doddering old Muslim hate-mongers like the 81-year-old Al-Qaradawi need their worthless lives prolonging.
