Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who was based in Qatar, has died at the age of 96 on Monday, according to a post on his official Twitter account.
His son, Abdul Rahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi, confirmed the news on his Twitter account.
Born in Egypt in 1926, al-Qaradawi had been living in exile in Qatar since 2013 and was granted the Qatari citizenship.
Al-Qaradawi’s sermons offered a counterweight to the radical ideologies espoused by al-Qaeda and ISIS, while supporting militant movements in other parts of the region.
An Egyptian court sentenced him to death in absentia in 2015 alongside other Brotherhood leaders.
Al-Qaradawi was also chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars since it was established in 2004 and held this position for 14 years.
with Reuters
Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Yusuf al-Qaradawi dies aged 96: Twitter
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