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Controversial cleric says Egypt's Sisi has added to country's 'catastrophe'
Published in Ahram Online on 12 - 05 - 2014

An influential Qatar-based Islamist whose fiery sermons have caused tension between Gulf states said on Sunday that Egyptian presidential front runner Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will only bring downfall to the country.
Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian-born cleric with links to the Muslim Brotherhood, has always been critical of Egypt's 'military rule and Sisi, who as army chief was behind the ousting of Islamist Mohamed Morsi from the presidency last July' after a popular uprising.
Qaradawi said that Israeli leaders supported having Sisi win the upcoming presidential elections, saying that Sisi protects Israel's interests and will not go into confrontation with them over the Palestinian issue.
"You have people like Ehud Barak [Israel's defense minister] saying, Vote for Sisi, Sisi is our man, he is our Sisi not your Sisi," Qaradawi said late on Sunday at a conference that was organized by an association of Muslim scholars in Doha.
Sisi is expected to easily win the May 26-27 presidential election. The only other candidate is leftist politician Hamdeen Sabahi, who came third in the 2012 election won by Morsi.
The Brotherhood, which says it is committed to peaceful activism, has accused Sisi of staging a coup and masterminding the removal of Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected president.
"From the day he [Sisi] came, all we saw is killing and bloodshed, detention and women being raped," said Qaradawi.
"Egypt is losing everything my brothers; this is a huge catastrophe," he added.
Qardawi's comments have contributed to a major rift in political relations between Qatar and its Gulf neighbors.
On 5 March, in an unprecedented move, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain recalled their ambassadors from Qatar, accusing Doha of failing to abide by an accord not to interfere in each others' internal affairs. Qatar denies the charge.
The three states were especially angry over Qatar's support for the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist movement that reveres Qaradawi and whose ideology challenges the principle of conservative dynastic rule long dominant in the Gulf.
Since then, Qaradawi has refrained from delivering sermons on Fridays. However, Sunday's conference proved that the ageing sheikh has not been deterred from criticising Egypt's affairs.
In April, asked if he had plans to leave Qatar to ease pressure on the government, Qaradawi, a naturalised Qatari citizen, said he would do no such thing.
"We must all stand by Qatar and it's Emir and the father Emir, Qatar stands by what's rightful and defends the causes of the Arab world, God be with Qatar."
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