Yusuf al-Qaradawi Quotes

• Ibn Ata' Allah said: "God may open up for you the gates of obedience, but without opening up for you the gates of acceptance. On the other hand, He may Allow you to fall into disobedience which happens to lead you to the right path. DISOBEDIENCE that teaches you HUMILITY is better than PIETY that fills you with VANITY and ARROGANCE.

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  Fall, Humility, Acceptance

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• Happy will be those who take a lesson and warning from the mistakes and misfortunes of others and seek, nevertheless, to adopt the good they offer. Wisdom, wherever he finds it, it's a believer's goal, because he is more worthy of it than anyone else.

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  Mistake, Goal, Warning

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• If they had gotten rid of the apostasy punishment Islam wouldn't exist today.

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  Punishment, Islam, Today

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• The Israelis have nuclear bombs but we have the children bomb and these human bombs must continue until liberation.

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  Children, Israel, Nuclear

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• Throughout history, Allah has imposed upon the Jews people who would punish them for their corruption. The last punishment was carried out by Hitler. By means of all the things he did to them - even though they exaggerated this issue - he managed to put them in their place. This was divine punishment for them. Allah willing, the next time will be at the hands of the believers.

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  Mean, Hands, Punishment

  “Washington’s Muslim Brotherhood dilemma” by Michael W. Smith, www.foxnews.com. August 24, 2012.

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• The desired Islamic state might be likened to an orchard planted with olive and palm trees that will take a relatively long time to produce fruit.

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  Islamic, Long, Tree

  Yūsuf Qaraḍāwī (2006). “Islamic Awakening: Between Rejection and Extremism”, p.159, International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)

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• We will conquer Europe, we will conquer America!

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  Israel, Europe, America

  "Qaradawi: No Chopping Off of Hands Now…But Later is OK", www.investigativeproject.org. January 31, 2012.

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• It is not suicide; it is martyrdom in the name of God. I consider this type of martyrdom operation as an indication of the justice of Allah almighty. Allah is just. Through his infinite wisdom, he has given the weak what the strong do not possess and that is the ability to turn their bodies into bombs as the Palestinians do.

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  Suicide, Strong, Israel

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• There are many democracies in our Arab and Islamic countries, but unfortunately, they are all false democracies.

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  Country, Islamic, Democracy

  "Sheik Youssef Al-Qaradhawi in Favor of Democratic Elections in the Arab World". MEMRI TV, June 2004.

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• A group simply announcing a caliphate, is not enough to establish a caliphate.

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  Groups, Enough, Announcing

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• Islam never differentiates between men and women as regards political rights and puts them on an equal footing. However, even if a woman is qualified for leadership, when it comes to posts of authority such as presidency, Muslim scholars unanimously agree that it is impermissible for a woman to assume such a post because in this case she is in charge of her people's affairs.

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  Men, Rights, People

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• It has been determined by Islamic law that the blood and property of people of Dar Al-Harb (non Muslims) is not protected. Because they fight against and are hostile towards the Muslims, they annulled the protection of his blood and his property.

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  Islamic, Fighting, Israel

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• The lack of insight to reality, life and history as well as into God's ways, or sunan in His creation, some people will continue to seek or demand the impossible. They will imagine what does not or cannot happen, misunderstand occurrences and events, and interpret them on the basis of cherished illusions which in no way reflect God's sunan or the essence of Islamic law.

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  Islamic, Reality, Law

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• The Iraqis have a country that inherited cultures thousands of years old while the Americans have a culture only two hundred years old. Two hundred years will teach thousands of years!? Oh Americans, leave Iraq for its people.

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  Country, Years, Two

  "Sheikh Al-Qaradhawi Reacts to the Murder of Four Americans in Al-Fallujah". MEMRI TV, April 2004.

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• We must all realise that the Israeli society is a military society - men and women. We cannot describe the society as civilian .... they are not civilians or innocent.

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  Military, Men, Israel

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• (God) gives the weak a weapon for self-defense that the strong, despite his military and nuclear arsenals, can do nothing against. There are clerics who condemn this and even say that these are suicide operations that are not allowed in Islam.

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  Suicide, Strong, Military

  "Sheikh Al-Qaradhawi in Favor of Suicide Operations". MEMRI TV, April 2004.

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• The Jews caused us a great injustice, the greatest injustice. They have expelled our people, stolen our land, shed our brothers' blood, and are still shedding blood, and there should be no contact between them and us. We will not agree to meet with them until our problem with the Zionist entity and those Westerners and Christians who support them, is solved.

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  Christian, Brother, Blood

  "Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi against Including Jews in Dialogue between Religions". MEMRI TV, May 2004.

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• People must ask themselves why this earthquake occurred in this area and not in others. These areas were notorious because of this type of modern tourism, which has become known as "sex tourism". Don't they deserve punishment from Allah?!

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  Sex, Punishment, Earthquakes

  "Tsunami Reactions (9) - Sheik Al-Qaradhawi: Disaster a Punishment for Sex Tourism". MEMRI TV, January 2005.

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• An Israeli woman is not like women in our societies, because she is a soldier.

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  Soldier, Our Society, Israeli

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