“At a convention on the subject of ‘Pluralism in Islam’ which took place in late August, 2004 at the Egyptian Journalists’ Union in Cairo, Sheikh Dr Yousef Al-Qaradhawi, a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood movement and one of the most important religious authorities in Islamist circles, issued a religious legal opinion permitting the abduction and killing of American civilians in Iraq in order to pressure the American army to evacuate its forces.”

For MEMRI Special Dispatch No.794, “Reactions to Sheikh Al-Qaradhawi’s Fatwa Calling for the Abduction and Killing of American Civilians in Iraq”, see here.

For an article by Egyptian journalist Fahmi Hawaydi exposing the falsity of the charge against Qaradawi, see here.