Abu Aardvark reveals that Yusuf al-Qaradawi has been denounced by Abu Musab al Zarqawi, al-Qaeda’s leader in Iraq, for his opposition to terrorism.

“Zarqawi’s fury with Qaradawi has received little attention because it doesn’t fit the current storyline – the whole ‘theologian of terror‘ thing – but it does suggest an important development in the real battles taking place in Arab and Muslim public opinion. Qaradawi is dangerous to the likes of Zarqawi, because he is vastly influential, he adamantly rejects his radical, violent, exclusivist vision of Islam and he instead offers a moderate, democratic, but genuinely Islamist alternative.”

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