Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Israel to negotiate with al-Qaradawi?

http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=24305
Israel to negotiate with al-Qaradawi?
26/02/2011
The above title is not meant to arouse excitement, nor is this a joke 
currently doing the rounds, but rather this is a proposal put forward by 
former Mossad chief Efraim Halevy, who has called on Israeli Prime 
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to open a dialogue with Sheikh Yusuf 
al-Qaradawi. Halevy proposed this after al-Qaradawi gave his most recent 
Friday sermon in Cairo, and perhaps even after al-Qaradawi issued a 
fatwa calling on the people of Libya to kill Colonel Gaddafi.
It seems that the Israelis believe that al-Qaradawi has become a 
decision-maker in Egypt and the Arab world, believing that he has become 
the Supreme Guide of the [Sunni] Islamic world. This plays down or 
indeed ignores the reality of the situation, and the Muslim Brotherhood 
long ago clarified their position with regards to dealing with Israel, 
and they only use Israel to mobilize the Arab street, or blackmail Arab 
regimes, including the former Egyptian regime. Therefore, how can we 
explain the Muslim Brotherhood's statements following the ousting of the 
Hosni Mubarak regime? Commenting on the Camp David Agreement, one Muslim 
Brotherhood group member stated that there is no disagreement, or 
criticism of the peace agreement between Egypt and Israel [on the part 
of the Muslim Brotherhood]. This agreement has been signed and so it is 
binding. This was the public position of the Muslim Brotherhood after 
Mubarak stepped down, and this of course, is nothing more than political 
hypocrisy.
If the Israelis believe that Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi's sermon last 
Friday in Egypt was evidence of his influence and popularity then they 
are mistakenly reading the situation in the country, for he is merely 
jumping on the bandwagon, and this is something that many components of 
Egyptian society are aware of. Whereas if the former Mossad chief's call 
for dialogue with Sheikh al-Qaradawi is based upon the Sheikh's fatwa 
calling for the death of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, then this is also 
impulsive, for what positions has al-Qaradawi taken against Gaddafi over 
the past decade? For Gaddafi has been a friend of Sheikh al-Qaradawi, 
and indeed the Al Jazeera television channel, over the years. Through a 
simple search of the YouTube video-sharing website, one will find that 
the Qatari Al Jazeera television channel is the Arab television channel 
which most broadcasts Gaddafi's speeches and interviews. This is 
something that Al Jazeera has done for a long period of time; granting 
Gaddafi air-time to attack whoever he wants, and say whatever he likes. 
Where was Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi during this period, especially as 
Colonel Gaddafi is not a new member of the dictator's club, but has 
ruled Libya for 42 years?
Of course, what has happened in the past does not mean that we reject 
the issue of Israel opening dialogue with Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, for 
first and foremost this is up to him, and he is in the best position to 
decide this for himself. Rather, what is meant by this article is to 
clarify the situation for the readers, for it seems that the disciples 
of the Muslim Brotherhood and the students of Sheikh al-Qaradawi, have 
become bolder these days, especially after what happened in Egypt, and 
following the fatwa of their Sheikh calling for the assassination of 
Gaddafi. They consider this [the assassination of Gaddafi] to be a moral 
act, as if the law imposed upon the Arab world is a life for a life, and 
a crime for a crime! It is as there are no courts where the accused can 
be brought to justice, whether we are talking about ordinary people or 
leaders. We have never heard of cases being brought to court giving 
people permission to kill somebody, this is a completely new and 
unprecedented issue!
-- 
Namib
"Lo spirito della valle non muore" (“Tao Tê Ching”, VI, 1)

 al-Qaradawi
AQ sì, e Hamas no. Poi sono quelli i cattivi, eh...