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Qatar-based cleric slams Egypt death sentence
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA prominent Qatar-based Muslim cleric says that death sentences handed down by an Egyptian court against himself and deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi violated Islam.
Egyptian-born preacher Yusuf al-Qaradawi says the death sentences handed down on Saturday against more than 100 defendants, who also included Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie, ran contrary to Islamic law.
“I distance myself from these rulings,” he says in a statement relayed by Doha-based broadcaster Al-Jazeera.
“They have no value and cannot be implemented because they are against the rule of God and people’s laws and customs.”
— AFP
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