BFF   

“All we needed was for someone like Qaradawi to insult us. Qaradawi has insulted everyone, left no one untouched. He has forgotten when he ran away secretly with a girl, committed terrible foolish acts….. Why didn’t he criticize the Qataris when they took away the citizenship of hundreds of people………He belongs to the Muslim Brothers, some of whom have been caught with prostitutes……….”

This Gulf ranting
was reported by Al-Watan. It reports on this dispute between Shiakh Yusuf al-Qaradawi of Egypt (now belongs to Qatar) and Dhahi Khalfan, chief of police of Dubai in the UAE. Both men love nothing better than being in front of a television camera, or any other camera, preferably with several microphones to opine through.
Qaradawi has criticized the UAE regime for reportedly arresting many Syrian residents who demonstrated against the al-Assad regime. He also griped that he was banned from the UAE. The Dubai official has now threatened to arrest Qaradawi if he sets foot in his country, adding that he will seek to arrest and extradite anyone who insults the UAE.
 
The reference to the Qataris taking away the citizenship of Qatari citizens refers to the coup that the Saudis tried to engineer against the current Emir, around 1998 or thereabouts. The plot failed and a bunch of high-level Saudi security officials were caught in Doha and imprisoned for about ten years. Some Qatari tribal types whose tribes straddle the Qatari-Saudi border were also involved in the plot and the Qatari rulers canceled their citizenship for alleged disloyalty and sent them packing back to Saudi Arabia. Other Gulf countries also have tribal citizens whose tribes straddle the Saudi border.
(I never knew Qaradawi had run away with some girl. I guess even he was young at one time. Hard to believe.)
Cheers
mhg


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