Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Date of Birth

Yusuf al-Qaradawi

Egyptian imam

Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1926

Profession: writer, theologian, television preacher

Nationality: Egypt, Qatar

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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Yusuf al-Qaradawi (Arabic: ???? ?????????, romanized: Yusuf al-Qara?awi; or Yusuf al-Qardawi; born 9 September 1926) is an Egyptian Islamic theologian based in Doha, Qatar, and chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars.
His influences include Hassan al Banna, Abul A'la Maududi and Naeem Siddiqui.
He is best known for his programme ??????? ???????, al-Shari?a wa al-?ayah ("Sharia and Life"), broadcast on Al Jazeera, which has an estimated audience of 40-60 million worldwide. He is also known for IslamOnline, a website he helped to found in 1997 and for which he serves as chief religious scholar. Al-Qaradawi has published more than 120 books, including The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam and Islam: The Future Civilization.
He has also received eight international prizes for his contributions to Islamic scholarship, and is considered one of the most influential such scholars living today.
Al-Qaradawi has long had a prominent role within the intellectual leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Egyptian political organization, although he has repeatedly stated that he is no longer a member and twice (in 1976 and 2004) turned down offers for the official role in the organization.Some of al-Qaradawi's views, such as his condoning of Palestinian suicide bombings against Israelis, have caused reactions from governments in the West: he was refused an entry visa to the United Kingdom in 2008, and barred from entering France in 2012.