- Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi, a spiritual guide to the Muslim Brotherhood, died last week.
- Qaradawi championed the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings and his preaching has unsettled rulers in Egypt, as well as in other Arab states.
Qatar’s influential Egyptian-born cleric Sheikh Yussef Al-Qaradawi attends the opening session of a conference of Muslim scholars in support of Palestinian people in Doha May 10, 2006. Photo by Fadi Alassaad via REUTERS