Suhaib Webb's "virtual mosque" praised Yusef Qaradawi's book on jihad as a masterpiece!

Imam Suhaib Webb is being groomed to be a rising American-born Imam.  He was born William Webb and raised in Oklahoma as a Christian until he converted to Islam as a teenager. Webb studied Islam at the hard-line Al-Azhar University in Egypt thanks to the Muslim American Society. This is the same place where the Imam at the Islamic Society of Tulsa, Dr.Mohamed Al Gobashy (ElGhobashy) studied (update 10/2011 AlGobashy suddenly is not the Imam in Tulsa anymore). Webb said he found Islam through hip hop music which was laced with the teachings of Islam due to the Nation of Islam and Malcolm X, according to a 2008 interview (archive page) at Egypt Today. Webb's move to Egypt in 2004 was sponsored by the Muslim American Society, which began as an arm of the Muslim Brotherhood here.  Webb lives in California now but comes to Oklahoma, from time to time.

In December on Webb's "virtual mosque" a guest author praised a book on jihad written by highly controversial Islamist Sheikh Yusef Qaradawi (al-Qaradawi) who's often called the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood.  Qaradawi lives in exile in Qatar and probably can't wait for the legitimacy of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt to be announced so he can return home or visit whenever he wants.

Qaradawi iwas banned from entering the U.S. for his fatwas that approve martyrdom against Israel, which included the killing of Israeli women and children!  Yet, guest author, Rashid Al-Ghannushi, called Qaradawi's book on jihad a masterpiece (see title). The author is a well-known Islamist who wrote in the beginning paragraph jihad is “the summit of Islam with wildly different views:

Those views, moreover, have an effect on relations between Muslims themselves, with their governments, and with non-Muslims, in view of the awakening witnessed across the Muslim world, both at the level of faith and the level of practice. This has led to a greater connection between Islam as a religion (creed, rituals, morals) and an ideology of great influence on the thought and behaviour of Muslims, socially and politically, or what is known as “political Islam”, in which jihad occupies a central position in one way or another.

"...As for “political Islam”, he (Qaradawi) grew up inside one of its groups, the “Muslim Brotherhood”, occupying leading positions within it...

Qaradawi's lengthy book explores the varying interpretations of jihad and, to make a long explanation short, claimed verses in the Quran are not abrogated which could be considered a disadvantage for hardcore jihadists. Many scholars do believe the verses were abrogated, though.  The two types of jihad Qaradawi said are civil and military. The practice of military jihad only becomes an obligation upon Muslims when conditions arise such as an attack on Muslims, their land or their religion. Of course, this could be highly subjective depending on whose calling the shots.  Claiming certain land is Muslim land, such as Israel, seems to be based on Islamic conquest of it way back when, is a great example.   Who defines what is an attack on a Muslim or their religion?  Muslims who believe Islam's ideology of religious supremacy and that it should be the only ruling order is central to Islamism so I'm pretty sure they would call critics of it an attack on their religion.

Qaradawi is the chairman of the group that runs Islamonline whose article on Al-Qaradawi's Fiqh of Jihad briefy reviews a few of the sections.  In their Fatwa Section under the title of Palestinian Women Carrying Out Martyr Operations (archive copy), Qaradawi proclaimed the greatest of all jihad is a martyr operation:

"This is what is clarified by the following fatwa, issued by Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi the prominent Muslim scholar:

The martyr operations is the greatest of all sorts of Jihad in the Cause of Allah. A martyr operation is carried out by a person who sacrifices himself, deeming his life less value than striving in the Cause of Allah, in the cause of restoring the land and preserving the dignity..."

The only good news here is Qaradawi apparently does not condone offensive jihad/war like many other Islamist jurist do, according to Al-Ghannushi.  But, really that's little comfort.  Webb's disclamer he's not responsible for other opinions or view posted on HIS website is a total cop-out.  Face it, it's disturbing his website is used as a vehicle to praise Qaradawi's book on jihad.

Update:  1/2/12:  Webb is the new Imam at the Islamic Society of Boston, an organization tied to Yusef Qaradawi who, before he was banned from the U.S., reportedly served on its board of trustees.

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Also see: 

New Boston Imam Tied To U.S. Muslim Brotherhood

Radical Islam: Outspoken cleric, jailed activist tied to new Hub mosque [Boston]   Boston Herald 10/03

The Islamic Society of Boston, which has city approval to build a sprawling $22 million Islamic cultural center and mosque on Malcolm X Boulevard, has had a long association with Dr. Yusuf Abdullah al-Qaradawi, whose vocal support of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas prompted the State Department to bar him from entering the U.S. four years ago.

The local religious organization, now headquartered on Prospect Street in Cambridge, was founded by Abdurahman Muhammad Alamoudi - a high-profile Washington, D.C. activist who has publicly supported Hamas, Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations.

Alamoudi was arrested Sept. 28 at Dulles International Airport in Virginia and charged with making illegal trips to Libya and accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Libyan government in violation of U.S. law.

Last Thursday, Alamoudi was indicted for his dealings with Libya and portrayed by prosecutors as a key financier for militant Islamic groups and terrorist organizations.

Sheik Yusuf al-Qaradawi: Theologian of Terror  ADL

Yusuf al-Qaradawi :: The Investigative Project on Terrorism

The Qaradawi Fatwas :: Middle East Quarterly

Qaradawi Funding Hamas Efforts in Jerusalem

The politics of fatwa

Comments

[Jim]

You guys need to get your info correct. Imam, Yusef Qaradawi was never exiled. He lives and lived there. He is not the main guy for the muslim bother hood. If you guys need a better investigator and journalist let me know iI can help. You are discrediting our mission by getting bad information.

Take care -

[Brandi]

This article does not say Qaradawi is the top leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. It says he is often called the "spiritual leader" of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Qaradawi lives in exile. I suggest a review of a NYT article from yesterday "After Long Exile, Sunni Cleric Takes Role in Egypt at the New York Times":

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/world/middleeast/19egypt.html

The NYT article is just one example, Jim. I can provide more if you need it but I URGE everyone do their own research and plenty of it. You offered none.

As a side note worthy of mention, in 2007, Dr. Mohamed Morsi, a top MB leader and a member of the MB Executive Office said the U.S. was the world's leader in terrorism and hasn't proved who carried out the attacks on 9/11/01:

"...These attacks were a wrong act which we denounce regardless of its doer", Morsi says, clarifying the MB attitude towards 9/11 attacks.

Mohamed Morsi sees that the US administration is currently the world"s terrorism leader that intimidates civilians with through invasions, and using unconventional weapons like in Iraq in Baghdad airport battle. "The US administration has never presented any evidences on the identity of those who committed that incident" he says.

...Mohamed Morsi concludes, saying,:" The Muslim Brotherhood has a moderate attitude. We reject and don"t commit violence. We condemn those who carried out the 9/11 attacks regardless of their belief or religion. We also condemn what the US did before 9/11, after 9/11 and its current terrorism against mankind."

Muslim Brotherhood English Website:

http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?ID=14069&LevelID=1&SectionID=71

The Muslim Brotherhood is anti-Israel and anti-American who try to claim their are for democracy in recent days and months. I suggest they are using this universal appeal for freedom as a rouse to gain support for their Islamic supremacist agenda.

BTW, my post about this MB article is referenced on Wikipedia's Muslim Brotherhood page. It's #9

Just thought I'd throw that in for consideration.