I said they’re heretics and I meant it.
Originally he said, “Shiites are Muslims but they are heretics and their danger comes from their attempts to invade Sunni society.” Now he’s saying: “In all my sermons, books and studies I was always calling on Muslims to seek a moderate line and be united irrespective of the school of thought they embrace. As long as a Muslim is witnessing that there is No God but Allah and Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah, then he is a Muslim.”
“Qaradawi Denies Being Pressured Into Criticizing Shia Muslims, ” from Right Side News, October 5:
DOHA-BASED Islamic scholar Sheikh Yousuf al-Qaradawi has dismissed as “untrue” allegations made by an Iranian news agency that he had succumbed to “pressures by extremists” in voicing concern over the Shia expansion in Sunni-dominated countries. Sheikh Qaradawi, chairman of the International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS), said in a statement, which was made available to Gulf Times, that he was surprised by the claims that he is not seeking the unity of the Muslim world. “I have always been against extremists everywhere. In all my sermons, books and studies I was always calling on Muslims to seek a moderate line and be united irrespective of the school of thought they embrace. As long as a Muslim is witnessing that there is No God but Allah and Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah, then he is a Muslim,” he said.