This is no surprise, For a Leftist like Al Gore, a Muslim like Qaradawi, even when he is calling for the murder of innocent people, is a non-white non-Christian non-Westerner, which means that he can do no wrong.
An update on this story. “Gore, Current silent as cleric affirms death penalty for leaving Islam on Al-Jazeera,” by Nicole Lafond for the Daily Caller, February 12:
Aides to former Democratic Vice President Al Gore have failed to respond to a recent Al-Jazeera TV broadcast, in which a top imam affirmed the death penalty for anyone who quits Islam.
Gore sold his Current TV network to Al-Jazeera, which now plans to extend its broadcast into the United States this summer, according to Ashok Sinha, vice president of corporate communications at Current TV/Al-Jazeera America.
Gore reportedly sold Current TV for $500 million and endorsed Al-Jazeera’s news programs.
Western critics of Islam highlighted a recent broadcast of the network’s regular “Shariah and Life” show, which has an estimated audience of 60 million viewers worldwide.
The show’s host is Yusuf al-Qaradawi, a prominent Sunni Islamic cleric.
He declared that Islam’s mandated death-penalty for apostasy has kept Islam alive since the 1400s. “If they had gotten rid of the apostasy punishment Islam wouldn’t exist today,” Qaradawi said on the show.
Qaradawi cited specific verses and narrations by Islam’s prophet, Muhammad, and the recorded testimony of his companions, that mandate the death penalty for anyone who tries to leave Islam.
“Surah Al-Ma”idah 5:33 says: “˜The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His apostle is that they should be murdered or crucified,– Qaradawi quoted on his show.
“And many hadiths, not only one or two, but many, narrated by a number of Muhammad’s companions state that any apostate should be killed. Ibn “˜Abbas”s hadith: “˜Kill whomever changes his faith [from Islam].–
Those punishments are still applied in modern days. In early January, an Egyptian court sentenced a widow and her seven children to 15 years in jail for converting from Islam to Christianity, Fox News reported….