Dr. Youssef al-Qaradawi issued a Fatwá at the Journalists? Syndicate on August 31 that kidnapping American [civilians] and killing them is a duty so that they would leave Iraq immediately. He also said that there is no difference between an American civilian and an American soldier because the civilians are in the service of the army. This statement was vehemently attacked by many thinkers and readers. The Shaykh took ten days to issue a statement denying that he issued such a Fatwá. In a press conference held in Doha, he said that his original Fatwá was altered?


- See art, 3: the Muslim Brotherhood apologetically declined the invitation to attend the Ibn Khaldoun Center's conference on Islam and reform.