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Yusuf al-Qaradawi

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “modern muslim scholar and preacher best known for his popular al-jazeera program”. Today it says “egyptian islamic scholar based in doha”.
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Yusuf al-Qaradawi Professor Yusuf al-Qaradawi ( Arabic : يوسف القرضاوي) (born September 9 , 1926 ) is a modern Muslim scholar and preacher best known for his popular al-Jazeera program, ash-Shariah wal-Hayat ("Shariah and Life"), and his website IslamOnline that was launched in 1997 .1 He has also published some 50 books, including The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam and Islam: The Future Civilization .2 His reputation is controversial; among Muslims he is widely considered a moderate conservative, while Western opponents regard him as dangerously radical or as a supporter of violence, and radical Muslim opponents see him as dangerously lax and influenced by Western ideas.3

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modern muslim scholar and preacher best known for his popular al-jazeera program

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egyptian islamic scholar based in doha

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