«The Sheikh of terrorism delivers the flag»… The future of the «Al-Qaradawi» between «Iraqi and Moroccan»

“This is the last time I am talking to you,” said the Muslims Brotherhood member, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, in front of a gathering of the organizers during the opening of the fifth session of the so-called World Union of Muslim Scholars (terrorist organization), not to continue in his position as president of the Union, Saturday, November 3.

The announcement of «Qaradawi» intention to hand over the banner of the Presidency of the Union, had a significant impact on those present from the affiliated or sympathetic or affiliated with MB.

Almost four years ago, four Arab countries – Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain – warned of MB “Muslim World” project, revealing what it was facing a terrorist, within a common list of terrorist figures, in its decision to boycott Qatar for its support of terrorism.

Al-Qaradawi’s (Egyptian-Qatari) decision to abandon the presidency of the Union to a “new leadership” after 14 years of association with each other has been surprising since the prelude to disengagement and even abandonment will receive for the first time from the head of the Union, and hinted the Secretary-General Ali al-Qarada Daghi in press statements, the possibility that the continuation of «Al-Qaradawi» in office, but left the decision to the same Sheikh during the conference.

The recent move to change the leadership of the Union, and the removal of «Al-Qaradawi» from the scene, can be read in the context of MB to improve the image of the Union, after the imprisonment of the terrorist classification, between the countries of «Qatar, Turkey» support for the group; the classification increased «isolation of the Union», according to researcher In the affairs of Islamic movements Sameh Eid, and is unable to launch activities in Muslim countries such as Pakistan, or European countries, although it was originally registered in Ireland, and launched its founding conference from London in 2004.

Does al-Qaradawi’s departure change the nature of the union?

It is not an official governmental institution, but derives its strength from the confidence of the peoples and the Muslim masses, and it is not a governmental institution “Practically” is an additional arm of the MB international institutions with funding and hosting of Qataris.

The researcher Sameh Eid said: “At the time of its establishment, the Union was able to attract a large number of prominent religious figures, and it was as resonant and confident as an Islamic organization before the events of the Arab Spring”

The Union will clearly and completely become full politics to the positions of the MB, and sharp on his goal; what lost his reputation; and led to the withdrawal of many prominent Islamic figures, such as the thinker Mohammed Salim Awa, and a group of advocates from several countries ».

Al-Qaradawi’s departure from the Union at that point in particular may reflect an attempt to create a new echo of the Union away from its founder, especially after Al-Qaradawi was associated with the MB`s legitimate leadership, whose armed wings are involved in fighting the army and the police, And used to justify the actions of the terrorist organizations to legitimize their actions, and his fatwa to allow the blood of the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and thus strengthened the link of the Union and its president to terrorism, as well as the incitement against Egypt by calling for “jihad in it” year 2013.

But the previous scenario is not valid for the scholar of Islamic movements «Ahmed Ban», likely to choose a new leadership only to the health of «Al-Qaradawi», which exceeded the 90 years, and then need a more capable leadership; In the interest of the community and serves its objectives.

Ban added that: “Even if al-Qaradawi distanced himself from his position, he would be a member of the same union, and the union is categorized as a terrorist organization, not just Qaradawi, they will not resort to importing new leadership to improve the image.

MB does not have the flexibility To abandon Qaradawi or push him away, these meeting (the General Assembly of the Union of Muslim Scholars), are the intellectual and jurisprudential reference to the group, and Qaradawi specifically symbolic of the organization ».

Ban said to “reference” that “The General Assembly has not announced its agenda, which makes it the subject of speculation, but according to the current stage of the life of the group, issues such as The disconnection between the advocacy and the political, or the search for new destinations for the group, and most importantly the attempt to decipher the stigmatization of terrorism ».

On the issue of stigmatization of terrorism, the Union affirmed its condemnation of organizational acts, “Al-Qa’ida” and “Al-Qa’ida”. During the last stage, it also reacted to terrorist attacks in Arab countries (unlike the Arab quartet) The group or even «calling» in Egypt, for example condemned a suicide bombing itself in Tunisia, did not pay attention to the attack on a bus Copts in Minya (southern Egypt) on 2 November 2018.

Who will come after al-Qaradawi?

The Secretary-General of the Union of Muslim Scholars Ali Qarra Daghi (Iraqi Kurdistani) and MP Ahmad Al-Risani (Morocco) are among the most likely candidates to succeed Al-Qaradawi, both on the Quartet’s common list of terrorism.

It seems that Daghi has a “sharp and calm” leadership personality, which qualifies him to lead the Union. His character emerged in his response to the statement of the Saudi Supreme Council of Scholars in October 2017, a few days before the joint Arab statement, Of the Union as “an entity that offers the interest of a party on Islam”; it appeared in an intervention with the US channel “CNN” American, a defender “briskly” about their existence, avoiding attack on the «senior Saudi scholars».

In another position, Daghi came out against a position attributed to him through social networking sites from the vision of the Prophet in a dream bearing “Turkish liras”, in a clear reference to the “dream of the Turkish caliphate”, but he went out to deny his connection to the circulation.

Daghi leads all the Federation’s activities, whether in the presence of conferences in Turkey or the release of statements to comment on the events, all of which are issued in his name, and the official website of the Federation is glowing, indicating his pivotal role within the Union.

On the other hand, Al-Risouni, which is more likely to have media reports, appears more confrontational than Daghi, who has been attacking the Saudi regime for the country’s agenda.

His choice as Morocco’s leading MB leader reinforces the MB weight in the Maghreb, Renaissance in Tunisia, the Union has a branch in Tunisia near the headquarters of the Renaissance Party, and continues to exercise its normal activities; it offers courses attracting generations of young people to his Islamic project from the point of view MB.

Proceedings of the Conference… Continuation of the approach

Therefore, the conference is expected to witness the inauguration of new leaders with indications of the Brotherhood’s orientation in the next phase on the level of objectives and geography, and the changes are the most extensive.

The conference includes the President of the Union, his deputies and the Secretary General that the last assembly is the most in terms of numbers of attendance, which reached 1500 participants from 80 countries.

The leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood participated in the Arab countries, especially the countries of ignition, such as Libya, which participated in the Libyan news sites, and “Ali al-Salabi, Wunis al-Mabrouk, Salam al-Jaber and Salam al-Sheikhi.

A large delegation from India, whose focus was on the Federation, also participated, reflecting the future attention of the organization in India, especially if we are also aware that the current president of one of the oldest Muslim organizations in the United States, ISNA, is an Indian.

Al-Qaradawi maintained his last appearance as president of the Union on the face of MB.

He focused on glorifying Turkey and the Turkish project in the region in return for the attack on Saudi Arabia, based on the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Turkey, for its part, did not pass such a conference without playing the tendon of the caliphate and again referring to its project in the region. The head of Turkish religious affairs, Ali Arbash, said during his speech at the conference: “The problem of the Islamic world lies in segregation. Geography carried with it intellectual division ».