Prominent Muslim scholar Yusuf Al Qaradawi passes away aged 96
Doha, Qatar: Prominent Muslim scholar and the Chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars Yusuf Al Qaradawi passed away on Monday, September 26. He was 96.
The news was first shared on his official social media handle. The post added that the details of the funeral and place of condolences will be announced later.
Yusuf Al Qaradawi who an Egyptian Muslim scholar who was based in Doha, Qatar. He was born on September 9, 1926.
His influences include Ibn Taymiyya, Ibn Qayyim, Sayyid Rashid Rida, Hassan al-Banna, Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi, Abul A'la Maududi, and Naeem Siddiqui. He is also known for IslamOnline, a website he helped to found in 1997 and for which he served as chief religious scholar.
He has published more than 120 books, including The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam and Islam: The Future Civilization. He has also received eight international prizes for his contributions to Islamic scholarship and is considered one of the most influential Islamic scholars across the world.
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US VP JD Vance says Lebanon not part of ceasefire, calls it ‘misunderstanding’
Budapest/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance has said that Lebanon was never included in the ceasefire understanding with Iran, describing the confusion as a “legitimate misunderstanding”.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Hungary, Vance said, “I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never made that promise.”
He stressed that the United States had not included Lebanon in the scope of the ceasefire at any stage.
His remarks come amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where more than 200 people were reported killed, even as ceasefire talks between Iran and the US move forward.
Vance said Israel had “offered … to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful”.
He warned that if Iran allows the situation in Lebanon to affect the negotiations, it could derail the talks.
“If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice,” he said.
