Rumours that Qatar has ordered Qaradawi and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders to leave the country.

Rumours that Qatar has ordered Qaradawi and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders to leave the country.(Youm).[GoogleTranslate].

Informed sources revealed Brotherhood, that the Qatari authorities asked a number of the group's leaders to leave the territory amicable. sources pointed out, in a special statement for "The Seventh Day", that is expected to start a number of the group's leaders to leave Doha in the coming days, in response to the demands of Qatari authorities and in order not to strain relations with them.

sources confirmed, that the list of deportees with about 7 of the most prominent leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood and allies, who are Dr. Mahmoud Hussein, Secretary-General of the group, and Essam Talimh Director of the Office Qaradawi former, and Hamza Zawbaa spokesman for the Freedom and Justice Party, and Dr. Amr bicyclist chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, Party of Freedom and Justice, who has been shuttling between Qatar and Turkey, and Ashraf Badr Eddin member of parliament former Freedom and Justice Party, calling the Muslim Brotherhood Wagdy Ghoneim, and Gamal Abdel Sattar, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Awqaf and former leading the group.

Hmmm......Nice fairy tale, were it not that recently just before the Turkish presidential election, Qaradawi stated he might move to Turkey...the seat of the new Caliphate......'Al Taqiyya' in it's natural element. (See Vid  in link Below).

Listen up folks. The most prominent spiritual leader for the Muslim Brotherhood is none other than Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi and this Sunday he declared that Turkey is where the Caliphate will be established.

In an interview with TV Turkia Qaradawi declared that:

“We came to Turkey to assess the Fourth Assembly of the Union of Muslim Scholars in Istanbul, capital of the Islamic Caliphate!”

Qaradawi added that:

“Turkey is the Caliphate State, and Istanbul is its capital … Turkey unites religion and the world, Arab (Wahhabist Sunnis) and Persian (Shiites), Asia and Africa, and it (the Caliphate) should be based upon this nation (Turkey)”. Source.


Related: Gulf rift on pause — for the time being, new Muslim Brotherhood 'Den' Khartoum.


One of the main sticking points had to do with policies towards the Muslim Brotherhood. Qatar has always considered Muslim Brotherhood as an ally and a strategic asset, whereas the others view it as an enemy and strategic threat to the status quo.

Saudi Arabia has declared Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organisation, the UAE considers it as an outfit that intends to destabilise Egypt and the region.

However, to the maverick Qatar, Muslim Brotherhood is the legitimate choice of the people of the region and deserves its sympathy and support. In the spirit of cooperation, Qatar finally conceded to the demand from other GCC members and has asked many of the Muslim Brotherhood leaders to leave Doha.

It has arranged for the Muslim Brotherhood leaders to regroup in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, where they will be closer to their home base of Egypt.

Most likely, Qatar will continue to provide them with financial support. That was the most Qatar was willing to give in. The differences were sharp and it looked bad for the image of GCC as security community when it failed to agree on who was on its list of friends and enemies.


Update: Confirmed - Muslim Brotherhood Leader Says Qatar Asked Some Members to Leave.

“Some symbols of the Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing — the Freedom and Justice Party — who were asked by authorities to move their residence outside the state of Qatar have now honored that request,” Amr Darrag, a senior Brotherhood leader, said in a statement posted on the group’s website.

A Qatari diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, contradicted Mr. Darrag. The diplomat said that the Brotherhood leaders had decided to depart for their own reasons without any request from Qatar, and that they were welcome to return.

“Maybe for some of them, they saw from the media that the country is being pressed and they left of their own free will because they did not want to put the country in an embarrassing situation,” the diplomat said.

In his statement, Mr. Darrag, the Brotherhood leader, indicated that only a limited number of his colleagues were leaving Doha. Qatar has been “a very welcoming and supportive host,” but the Brotherhood leaders are leaving “in order to avoid causing any embarrassment for the state of Qatar,” he wrote, adding, “We appreciate the great role of the state of Qatar in supporting the Egyptian people in their revolution against the military junta, and well understand the circumstances faced by the region.”

Though the decision has been warmly welcomed by Egypt, and is likely to have a similar reception from GCC members, analysts say there are many more issues still to be worked out.

Andrew Hammond of the European Council on Foreign Relations told AFP that he does not think Qatar's decision represents "a major policy shift."

The decision will leave dozens of Brotherhood supporters based in Qatar, and Hammond says that rather than making sweeping policy changes, the side-lined state is making "incremental concessions to placate its neighbours."

"The other issue is what happens with al-Jazeera's line. Does that shift? Nothing has changed so far," Hammond said.

al-Jazeera, a Qatar-funded news outlet, has been very supportive of the Muslim Brotherhood and opposed to the overthrow of Mohammed Morsi.

Speculation is now growing as to where the expelled Brotherhood officials could turn next – Qatar had been considered one of the last safe havens for the movement’s leadership.

The group is officially designated as a “terrorist” organisation by Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Syria and Russia.

It was unclear how many Brotherhood leaders were leaving. Besides Doha, Istanbul and London remain hubs for Egyptian Islamists in exile where they might seek to relocate. Read the full story here.