Qaradawi and Rape Victims
Thursday, July 15, 2004 "I abhor the views of Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi … but I'm not happy
with what the London Telegraph did to him this morning. It attributed
to Qaradawi an accusatory view of rape victims: 'To be absolved from
guilt, the raped woman must have shown some sort of good conduct.'
These words actually belong to someone else, a consultant to the
website Islamonline. Even if Qaradawi is ostensible head of the
committee that oversees this website, a Muslim jurist can only be
deemed responsible for his own fatwas.... Today's Telegraph article
establishes nothing."
Even anti-Qaradawi commentator Martin
Kramer baulks at false accusations against Dr al-Qaradawi in the Daily
Telegraph. See 'Qaradawi Non-Quote', 11 July 2004, in
Kramer's Sandbox blog
Kramer was responding to an article in the Telegraph, 11 July 2004
But the false accusation originated in an Outrage press release, 10 July 2004