The Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...-based holy man tweeted that "Allah has no need for the Hajj. Any duty that He imposed is aimed at enriching his followers so that they can transcend to their maker on the spiritual, moral and psychological levels."
"Seeing Moslems feeding the hungry, treating the sick and sheltering the homeless are better viewed by Allah than spending money on the Hajj and Umrah every year," he added.
Doing the above would grant Moslems greater spiritual gratification than circumambulating around the holy Kaaba, he remarked.
Performing the annual Hajj is among the five main pillars of Islam that every able Moslem is expected to perform at least once in their life.
Commenting on Qaradawi’s controversial tweets, advisor at the Saudi royal court Saud al-Qahtani said: "Those who know the history of this mercenary will not find his fatwa unusual."
Social media activists condemned his fatwa, accusing him of trying to undermine one of Islam’s main pillars.
They also interpreted it as an attempt to lift the pressure off the authorities in Qatar after they barred their people from performing this year’s Hajj pilgrimage.
This was not the first time that the Doha regime attempts to undermine the massive efforts exerted by Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
’s leadership and people in servicing the holy pilgrimage, they noted.
They also accused Qaradawi of seeking to spark division among Moslems and exploit religion to achieve his interests.