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| Lebanon arrests late Muslim Brotherhood leader’s son wanted by Egypt: source |
| 2024-12-30 |
| [IsraelTimes] Judicial official, speaking anonymously, says Beirut will ask for file on Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi before deciding on extradition; Cairo convicted him in absentia for terrorism Lebanese authorities have arrested Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian opposition activist wanted by Cairo and son of the late spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, a Lebanese judicial official told AFP on Sunday. Qaradawi, also a poet, was detained on Saturday as he arrived from Syria at the Masnaa border crossing due to an Egyptian arrest warrant, the official said. The warrant was “based on an Egyptian judiciary ruling” sentencing Qaradawi in absentia to five years’ jail on charges of “opposing the state and inciting terrorism,” the official added. His father was prominent Sunni scholar Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is outlawed in Egypt. The late scholar was imprisoned several times in Egypt over his links to the Muslim Brotherhood. He died in 2022, after decades in exile in Qatar. Lebanese authorities “will ask the Egyptian authorities” to transfer Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi’s file for examination, the judicial official said, requesting anonymity, as they were not authorized to speak to the media. The judiciary will make a recommendation on whether “the conditions are met for him to be extradited” and the matter will be referred to the Lebanese government, which must make the final decision, the official added. Qaradawi was a political organizer against the government of longtime Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak, who was toppled in 2011 in the Arab Spring uprising. He later became a vocal opponent of current Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, who in 2013 overthrew elected president Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood. A family friend told AFP that Qaradawi holds Turkish citizenship and was returning from a visit to Syria, where rebels led by Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham toppled longtime Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad on December 8. Assad’s ousting came more than 13 years after war broke out in Syria with the brutal repression of anti-government protests in 2011. Qaradawi had posted a video online taken at Damascus’s Umayyad mosque, celebrating Assad’s fall, expressing hope for “victory” in other Arab Spring countries including Egypt, and warning Syrians of “malicious regimes” in “the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt,” who he described as “Zionist-affiliated states.” Related: Muslim Brotherhood: 2024-12-15 'The Army of Tatars and Mongols.' Ghosts of the Distant Past Return to Syria Muslim Brotherhood: 2024-12-13 Terrorists liberate terrorists from other terrorists Muslim Brotherhood: 2024-12-11 What Syria is made of. How a bomb planted by the French exploded 80 years later Related: Yusuf al-Qaradawi 12/25/2024 US envoy pans new report asserting famine in north Gaza as ‘outdated and inaccurate’ Yusuf al-Qaradawi 12/24/2024 Israel still hasn’t received list of living hostages from Hamas, official says Yusuf al-Qaradawi 12/23/2024 Report: Israel demands 11 male hostages be among those freed in first stage of deal Related: Hosni Mubarak 12/11/2024 What Syria is made of. How a bomb planted by the French exploded 80 years later Hosni Mubarak 08/14/2024 The history of Hamas' lifeline: 20 years of broken Egyptian pledges along Philadelphi Corridor Hosni Mubarak 06/14/2023 Wary of harming Israel ties, Egypt looks to bury popular praise for border attack Related: Abdel Fattah al-Sissi 12/15/2024 At weekly protest, protesters threaten again to hate PM until he somehow gets Hamas to agree to trade peace for hostages Abdel Fattah al-Sissi 08/23/2024 Blinken proposes international forceon Gaza-Egypt border Abdel Fattah al-Sissi 04/30/2024 US president holds separate calls with leaders from Qatar, Egypt over Gaza ceasefire talks Related: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham: 2024-12-24 8 Foreign Nationals have been arrested by Security Forces in the Northwestern Syrian City of Hama, for lighting a Christmas Tree in the City on Fire Hayat Tahrir al-Sham: 2024-12-23 Syria's Central Bank Gold Miraculously Still In The Vault, Reuters Claims Hayat Tahrir al-Sham: 2024-12-21 Syria’s de facto leader defends telling woman to cover her hair for photo Related: Bashar al-Assad 12/28/2024 Ukraine sends food aid to Syria Bashar al-Assad 12/28/2024 The wife and daughter of one of Bashar al-Assad’s cousins were arrested at the Beirut airport Bashar al-Assad 12/27/2024 Did the Al Assad couple divorce? |
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