The New York Times Article on Yusuf al Qaradawi

The New York Times has cemented its reputation as having slid from a great newspaper to little more than a slanted, liberal fishwrap worthy of little more than a place to lay your kitty litter. Check out this laudatory article by David Kirkpatrick on Yusuf al Qaradawi's speech in Cairo.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/world/middleeast/19egypt.html?_r=1

"Sheik Qaradawi, a popular television cleric whose program reaches an audience of tens of millions worldwide, addressed a rapt audience of more than a million Egyptians gathered in Tahrir Square to celebrate the uprising and honor those who died. "

Lest you think Qaradawi is an Arab version of Jon Stewart or Joel Osteen, click below.

http://garyfouse.blogspot.com/2011/01/yusuf-al-qaradawis-statement-of.html



Mr Kirkpatrick continues:

"On Friday, he struck themes of democracy and pluralism, long hallmarks of his writing and preaching. He began his sermon by saying that he was discarding the customary opening “Oh Muslims,” in favor of “Oh Muslims and Copts,” referring to Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority. He praised Muslims and Christians for standing together in Egypt’s revolution and even lauded the Coptic Christian “martyrs” who once fought the Romans and Byzantines. “I invite you to bow down in prayer together,” he said."


Yes, folks. David Kirkpatrick has wrapped this lunatic in white satin-ignoring the fact that Qaradawi has called the Holocaust, "divine punishment on the Jews". This is a man who openly talks about that great day of judgement and how we wants to die fighting the infidels and kill that last Jew hiding behind the talking tree.