The Qatar-based cleric and TV star has never been charged in a terrorist attack, but he was labeled a terrorist earlier this month in a formal declaration by Saudi Arabia and three of its allies.
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The preacher at the center of Qatar's worst-ever diplomatic crisis is a raspy 91-year-old who wears spectacles and no longer stands to give sermons. Yet, to Qatar's Arab neighbors, Yusuf al-Qaradawi is a uniquely dangerous man.
The Qatar-based cleric and TV star has never been charged in a terrorist attack, but he was labeled a terrorist earlier this month in a formal declaration by Saudi Arabia and three of its allies. Since then, Gulf Arabs have banned Qaradawi's books,
blocked his broadcasts and even sought to remove his name from public buildings.
Qaradawi's offense: Inflammatory words, amplified on a Qatar-owned TV network, in a beguiling style likened by one Arab official to a "twisted version of 'The Daily Show.' "
As part of the widening diplomatic feud that began June 5, the Saudi-led bloc is demanding that Qatar take action against 59 individuals and a dozen organizations with alleged ties to terrorists or extremists groups, including al-Qaida-linked militants
in Syria and North Africa. In a long list of new demands revealed in a draft proposal on Friday, the countries also ordered Qatar to shut down the Al Jazeera news network and scale back relations with Iran.

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