
Yusuf al-Qaradawi
Birthday: September 9, 1926 in Saft Turab, Egypt
Deathday: September 26, 2022
Yusuf al-Qaradawi was an Egyptian Islamic scholar based in Doha, Qatar, and chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars. He was best known for his program 'Sharia and Life', broadcast on Al Jazeera, which had an estimated audience of 40–60 million worldwide. He was also known for IslamOnl...ine, a website he helped to found in 1997 and for which he served as Chief Religious Scholar.