While al-Qaradawi believes that the Muslim community is not allowed to punish " intellectual apostasy " , where the apostates do not " swagger " about their conversion , he still strongly condemns it . He says " These people are not noticed when they invade or begin to disseminate their falsehood , but they are mostly felt when they affect the minds . They do not use guns in their attacks , however , their attacks are fierce and cunning . " Nevertheless , he concedes , " Erudite scholars and well versed jurists ... can not take an action in face of such professional criminals who have firmly established themselves and have not left a chance for law to be enforced on them . " Al-Qaradawi has spoken in favor of democracy in the Muslim world , speaking of a need for reform of political climates in the Middle East specifically . On 22 February 2011 , he held an exclusive interview with OnIslam.net , dismissing the allegation that he wanted a religious state established in Egypt : " On the contrary , my speech supported establishing a civil state with a religious background , I am totally against theocracy . We are not a state for mullahs . " After the September 11 attacks , al-Qaradawi urged Muslims to donate blood for the victims and said : He denies that Palestinian suicide bombing attacks constitute terrorism , claiming , " when Palestinians face such unjust aggression , they tend to stem bloodletting and destruction and not to claim the lives of innocent civilians , " but qualifies that with " I do agree with those who do not allow such martyr operations to be carried out outside the Palestinian territories . " Al-Qaradawi has suggested the legitimate use of ( defensive ) suicide bombings against enemy combatants in modern times if the defending combatants have no other means of self-defense . The Oxford-based Malaysian Islamic Scholar , Dr. Afifi al-Akiti , rules that there is no Islamic legal precedent for this view and that female soldiers can only be killed in direct combat . With regards to suicide bombings he says that they are " breaching the scholarly consensus ... because to endanger one 's life is one thing and to commit suicide during the attack is obviously another " . With regards to male soldiers he states , " It goes without saying that they are considered combatants as soon as they arrive on the battlefield even if they are not in direct combat – provided of course that the remaining conventions of war have been observed throughout , and that all this is during a valid war when there is no ceasefire . " Western governments have met al-Qaradawi to request release of European civilians kidnapped in Iraq and have thanked him officially , praising his cooperation . The French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier wrote to al-Qaradawi : " With such a clear condemnation of the abduction of the French hostages you have sent a clear-cut message demonstrating respect for the tenets of Islam . " Al-Qaradawi condones Palestinian attacks on Israelis only if Israel continues its oppression and averts peace . A resolution issued by The Islamic Fiqh Council affiliated to the Saudi-run Muslim World League in its 14th session , held in Doha ( Qatar ) on 11 – 16 January 2003 has upheld his views on the matter . Defending bombings against Israeli civilians , al-Qaradawi told '' BBC Newsnight '' in 2005 that : He supports suicide attacks on all Israelis , including women since he views the Israeli society as a " completely military " society that did not include any civilians . He also considers pregnant women and their unborn babies to be valid targets on the ground that the babies could grow up to join the Israeli Army
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Yusuf al-Qaradawi