Qatar steps up provocations against Russia

The leader of the organization, Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, known for his extremely contradictory statements, called on Muslims to arrange protests on September 30th, the anniversary of Russia's military presence in Syria, without specifying exactly how to do so. It should be recalled that before, he issued the famous fatwa against Muammar Gaddafi, but al-Qaradawi has also declared his opposition to any violence.

The same happened this time. In his previous statement, he said that "Russians and Arabs are closer than anyone else", and in an article entitled "The Syrian regime, Russia and its mercenaries burn Aleppo" he spoke entirely differently. However, representatives of the Russian branch of IUMS are trying to distance themselves from this extremism by explaining that the leader still meant something quite different.

However, in addition to invitations to public protests, Yusuf al-Qaradawi has called on all muftis (the number of organizations is about one hundred thousand people around the world) to hold a sermon after Friday with prayers featuring anti-Russian rhetoric.

According to some experts, the organization was established as a platform for joint activities of Wahhabis and Muslim Brotherhood. Therefore, such sermons in front of an audience can be seen as a real threat. This is especially true following the recognition of the overseas owners of ISIS, when a representative of the US State Department said bluntly that if Russia did not stop supporting the Syrian constitutional government, then it would suffer terror attacks on its own territory and be faced with “body bags.”