[Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs-Hebrew] Jonathan D. Halevy - Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the president of the World Union of Muslim Scholars and in the past a candidate to head the Muslim Brotherhood, came out with a harsh attack against Shiite penetration of Sunni Islamic society. In an interview with the newspaper Al-Mitzri Al-Yom (9Sep08), he warned of a religious and cultural invasion of Shiism through the establishment of local groups and the use of networks of veteran preachers whose purpose is to convert Sunni Muslims to Shiism. The confrontation is a further reminder that the true tensions in the Middle East are not connected to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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