Major Sunni cleric in fatwa: Egyptians should back Morsi
By REUTERS
RIYADH - Egyptians should support ousted President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood and the military should withdraw from the political scene, leading Qatar-based cleric Youssef al-Qaradawi said in a religious edict, or fatwa, on Saturday.The Egyptian-born Qaradawi, one of the most prominent Sunni clerics in the Middle East, said the military's intervention to depose Morsi on Wednesday was against democracy and the constitution.He added that many scholars from Cairo's al-Azhar Islamic university, the country's pre-eminent Muslim institution, agreed with him.
Polish prosecution to investigate Orlen unit CEO's links to terrorists
