Millions of fans around the world follow his teachings and edicts on television and the Internet. But following the Toulouse attacks, controversial Egypt-born cleric Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi has been banned from entering France.
In the aftermath of this month’s Toulouse attacks, when the al-Qaeda-inspired French gunman Mohamed Merah killed seven people, French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced that the Egyptian-born cleric would be barred from entering France.
Qaradawi had been invited to attend the 29th Annual Meeting of the Muslims of France, to be held 6-9 April in the Parisian suburb of Le Bourget.
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