“People must ask themselves why this earthquake occurred in this area and not in others…. These areas were notorious because of this type of modern tourism, which has become known as "sex tourism"…. Don't they deserve punishment from Allah?!”

—  Yusuf Qaradawi

Tsunami Reactions (9) - Sheik Al-Qaradhawi: Disaster a Punishment for Sex Tourism http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/470.htm January 2005.
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

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