“There are many democracies in our Arab and Islamic countries, but unfortunately, they are all false democracies.”

— Yusuf Qaradawi

Sheik Youssef Al-Qaradhawi in Favor of Democratic Elections in the Arab World http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/129.htm June 2004.
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