Yusuf al-Qaradawi (Arabic:يوسفالقرضاوي, romanized: Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī; or Yusuf al-Qardawi; born 9 September 1926) is anEgyptian Islamic scholar based in Doha, Qatar, and chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars. Al-Qaradawi is sometimes described as a "moderate Islamist".