Cairo .- The media, influential Sunni cleric Yusuf al Qardawi asked today to hundreds of thousands of believers in Tahrir Square in the heart of Cairo, Muslims and Christians to work together and that the Egyptian Army to hand over power civil government. "The revolution has ensured that everyone will stop the injustice and get freedom.
I always talk with Muslims but ask Muslims and Christians to work together," said Al Qardawi in a sermon at Cairo's Square to celebrate the the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak on June 11, a week ago. Al Qardawi, dual Egyptian and Qatari nationality and president of the International Association of Scholars, not delivered a sermon in Egypt since 1981.
During his speech, followed by a crowd of believers who broke into applause coinciding with his arrival, there were some tense moments because the faithful were not enough space in many places to pray. "Egypt has to be released because he is a desire of young people and, if it is the desire of young people, the target been met," said the cleric close to the Islamist group the Muslim Brotherhood and was imprisoned twice in 1954 and in 1962.
From a stage set up for the occasion, Al Qardawi praised the army for its role in the revolution and he called for the release of political prisoners and to quickly deliver power to a civilian government. He also asked the military rulers who inherited power from Mubarak to "liberate" the country's current government, headed by retired Gen.
Ahmed Shafiq and that was the last cabinet he named Mubarak days before his resignation. Besides the prayer dedicated to the so-called "revolutionary martyrs" in the words of Al Qardawi, "those who gave their soul for the good of all." Following the conclusion of the prayer all shouted slogans like "Long live Egypt!", "The people want progress of Egypt," Hosni Mubarak left his era! " or "We do not want Hosni or their agents, we want the purification regime!".
Mubarak resigned on June 11 to the presidency after 30 years in power and gave the authority the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, after 18 days of protests in several cities. During these days, Tahrir Square (Liberation in Arabic) became the symbol of the resistance of the young protesters. 
I always talk with Muslims but ask Muslims and Christians to work together," said Al Qardawi in a sermon at Cairo's Square to celebrate the the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak on June 11, a week ago. Al Qardawi, dual Egyptian and Qatari nationality and president of the International Association of Scholars, not delivered a sermon in Egypt since 1981.
During his speech, followed by a crowd of believers who broke into applause coinciding with his arrival, there were some tense moments because the faithful were not enough space in many places to pray. "Egypt has to be released because he is a desire of young people and, if it is the desire of young people, the target been met," said the cleric close to the Islamist group the Muslim Brotherhood and was imprisoned twice in 1954 and in 1962.
From a stage set up for the occasion, Al Qardawi praised the army for its role in the revolution and he called for the release of political prisoners and to quickly deliver power to a civilian government. He also asked the military rulers who inherited power from Mubarak to "liberate" the country's current government, headed by retired Gen.
Ahmed Shafiq and that was the last cabinet he named Mubarak days before his resignation. Besides the prayer dedicated to the so-called "revolutionary martyrs" in the words of Al Qardawi, "those who gave their soul for the good of all." Following the conclusion of the prayer all shouted slogans like "Long live Egypt!", "The people want progress of Egypt," Hosni Mubarak left his era! " or "We do not want Hosni or their agents, we want the purification regime!".
Mubarak resigned on June 11 to the presidency after 30 years in power and gave the authority the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, after 18 days of protests in several cities. During these days, Tahrir Square (Liberation in Arabic) became the symbol of the resistance of the young protesters.
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