Da molti musulmani è considerato come un conservatore moderato che cerca di spiegare e adattare gli ideali dello stile di vita islamico alla società odierna.<ref>Hugh Miles, ''Al-Jazeera''</ref>.
Da un lato, considera che la [[democrazia]] è compatibile con l'Islam e la considera come auspicabile per i Paesi musulmani,<ref>[https://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3214,36-793948,0.html « Les aspects politiques de la loi islamique ne s'opposent pas à la démocratie »] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060718080349/http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3214,36-793948,0.html |datedata=18 luglio 2006 }}, interview de Al-Qardaoui parue dans [[Le Monde]]</ref> ma, d'altro canto, sostiene che le leggi della ''[[Shari'a]]'' non devono essere emendate per conformarsi ai valori e agli standard umani che mutano.<ref name="islamonline1">[https://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?cid=1123996016202&pagename=IslamOnline-English-AAbout_Islam/AskAboutIslamE/AskAboutIslamE "the Shari`ah cannot be amended to conform to changing human values and standards, rather, it is the absolute norm to which all human values and conduct must conform ..."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926220129/http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?cid=1123996016202&pagename=IslamOnline-English-AAbout_Islam%2FAskAboutIslamE%2FAskAboutIslamE |data=26 settembre 2007 }}</ref>
È fermamente ostile al principio della separazione tra [[religione]] e [[politica]], secondo la formula classica che l'Islam è "religione e mondanità" (''dīn wa dunyā'').<ref>{{Cita web |url=https://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar%2FFatwaE%2FFatwaE&cid=1119503545396 |titolo=Copia archiviata |accesso=14 maggio 2019 |urlarchivio=https://web.archive.org/web/20110209103641/http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar%2FFatwaE%2FFatwaE&cid=1119503545396 |dataarchivio=9 febbraio 2011 |urlmorto=sì }}</ref>
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Qaraḍāwī è alla guida del [[Consiglio europeo della fatwa e della ricerca]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3874893.stm BBC World News Profile of Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi]</ref><ref>[http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=1052 "Our War with the Jews Is in the Name of Islam"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715160648/http://memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=1052 |data=15 luglio 2007 }}: partial transcript of Qatari TV show, Feb. 25, 2006, translated by [[MEMRI]]</ref><ref>{{collegamento interrotto|1=[http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=1354 Eulogizes Saddam Hussein and Declares: In Recent Years, Saddam Was a Changed Man, Did Charitable Work and Helped People Build Mosques] |datedata=aprile 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>[http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=1366 Calls Upon Iraqi Kurds to Join Sunni Fight against Shiites Once Mediation Fails] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206091656/http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=1366 |data=6 febbraio 2007 }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20031004013624/http://www.islamonline.net/fatwa/english/FatwaDisplay.asp?hFatwaID=49276 Original version of fatwa later edited, stating that apostates deserve to be killed]</ref><ref>[http://www.islam-online.net Islam-Online] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626054655/http://islam-online.net/ |data=26 giugno 2017 }} (English)</ref><ref>[http://www.qaradawi.net Al-Qaradawi's Homepage] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970601093642/http://www.qaradawi.net/ |data=1º giugno 1997 }} {{ar}}</ref><ref>[http://www.qaradawi.info Truth about Qaradawi] (Arabic)</ref><ref>[http://islamicweb.com/beliefs/misguided/qaradawi.htm Some Mistakes of Yusuf al-Qaradawi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928042406/http://islamicweb.com/beliefs/misguided/qaradawi.htm |data=28 settembre 2007 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.londoncommunitycoalition.org/qaradawi-coalitiondocument.pdf Mayor Livingstone and Sheikh Qaradawi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926210334/http://www.londoncommunitycoalition.org/qaradawi-coalitiondocument.pdf |data=26 settembre 2007 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.islamonline.net Fatwas at Islam Online]</ref><ref>{{Cita web |url=http://www.muslimuzbekistan.com/eng/ennews/2001/09/ennews18092001_1.html |titolo=9/11 Fatwa |accesso=23 gennaio 2010 |urlarchivio=https://web.archive.org/web/20050411095641/http://www.muslimuzbekistan.com/eng/ennews/2001/09/ennews18092001_1.html |dataarchivio=11 aprile 2005 |urlmorto=sì }}</ref><ref>[https://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503543874 Fatwa on boycott of American and Israeli products] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717080127/http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar%2FFatwaE%2FFatwaE&cid=1119503543874 |data=17 luglio 2009 }}</ref><ref name="www_islamonline_net14">{{Cita web | url = https://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?cid=1119503545220&pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaEAskTheScholar | titolo = islamonline.net | accesso = 18 giugno 2007 | urlmorto = sì | urlarchivio = https://web.archive.org/web/20090717082116/http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?cid=1119503545220&pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar%2FFatwaE%2FFatwaEAskTheScholar | dataarchivio = 17 luglio 2009 }}</ref>.
Il 6 luglio 2014 ha criticato duramente in un'intervista la pretesa di [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]], leader dello [[Stato Islamico (organizzazione)|Stato Islamico]], di dar vita a un [[Califfato]] nei territori iracheni e siriani caduti sotto il controllo del suo movimento, dichiarandola "nulla" e "insignificante" (''null and void'')... "del tutto carente di realismo e legittimità".<ref>{{Cita web |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/12567-prominent-scholars-declare-isis-caliphate-null-and-void |titolo=Prominent scholars declare ISIS caliphate 'null and void'<!-- Titolo generato automaticamente --> |accesso=6 luglio 2014 |urlarchivio=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708011609/http://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/12567-prominent-scholars-declare-isis-caliphate-null-and-void |dataarchivio=8 luglio 2014 |urlmorto=sì }}</ref>
