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"]: partial transcript of Qatari TV show, Feb. 25, 2006, translated by [[MEMRI]]</ref><ref>[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]</ref><ref>[http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=1366 Calls Upon Iraqi Kurds to Join Sunni Fight against Shiites Once Mediation Fails]</ref><ref>[http://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] (English)</ref><ref>[http://www.qaradawi.net Al-Qaradawi's Homepage] {{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]</ref><ref>[http://www.londoncommunitycoalition.org/qaradawi-coalitiondocument.pdf Mayor Livingstone and Sheikh Qaradawi]</ref><ref>[http://www.islamonline.net Fatwas at Islam Online]</ref><ref>[http://www.muslimuzbekistan.com/eng/ennews/2001/09/ennews18092001_1.html 9/11 Fatwa]</ref><ref>[http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaE&cid=1119503543874 Fatwa on boycott of American and Israeli products]</ref><ref name="www_islamonline_net14">{{Cita web | url = http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?cid=1119503545220&pagename=IslamOnline-English-Ask_Scholar/FatwaE/FatwaEAskTheScholar | titolo = islamonline.net | accesso=18 giugno 2007 | editore = }}</ref>.
Il 6 luglio 2014 ha criticato duramente in un'intervista la pretesa di [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]], leader dell'[[ISIS]] / [[ISIL]] (''Islamic State in Iraq and Syria '' o ''Islamic State in Iraq and Levant'', 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>https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/12567-prominent-scholars-declare-isis-caliphate-null-and-void</ref>
