None of Youssef al-Qaradawy defenders are as vocal as Racep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish president, well-known for his strong opposition to the “new” Egyptian regime. After being one of the few leaders to define Morsi’s ouster as a “military coup”, Erdogan made it a habit to slam and belittle Egyptian president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and his government at every turn. The global mufti is fighting against Interpol. As soon as the agency issued a warrant for his arrest, Youssef Qaradawy sparked a verbal crossfire between his state and no-state opponents. Denying the charges moved against him by the “new” Egyptian authorities – which accused him of using his Facebook page to incite murder – Qaradawy is now triggering a region wide controversy.