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Egypt court sentences influential cleric Qaradawi to death in absentia

CAIRO - An Egyptian court sentenced influential senior Muslim cleric Sheik Youssef al-Qaradawi to death in absentia on Tuesday, in a case relating to a mass jail break in 2011.
Former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi was also sentenced to death in that case, along with more than 80 others sentenced in absentia.