The Qatari press and presenters on Qatar's Al-Jazeera network, as well as clerics identified with the Qatari regime, lavished praise on Muhammad Salah, the Egyptian border guard who crossed into Israeli territory on June 3, 2023 and murdered three Israeli soldiers.
On May 23, 2023, a group of Muslim scholars and preachers based in the United States issued a statement titled "Navigating Differences: Clarifying Sexual and Gender Ethics in Islam." The statement aimed to provide a "collective, non-partisan articulation of Islam's stance on sexual and gender ethics." Signed by over 100 religious figures, the statement emphasized that sexual