CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court sentenced influential senior Muslim cleric Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi to death in absentia on Tuesday, in a case relating to a mass jail break in 2011.
Former Islamist president Mohamed Mursi was also sentenced to death in that case, along with more than 80 others sentenced in absentia.
Reporting by Mahmoud Mourad and Omar Fahmy; Writing by Yara Bayoumy; Editing by Andrew Heavens
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