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Yemini Islamist Leader Interjects Call For Islamic State Into Anti-Government Demonstrations

By Howard M. Friedman

The New York Times today reports that a new element has been introduced into the anti-government protests in Yemen. Sheik Abdul Majid al-Zindani, head of the Islamist Al Islah party, spoke to several thousand anti-government protesters today calling for replacement of the present government with an Islamic state. It is unclear how much support among largely secularist demonstrators al-Zindani has.  Al-Zindani has been on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of "specially designated global terrorists" since 2004. The Christian Science Monitor says that al-Zindani has been a supporter of  President Saleh until yesterday when he renounced him.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on March 01, 2011 (boomark / email).