Cleric calls for Islamic state as Yemeni protesters take to streets

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Source: Irish Times

Cleric calls for Islamic state as Yemeni protesters take to streets
THOUSANDS OF anti-government demonstrators once again took to the streets of Sana’a yesterday as a controversial cleric listed as a terrorist by the US addressed protesters calling for an Islamic state to replace Yemen’s troubled government.

Influential Yemeni academic and politician Sheik Abdul Majid al-Zindani called for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down, claiming: “An Islamic state is coming.” Since 2004 labelled a “specially designated global terrorist” by the US over links with Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda, he received a mixed reception from the 8,000-strong crowd.

Mr Saleh “came to power by force, stayed in power by force and the only way to get rid of him is through the force of the people”, Mr Zindani said. “No matter how long it takes, no matter how many lives, the regime will fall.”



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