Extremism ‘behind terrorist attacks’
Nasser Arrabyee, 28/8/08
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh said that religious extremism was behind the recent terrorist attacks in his country. “What happened in Hudhrmout, Sana’a, and Mareb was a result of the extremist and irresponsible religious discourse that calls everyone infidels and considers all moderates hypocrites,” Saleh said, during an address to about 500 mosque speakers in a meeting held in Sana’a on Wednesday. The meeting, which was organised by the ruling party, called for the rejection of extremism and fanaticism and for mosque speakers to be kept away from politics.