Yemini Official Threatens To Replace Mosque Leaders Who Push Extremism

Saturday's Yemen Observer reports that at a meeting at the Ministry of Endowments late last week, the new Yemeni Minister of Endowment and Guidance, Hamoud al-Hetar, announced that he would replace any mosque leaders who adopt extremism and fanaticism in sermons and lectures. He emphasized the importance of a culture of tolerance and co-existence. The pronouncement grows in part out of the unrest in Sa'ada province where al-Houthi rebels are demanding the replacement of Salafi and Wahabi mosque leaders.