Abd al-Majeed al-Zindani, March 1, 2011

Addressing several thousand anti-government protesters in Yemen:

“An Islamic state is coming!… [President Saleh] came to power by force, and stayed in power by force, and the only way to get rid of him is through the force of the people.”Laura Kasinof and Scott Shane, “Radical Cleric Demands Ouster of Yemen Leader,” New York Times, March 1, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/02/world/middleeast/02yemen.html.