Imam says clerics must call for end to protests: Prophet cartoons to be topic of talk.

From: Blade (Toledo, OH) | Date: February 21, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: David Yonke

Feb. 21--If riots over Danish caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed are to be stopped, it will require a firm stand from Muslim clerics in Arab nations demanding that the protests end, said Imam Yahya Hendi, who will speak at the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo on Saturday.

"There has to be aggressive, assertive Muslim leadership that stands up and says, 'No, that's it,' " said Imam Hendi, the Muslim chaplain at Georgetown University and a s...

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