Muslim leaders are set to reveal their response to Saturday’s brutal demonstration in Sydney against an anti-Islam film.
An emergency meeting of Islamic groups was convened in Sydney on Monday night to formulate a plan to quell any repeat of the clashes, which were part of global protests over the US anti-Islam YouTube film, Innocence of Muslims.
The Lebanese Muslim Association and the Islamic Council of NSW are expected to urge calm when they address the media in Lakemba in Sydney’s west at 9.30am on Tuesday.
Community groups and politicians of all stripes have condemned Saturday’s violence, while authorities are bracing for fresh violence.
Meanwhile, NSW detectives will continue trying to trace the as-yet-unidentified figures who used text messages and social networking sites to organise the protests, which quickly escalated into a riot.
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