Muslim preachers in Iraq demanded the immediate release of 'the shoe-thrower'

Muslim preachers in Iraq demanded the immediate release of 'the shoe-thrower' who rose to prominence after aiming his shoes (though missed narrowly) at President George W. Bush at a press confrence in Iraq.

"From this place we call on the prime minister and ask him, 'Tell us why you have detained a person who made such a heroic and fair act? A stand that all of us should have taken a long time ago'," Uthman Raheem said in his sermon. "Why do you detain a man who stood up in the face of injustice?"