Scottish Government ministers will back Glasgow City Council in any efforts to limit the number of marches taking place in its streets, the Justice Secretary has said.
spoke out after violent disorder in following " " marches over the past two weekends.
He claimed the events were a "stain on the city's reputation".
Trouble initially flared on Friday, August 30, in when a full-scale riot erupted as Loyalists tried to disrupt an Irish Unity march.
Then on Saturday, Setpember 8, a policeman was injured after he was hit by a pyrotechnic thrown by a Loyalist protester, while 11 people were arrested as two marches through the streets of Glasgow saw sporadic outbursts of violence.
The Justice Secretary said: "The events of the last two weekends have clearly demonstrated that sectarian violence is not a thing of the past."
With 14 marches planned during the rest of September - including 11 believed to involve Republican or Loyalist groups - SNP MSP for Glasgow Shettleston John Mason is demanding the number of such events be reduced.
Yousaf indicated the Government's support, saying: "We all have a collective desire, a collective need and a collective interest to eradicate this kind of hatred from our streets.
"Frankly, the citizens of Glasgow that I speak to have just had enough.
"They had had a tolerance for these kind of marches for many a year and they have just had enough.
"So when it comes to 's desire to reduce the number of marches, I think that is a pretty decent place to start and they will get support from the Government in that endeavour."
He hit out at those responsible for the violence and disorder, saying: "It does frustrate me somewhat, quite a lot frankly, that we're having to talk about legislation for disorder that is committed by grown men here in 2019 in a multicultural city like Glasgow, when they are fighting battles of centuries gone by.
"The fact that we have to think about legislating to stop these individuals from committing that disorder is a pretty depressing state.
"But where the council feel there is a need for further legislative options to be explored I have given them an undertaking to do that."
Earlier, Mason told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme that while the right to protest should be protected, he wanted the Scottish Government to consider looking at ways to cut the amount of demonstrations taking place.
"I think the quantity of marches is one issue and I would certainly like the Government and the council to be looking at if there are ways to reduce the marches," he said.
Of the Republican or Loyalist marches planned in Glasgow during the rest of the month, four are expected to take place this Saturday while five are scheduled for the following Saturday, including the 800-strong procession.
