What Caused the Religious Protests in Ethiopia?
The government has blamed extremists for clashes that have resulted in deaths and arrests over the past few months, while the Muslim community is accusing the state of interfering in religious affairs.
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Protests by the country's Muslim community in the capital, Addis Ababa, have prompted a crackdown by Ethiopian police and security services. Read more »

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The Ethiopian regims are highly biased on their treatment of religious and ethnic issues. Starting from the very formation of the empire by Minilik II in 19th centuary muslims has been extremely exploted. oromos , Somalis and other non-habeshas/non-Abysinians/ were miss treated. It is a pity that the Tigre-Amhara led governments are still governing the empire with old mentality. So it is a must for muslims and every subjugated nations to fight this injustice.
" ETHOPIA HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE HEAD STATE OF ALL AFRICA!!!!!. THAT ALONE SPEAKS VOLUMES ' ETHIOPIA IS REPRESENTATIVE OF EVERY CULTURE TRADITION THAT AFRICA HAS TO OFFER; THIS STATE SHOULD IN FACT REALISE THIS REALITY IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY!> SHOULD WE GO IN TIME TO THE 'PROPHET MOHAMED , 'PEACE BE UPON HIM; HE SAOUGHT REFUGE IN ETHIOPIA WHEN HE WAS IN DSISTRESS ;HE WAS GRTEATLY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT LOVE THAT WAS ETHIOPIA. ETHIOPIA TODAY MUST REALISE TOLERANCE LOVE UNITY IN ALL AFRICA ; IF ETHIOPIA IS TO SHOW BIAS TO THE WORLD THIS REFLECTS ON ALL AFRICA. AFRICA NEEDS TO BE UNITED IN EVERY SINGLE ASPECT.WE HAVE WESTERN AGGRESSION ALL OVER THE PLANET THEY ARER PURSUING THIER HEGEMONIC AGENDAWITH IMPUNITY. THE TRADITION F THE UN WHICH TODAY IS A FAILED UNITED NATIONS; WHEN HIS MAJESTY BROUGHT THE WORLD TOGETHER DURING HIS TENURE AS THE LAST TRUE KING OF THE EARTH," HIS MAJESTY HAILE SEWALSSIE THE FIRST". WHAT HIS MAJESTY SPOKE OF WAS TOLERANCE IN HUMANITY THE IDEA OF WORLD CITIZENSHIP' , THE END OF FACISM WHICH IS MAKING A STRONG RETURN IN THE MEANS OF THE NATO ALLIES WHO UNDERMINE NATIONS THEN ALLY THEMSELVES TO MAKE LEADERS OF SAID NATIONS THEY OPPOSE ACCOPRDING TO THEM ILLEGAL". "WHEN AFRICAN LEADERS ADAPT THIS IMPERIALIST FACIST RACIST AGENDA ; "THEY THEN ARE NO BETTER THAN 'THOSE FACIST WHO ARE PRETNDERS TO A WHITE SUPRMACIST HEGEMONIC AGENDA"" WHEN POPE PIUS X11' CONSPIRED WITH MUSOLINI TO ATTACK A SOVEREIGN ETHIOPIA" HIS MAJESTY SELASSIE 1ST' , DEFENDED HIS NATION WITH LEADING THE TROOPS FDROM THE FRONT HE WAGED WAR AGAINST THESE FACIST THEY DID NOT PETRIFY 'THE KING ,HE STOOD TALL; AMONGST THE PEOPLE OF THE NATION". "WHAT HE PROPESED THEN TO THE WORLDS LEADERS TO MAKE THSI LEAGUE OF NATION WORK FOR THE WORLD AS THERE ARE TOO MANY WHO CHOOSE TO USE THE BULLET TO MAKE THIER POINT ,WHILE MURDERING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ,HOLDING THEM HOSTAGE TO THIER IDEOLOGIES THAT IS NTO APPRECIATED." HE WAS SURE THAT ALL MAN CREATED EQUAL' SHOULD BE FREE AND RESPECTED IN THE EYES OF THIER BROTHER HUMANITY ". THIS WAS A STRONG AND RESPECTED RTECIPE SUGGESTED BY HIS MAJESTY FOR TYPE OF NUNITED NATIONS THAT SEEMED SUCCESSFULY IN ITS EARLY DAYS". "ETHIOPIA IS THE LAND OF FREE PEOPLE THIS WAS WHERE FREEWIZE INTELLECT REIGNED SUPRME FOR ALL TIME". THERE WAS NO COLONIAlISM BY WHITE EUROPEANS THAT DENGENERATED THE MINDSET OF THE ETHIOPIAN, THE LAST KING WHO SPOKE ELOQUENTLY IN REGARDS TO ISLAM WA SCLEAR THAT WE SHOUILD RESPECT AND HONOUR ISLAM AS IT WAS A TRUE RELIGION"". 'WE MUST MAKE SURE THAT WESTERN DOGMA DOES NOT WORM ITS WAY IN TO THE THOUGHTS AND MINDSET OF OUR PROTECTORS; THERE IS NO NEED FOR US TO HT EACH OTHER AND WHAT WE MUST NOT IS DEMONISE IN ORDER TO CREATE BIAS. THIS IS WHAT IS BEING USED BY WHITES TODAY AS THEY STAND UNITED ON ALL FRONTS ,IN THIER 'QUEST FOR WORLD HEGEMONIC DOMINATION!!!. " UNITY LOVE HONOUR RESPECT ARTE CODES THAT HIS MAJESTY WAS KEEN ON THESE ATTRIBUTES ARE DIVINE ATTRIBUTES THAT OLY FEW PEOPLE ON THE PLANET CAN ASPIRE TO HOLD THESE QUALITIEWS DEAR TO HEART" "ETHIOPIA IS THE FOUNDATION OF AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONAS EVERY ONE FLOWED FROM THE RIFT VALLEY THRUOUT AFRICA WHERE TH3EY BUILT AMAZING CIVIIZATIONS IN BIBLICAL HISTORY ETHIOPIA IS SYNYMOUS WITH ISRAEL AS WE READ AMOS". "THE BLACK ISRAELITES CAME FORWARD TO ETHIOPIA AND SETTLED ALL OVER WEST AFRICA EAST AFRICA THE BROTHERHOOD OF ETHIOPIA IS SPREAD THRUOUT ALL AFRICA . TODAY WE ALL SEEM TO HAVE A FORM OF WORSHIP THAT DOES NOT RESONATE WITH ALL OUR BELIEFS OR TRADITIONS BUT WHAT WE MUST ACKNOWLDGE IS THAT WE ARE ALL PRAISING THE SAME " ALLMIGHTY 'ONE SOVERIEGN GOD INDIVISIBLE UNITED" WE MUST ACCPET ALL FORMS OF WORSHIP BECAUSE WE ARE NOT HERE TO JUDGE BUT TO GIVE " ALLMIGHTY GOD" PRAISES DAILY AND THANK HIM FOR HIS MANY MERCIES!!!. THERE WIL NEVER BE A UNIVERSAL ONE RELIGION WHERE EVERYONE IS SATISFIED SO WE TROD ON!!; WE ALLOW FOR BELIFS TO EB FAITHFUL STRONG TRUE TO WHATW E BELIIVES WHAT WE DO KNOW THAT WE ALL HAVE THE SAME ATTRIBUTES THAT WAS INSTILLED WITH WITHIN US WEHN WE WERE FIRST CREATED!!". WE ACCEPT THESE VIRTUES WHICH TEACHES US RIGHT FROM WRONG". AS LONG AS WE STAY FOCUSED BEING, JUST EQUAL, NOBLE, HOUNERABLE TO OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS WE WIL, FIND GRACE WITH" THE ALL MIGHTY GOD" " PLEASE MY BROTHERS ALL OVER AFRICA ALLOW FOR 'OUR LORD' TO BE FINAL JUDGE!!"
As many evil thinkers predict, Ethiopia would not collapse because of religious and ethnic conflicts. The right groups, however, are pushing Ethiopia to be in state of conflict by provoking irrational and emotional minds. No government is perfect. Ethiopian government is not the exception. Please leave every matter to Ethiopian and the government. Sitting somewhere outside, you do not have the legitimate right to talk about Ethiopia. We know that non of your staff has a humanitarian or moral element as a person. They how can you talk of human right and disturb a stable country and its people so that you get funds and survive. Please stop to survive by instigating further conflicts. None of your actions are beneficial to the people of the government.