“Corrupt officials willing to defend their religion rather than the laws they’ve sworn to uphold, are violating Christians’ rights by forcibly closing, destroying and demolishing churches across Ethiopia.” Islamic law forbids non-Muslims to build new houses of worship or to repair old ones. It seems as if Muslims in Ethiopia, with help from corrupt officials, […]
Premature detonation in Ethiopia: Two jihad-martyrdom suicide bombers blow themselves up at football match, fail to murder anyone else
If they fail to kill others while being killed in the service of Allah, will they be able to claim the promise of Paradise that is given to those who “kill and are killed” for Allah (Qur’an 9:111)? “Suicide bombers die in failed plot at Ethiopia football match,” by Aaron Maasho for Reuters, October 14: […]
Ethiopia: Two Christians arrested for “crimes against Islam”
No such crime exists in Ethiopia’s penal code. “Two Christians Unlawfully Arrested in Ethiopia for ‘Crimes Against Islam,’” from International Christian Concern, June 10 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): 6/10/2013 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) — International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that two Christian men were arrested in Ethiopia by local police influenced […]
Ethiopia: 29 Muslims charged with terrorism, working to establish Islamic republic
“Tensions” are increasing solely because of the actions of one side, of course. “Muslims in Christian-dominated Ethiopia rally on Fridays as tensions rise and arrests increase,” from the Associated Press, November 2: ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — As midday prayers came to an end at the Grand Anwar mosque in Ethiopia’s capital, worshippers continued on to […]
Ethiopia: Muslim mob murders four, burns down police station in rage over arrest of jihadist imam
“A certain imam, an Islamic fundamentalist, had been trying to instigate jihad…” How is it that an imam, a man who had devoted his life to understanding the Religion of Peace, could misunderstand it so spectacularly as to think that jihad called for violence, and his followers could similarly misunderstand it enough to believe that […]
Spencer: Keepers of the Lost Ark
In Crisis Magazine today, my ongoing almost-nothing-to-do-with-jihad series on the Eastern Churches continues with “Keepers of the Lost Ark” on the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Ethiopian Christianity in general. Here is the bit that’s jihad-related: Today this Church, and the people who have so lovingly protected and preserved it for so many centuries, is […]
Ethiopia: Muslim mob shouting “Allahu akbar” torches church
Will the Islamophobia never end? Video courtesy the estimable David Wood of Answering Muslims.
Al-Shabaab vows to defeat “black colonialist” Ethiopians
Ethiopian and Kenyan self-defense are colonialism, but al-Shabaab’s religious and cultural imperialism are A-OK, of course. In addition to its intention of imposing Sharia, the group has shown impulses like those of Sudan’s Bashir toward the Arabization of Somalia. Those measures have included banning the teaching of English in schools in favor of Arabic, and […]
Ethiopian troops reportedly enter Somalia
More bad news for al-Shabaab: more resistance it can’t starve into submission. “Ethiopian troops move into Somalia: witnesses,” by Abdi Sheikh for the Associated Press, November 19: MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Scores of Ethiopian military vehicles pushed at least 80 km (50 miles) into neighbouring Somalia on Saturday, residents said, five weeks after Kenya entered Somalia […]
Ethiopia: Muslims beat evangelist to death, assault his pregnant wife
One might almost get the idea that the Religion of Tolerance has something against non-Muslims proselytizing. Naaah, couldn’t be. These guys must just be Misunderstanders of Islam. “Four Ethiopian Muslims Beat Evangelist To Death, Assault His Pregnant Wife,” from International Christian Concern, April 26 (thanks to AINA): Washington, D.C. (April 26, 2011)–International Christian Concern (ICC) […]