After 50 years of resistance Sheikh Abdulkarim Ibrahim (Jara Abba Gadaa) passes away

Jara Abba Gadaa

- By Abu-Asiya Abdulkarim Ibrahim Hamid (Sheikh Jaarraa Abbaa Gadaa) was born in 1936 to a privledged upper class family in Eastern Ethiopia. His father, a tribal chief, was a friend of the Emperor Haile Selassie and a wealthy landowner. But Abdulkarim also came from a lineage of men who were killed resisting the colonial expansion […]

Ethiopian journalist arrested for covering Muslim protests

Authorities have cracked down on reporters and news outlets that covered last year's demonstrations by Muslims, seen here. (AFP/Jenny Vaughan)

- By CPJ Nairobi, February 1, 2013–Ethiopian security forces have detained for two weeks without charge the editor of a newsmagazine and accused him of incitement to terrorism, according to local journalists. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities to release Solomon Kebede immediately and halt their harassment of journalists affiliated with the weekly Ye Muslimoch […]

The Ethiopian Muslims and the Ahbash Controversy

Ethiopian Muslims and the Ahbash Controversy

- By Muhammad Al-Hashimi, First Hijrah Count One.  The Ethiopian government, at the very least, is in violation of the Ethiopian Constitution.  We have the following from the Ethiopian Constitution under Article 11, Separation of State and Religion: 1. State and religion are separate. 2. There shall be no state religion. 3. The state shall not […]

Ethiopia’s Muslim protests

Protestors say the government is interfering in religious affairs. (Reuters)

- By IRIN ADDIS ABABA, 15 November 2012 (IRIN) – Tensions have been simmering over several months between Muslims and the government, with thousands holding demonstrations in protest at the government’s alleged interference in religious affairs; the government has blamed the protests on a small group of extremists. Around 60 percent of Ethiopia’s 84 million […]

Islam Ignites in Muslim Majority Ethiopia

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- By Thomas C. Mountain For the first time in modern history the leadership of Ethiopia’s muslim community, which makes up a majority of the country, has become politically active and is calling for the overthrow of the USA backed Meles Zenawi regime. Not even in the darkest days of the Soviet Union backed Mengistu […]

Africa’s AU: A Tool of Western Rule

- By Thomas C. Mountain The African Union (AU) has mutated into a particularly corrupt and brutal enforcer of western rule in Africa. When it comes to the interests of Pax Americana you must start with the crimes committed in the AU’s “War on Terror” in Somalia a.k.a. The War on the Somali people. In […]

The US Plan To Destabilize Sudan

By Thomas C. Mountain As South Sudan implodes in a growing mass insanity of ethnic violence and once again tens of thousands have to flee for their lives the warning signs all point towards the US plan to destabilize Sudan having begun to hit its stride. To start with, the US pays the salaries for […]

A Word to All Somalis

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By Hassan Aden Boosey It is sad that the ongoing tremendous conspiracy being undertaken by regional and global powers using Somali traitors under their protection against the Somalis and their country escapes the intelligence of many Somalis. Kenya had planed to invade Somalia and take over much of its oceanic resources long before it launched […]

A Call for Unity against Occupation of Somalia by the Crusaders

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For Immediate Release A Call for Unity against Occupation of Somalia by the Crusaders Mogadishu (26/11/2011) – The meeting held by the so-called Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in Addis Ababa on Friday 25th November underlines the malicious intent of the neighbouring countries to destroy Somalia and colonise its people. IGAD’s unanimous decision to deploy […]

Ethiopian troops cross into Somalia: witnesses

Ethiopian forces last invaded Somalia in 2006 to oust the Mujahideen from Mogadishu.

Several hundred Ethiopian troops crossed on Saturday into southern and central Somalia, local elders said, but Addis Ababa dismissed the reports as “absolutely not true.” “There are several hundred Ethiopian troops here in lorries and some armoured vehicles too,” said elder Abdi Ibrahim Warsame, speaking by telephone from Gurel town, in Somalia’s central Galgudud region. […]

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