“They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allah. But if they turn away, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them and take not from among them any ally or helper.” (Qur’an […]
Ethiopia jails 18 Muslims for plotting to create an Islamic state in the country
The Muslims who have been convicted are claiming that it was all unjust, a “kangaroo court,” that the government was railroading them for decrying its interference in religious matters. In other words, they are claiming victim status. What a new, bold, original strategy. “Ethiopia jails 18 Muslims over alleged terror,” Associated Press, August 3, 2015: […]
Ethiopia: Muslim convert to Christianity told to murder pastors ‘or else’
On April 25, police raided a Christian worship service in Asella just south of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. The Church of Asella had just baptized 40 new converts to Christianity, prompting mass arrests. One of those imprisoned, a former Muslim who converted to Christianity known only as “Palus Ejigu,” said, “We were gathered […]
Ethiopia: Muslims forcibly building mosque on Christian land despite court ruling
A Muslim mob in Deder, Ethiopia, attacked a Christian man and forced him out of his home on pain of death in an effort to appropriate his land and build a mosque on it—despite recent court rulings confirming the Christian man’s property rights. “Their first plan was to kill my husband,” said Fikere Mengistu’s wife. […]
Europe Should Learn Ethiopia’s ‘Islam Lesson’
[Via Veritas International Enterprise] Yet another Christian church was destroyed by Muslims in Ethiopia—this time by local authorities. Heaven’s Light Church, which served some 100 evangelical Christians, was demolished last November 28. The church had stood and functioned in the Muslim-majority city of Harar for five years. In the days preceding the destruction, officials forcibly […]
Muslims forcing closure and demolition of churches all over Ethiopia
“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 […]