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On its online publication the Reporters carried a report about a substitute site that was given after the Mosque that served for about 25 years was demolished by Federal police on the morning of 25 July 2006. The city administration is quoted to have said that the ”building” was built over night. It was reported earlier that the administration denied of demolishing any mosque that was known to it. How far is this assertion correct? Has the Arada Kifle Ketema had prior knowledge of this site being used as a praying place for long time? The same paper quoted earlier the Federal Majlis as having nothing it knew about the issue. How about the Addis Ababa Majlis? Insha Allah, I will come up with documents that would answer, in full or in part, these and other related questions.

Below is the report of the Reporters. Note the highlighted part.

Addis Ababa - The Reporters:
The Addis Ababa Caretaker Administration on Thursday granted 2,200 sq.m of land to the Addis Ababa Islamic Affairs Council for building a mosque on the site in the Arada sub-city.

Members of the Muslim community on August 11 held demonstrations in the city and clashed with the police denouncing the demolishing of a building which they claimed was a mosque built near the second police station near Berhanena Selam Printing Press.

The city administration said the building was built overnight illegally by two individuals in the Arada Sub-city. According to the administration, after obtaining license for refurbishing an old house the individuals demolished the house and erected a new building. There are ownership claims on the house filed by different parties and there is a pending case at court. The administration said that the Muslim community residing around the illegally constructed building did not have a place where to pray.

Representatives of the Addis Ababa and the Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Council had advised that the mosque be built on the new site.

The latest information broadcasted on the local government owned TV and Radio declared that there was no Mosque at the site where Muslims blame the government authorities for destroying it. According to the media release, the site is known to the authorities as a private property, for which a licence was wrongly issued to renew it. It was made clear on this information release that nothing can be referred any further about a demolished Mosque. After the church’s claim to be the legitimate owner of the site, the case of this private property will be considered on a court sitting appointed for Hidar 21, 1999 E. C.

The Addis Ababa Islamic affairs executive committee has issued a statement today on the issue of Arat Kilo Mosque. According to this statement sent to all Mosques in the capital, the government has given a site, 2230 sq m. as a substitute to the demolished Arat kilo Mosque. The full statement of the Majlis can be accessed from NEME Website. According to other sources, however, the site the Majlis announced to have received is already given to an investor who has gone to full operation.

The very idea of “replacement” is being resisted by the Muslim community.

From the Capital

From the Reporters.com

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Muslims in Addis have continued to express their anger on the way the government has been handeling their affairs. On the third ”showdown anger” which Muslims has been doing every Friday since the demolition of their Mosque at Arat Killo, Muslim protesters clashed today, 11.08.06, with federal police. Several handreds of Muslims are reported detained and  many sustained wounds. 

As per their continued action to express the anger following the demolition of Arat Killo mosque, Muslims stage demonstration every Friday. Muslims from all over the city headed today to the site of the demolished Mosque to perform their Friday prayer and then to join the demonstration. However, large number of Federal Police was already deployed. All roads leading to the site were closed and Muslims were prevented from reaching it. This resulted in unintended confrontation [on the part of Muslims] between the faithful and Federal Police.

• Read more: “Show Down Anger III” - Muslim Protesters clashed with Police

In a continued attack on Islam and Muslims in Ethiopia, the Awassa University banned Muslim female students from attending classes, entering library & cafeteria and other offices wearing Hijab. The ban is on every type of dressing that may appear to be close to the Islamic dress code. This however applies only to Muslims students and is effective as of last Friday, 04.08.06.

• Read more: Ban on Hijab - Awassa University

DIRE DAWA, Ethiopia (AFP) - Rescuers have clawed through mud and debris with their hands, garden tools and heavy equipment in eastern Ethiopia, searching for hundreds of people missing after lethal flash floods.

While relatives began identifying victims of the weekend flooding in and around the provincial town of Dire Dawa, officials said 206 bodies had been recovered but the toll was expected to climb as 300 people were still unaccounted for.

“We have been able to recover 206 bodies and we have also rescued 96 injured people,” said an official with Ethiopia’s federal Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission on Monday.

“The search and rescue efforts are still going on but we expect the death toll to rise,” the official told AFP on condition of anonymity after flying into Dire Dawa with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to inspect the damage.

• Read more: Ethiopia flood toll hits 206 as rescuers search for hundreds missing

BADR International Ethiopian Muslims Federation held its 6th annual convention from 27 - 30 July 2006. Similarly Ethiopian Muslims in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia convened for their yearly mini-conference last Friday, Aug. 4, 2006.

• Read more: Ethiopian Muslims Annual Conventions