The 1430th Eid Al-Fitr was colorfully celebrated by Muslims around the world. The celebration in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is described by many as never seen before. Ethiopian Mass Media has also spent part of their time in convering the event. Negashi OJ is glad to bring to you two of such coverages: Deutsche Welle and Radio Negashi. Enjoy!
| DW - Sunday Sept. 20, 2009 Broadcast | |
| Radio Negashi - Sunday Sept. 20, 2009 Broadcast | |
Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! Laila Ha Illa Allah!
Allahu Akbar! Allahu Akbar! We Lillahi Hamd!
EID MUBARAK to you all and your loved ones.
With the grace of Allah, we have finalised the holy month of Ramadhan and reached upto the blessed EID. Alhamdulillah for being so lucky and blessed. May Allah accept our fasting, prayers, supplications and all other good deeds. May He bestow on us His Mercy. Ameen!
E I D M U B A R A K - Khulu Amun We Antum Bi Khair!
Happy and enjable Eid Alfitr.
The 1430 Eid Al-fitr is just confirmed to be on Sunday 20 September 209. EID MUBARAK. to you all and your loved ones.
Ramadhan is fast going out - hope every one of us is doing his/her best not to pass this unique month without benefiting fully from it … It is the month of Quran, brotherhood/unity, but also of Repentance. Here is a powerful lecture by a unique brother, Imam Said Rageah from Abu-Huraira Center, Toronto that compels every one us to check ones more our inner before the month of Repentance ends. Don’t forget to pray for our brother and the learned men of the Umma.
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CMI Working Paper
Terje Østebø
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| Terje Østebø (PhD) |
Islam in Ethiopia has historically found itself in the shadow of the dominating Christian state. The intermarriage between the state and the church, with the monarchy and Christianity as the defining elements of Ethiopian nationhood, led to the perceptionof Islam as its anti-thesis; one the one hand because of the perceived danger Islam as an external force posed to the Christian Ethiopia, and on the other hand because the Ethiopian Muslims refused to let themselves become culturally/religiously integrated into this Ethiopianness. Whereas the state-church marriage came to an end with the revolution in 1974, the Muslims largely remained on the margins of society. Although the new Marxist regime (the Derg)2 initially was welcomed by the Muslims, the regime’s policy of curtailing any form of religious expressions was soon felt by each religious community, including the Muslim. In other words, Islam being subject to subjugation both from the Christian state and the Marxist project, has created a situation where Ethiopia’s Muslims have remained a rather invisible entity within the country, marginalised and secluded from the rest of the Ethiopian society. Get this must read document from here
[Badr Ethiopia] About a week ago, Badr learned that a five-year mosque in Lafto Woreda (Nefas Silk) in the Ethiopian capital city, Addis Ababa, which has served the community quite well for a number of years was demolished on August 18, 2009 by the local authorities using the pretext that it was illegally built. According to published reports, the community, which is intimately attached to this local institution, resisted the demolition but was outgunned and outnumbered by the security forces who have transgressed their boundaries in so far as to arrest some of the community members. Although it has its time and place, it is not the legality that is of utmost concern at this time. It is rather the specific selection of the mosque for destruction at the door of Ramadan in a sea of illegally built residencies and other entities.