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Ethiopia
Map reflects the 30 most recent Persecution Reports. Click HERE for the Map Legend.
Monday, May 21st, 2012
Last week, five men, including one Kenyan national, were arraigned in Addis Ababa's federal court on charges of operating an al-Qaida cell out of a mosque in Oromia. In another incident this month, Ethiopian authorities expelled two Arab men said to have been visiting from an unnamed Middle Eastern country. The two were detained after making what police called “inflammatory statements” and distributing materials at Addis Ababa's main Anwar mosque.
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Saturday, May 19th, 2012
This is a disturbing account of an Ethiopian man who angered a Muslim co-worker by writing “Jesus is Lord” on a piece of cloth. The co-worker accused him of desecrating the Koran. He was wrongly convicted and spent two years in prison. During that time Muslim’s destroyed his land and his children had disappeared.
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Monday, March 26th, 2012
"They (the Christian prisoners) were interrogated. During the interrogation, one of the Saudi officials called them -- I quote -- 'animals,' and he called them 'nonbelievers."
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Sunday, January 8th, 2012
Raymond Ibrahim reports in FrontPageMag that the “Nigerian church bombings, wherein the Islamic group Boko Haram killed over 40 people celebrating Christmas mass, is just the most obvious example of anti-Christian sentiment in December. Elsewhere around the Muslim world, Christmas time for Christians is a time of increased threats, harassment, and fear.” Ibrahim’s series, titled ‘Muslim Persecution of Christians,’ is published each month to document cases of persecution – whether it be general discrimination, arrests, or murder – committed by Muslims in majority Islamic countries, Asia and the West.
Posted in Africa, Algeria, Asia, Countries, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, Islam, Malaysia, Middle East, News, Nigeria, Pakistan, Turkey | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
There has been an increase in Islamic persecution of Christians around the world. This report summarizes some of the incidents of persecution in November 2011.
Posted in Afghanistan, Africa, Algeria, Asia, Countries, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Islam, Kenya, Middle East, News, Nigeria, Pakistan, Turkey | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
ICC urges Ethiopian government to investigate a recent attack against a Church. Muslim students and Muslim police took part in demolishing of the church in Ethiopia.
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
"The number of Christians who are killed within 100 years, in the 20th century, [it] is more than the number of Christians who were killed in the centuries preceding the 20th century."
Posted in Africa, Asia, Belarus, China, Countries, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Europe, India, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Middle East, News, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Vietnam | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
“We welcome the decision of Ethiopian courts. We hope that the decision sends a strong message to radical Muslims that violence against innocents will not go unpunished.”
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