• Target: Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
• Sponsored by: Nejashi Justice Council (Ethio-American Muslims Ad-hoc Committee)

Dear Prime Minister Meles Zenawi:

The Ethiopian Muslims in the capital Addis Ababa have been rallying for the last several weeks, protesting against government’s flagrant violation of their religious freedom. They are determined to continue their peaceful struggle tenaciously and thus formed an ad-hoc committee to give structure and continuity for their demand. We, the peace-loving Ethiopians, whose names are mentioned here-under, request your government to give a just and immediate response to the following fundamental issues.

1. Ethiopian Muslims have been denied of establishing any viable institution that endeavor to find necessary solution for their multifaceted problems and represent their interest. The incumbent so-called Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council (EIASC, Mejlis) , from federal down to regions and districts, have been occupied not only by individuals who are not elected by the people they supposedly serve, but also violates in its structure the principles of the religion it claims to represent. As a faith institution, the leadership should have been centered on Mosques and it was indispensible that those in the leadership possessed deep understanding of the religion as well as been skilled in leadership. However, unlike what we observe in other religious organization in the country, the current administrative system of the Mejlis is pursuant to the political structure of the ruling party. This apparently distinguish them as the political institution that furnish cadre to promote the political agenda of the government, albeit unofficially. In order to redress all these issues, we demand that:

• The leaders of the Mejlis who currently hold office relinquish their position immediately and a new leadership be restructured; the leadership to be centered on the congregation of the faithful (i.e. Mosque) and be according to the value and principle of the Islam. The government should refrain from interfering in all the process of forming this new leadership, except for providing logistic assistance and other support if needed;

• The current Mejlis is recognized as an ordinary Non-Governmental Organization (NGO). This has downgraded the ability of the institution to represent the Muslims population and is in fact an indicator of how unfair and low the government looks upon Ethiopian Muslims. We request thus that the institution to be restructured in a similar way other religious institution are established i.e. by proclamation from the Ethiopian house of peoples representatives.

የካቲት 14 1987 በአንዋር መስጊድ የተከሰተው ግርግር እና ድኅረ ክስተቱ ለዛሬ ተጨባጫችን መንስዔ መሆኑን ብዙ ምሁራን ያምናሉ። የመጅሊሱም የሕዝብ ውክልና ግርግሩን ተከትሎ በተወሰዱ እርምጃዎች ውሃ በልቶታል። የግርግሩን መንስዔ እና ውጤቱን የመርመረው የሙስሊሞች ጉዳይ የፊቸር ጸሐፊ ቡድን ‹1987 ተመልሶ እየመጣ ነው›ሲል ይሞግታል።

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ትኩስ የወጣትነት ዕድሜውን ማጣጣም ከጀመረ ገና ሦስት እና ዐራት ዓመታት ብቻ ናቸው የተቆጠሩት። ምጥጥ ባለው ገጽታው ዳርቻዎች ላይ ብቅ ብቅ ማለት የጀመሩት የፀጉር ልቃቂቶች ‹‹ደረስክ ደረስክ››የሚሉት ይመስላሉ። ዕድሜው የሃያዎቹን መጀመሪያ መርገጡ ቢሆንም ገጽታው እና አኳኋኑ ግን የእድሜውን ያህል ትንሽ አይደሉም። ወጣት ቢላል ዛሬ ደግሞ ሁለመናው ርብሽብሽ ብሏል። አጠር ባለው ቁመናው ላይ እንደ ነገሩ የሆነው አለባበሱ ተዳምሮ ሲታይ ጋብቻ ለመፈጸም አንድ ወር የቀረው ሙሽራ አይመስልም። በአእምሮውም ከአንድ ወር በኋላ ስለሚፈጽመው ጋብቻ ሳይሆን ከአንድ ቀን በፊት ስለተፈጠረው አሳዛኝ ክስተት ነው ደጋግሞ እያሰበ ያለው።

ቢላል የትናንቱ ዓይነት ክስተት እውን እንዳይሆን ከርዕይ አጋሮቹ ጋር በመሆን ብዙ ቢጥርም ሊሳካለት አልቻለም። እንዲህም ሆኖ ግን ላለፉት ዐራት ዓመታት ሌት ከመዓልት ሲተጋለት የነበረው ማኅበራቸው ‹‹በዚህ ዱብ ዕዳ ክስተት ምክንያት ይገታል››የሚል ግምት አልነበረውም። ለዚህም ነበር ገና ከማለዳው ጉዳዮቹን ከውኖ የማኅበሩ ጽ/ ቤት ወደሚገኝበት ጉለሌ ሰፈር ሲከንፍ የነበረው። ቢላል ግምቱ ስህተት እንደነበር የተረዳው የማኅበሩ ጽ/ቤት ሲደርስ ነበር። የጽ/ቤቱ ግቢ እና አካባቢው በሥርዓቱ ታጣቂዎች ተከብቧል። ቢላል ያለምንም ፍርሃት ወደ ማኅበሩ ጽ/ቤት ቅጽር ሲገባ ቢሮው ሳይሆን የፖሊስ ‹‹ፓትሮል››ነበር የተቀበለው። በዕለቱ ቢላልን ጨምሮ ከሰባት በላይ የማኅበሩ አባላት እና ሠራተኞች በሥርዓቱ ኃይሎች ተይዘው ወደ ማዕከላዊ ወህኒ ቤት ተወሰዱ።

ከቢላል እና ባልደረቦቹ መያዝ አንድ ቀን በፊት የካቲት 14፣ 1987 የተከሰተውና ለ10 ሰዎች ሕይወት መጥፋት ምክንያት የሆነው የአንዋር መስጊድ ግርግር ያመጣው ዳፋና ድኅረ ክስተቱ ለቢላል እና ለባልደረቦቹ ወህኒ መውረድ ብቻ የተረፈ አልነበረም። ዛሬ የኢትዮጵያ ሙስሊም ለሚገኝበት የታሪክ እውነታ ማሳያ መስታወት ነው። ክስተቱን በቅርበት የሚያውቁት አንድ ምሁር ‹‹የኢትዮጵያ ሙስሊሞች የታሪክ መጠምዘዣ››ሲሉ ከ 1997 የኢትዮጵያ ፖለቲካና ምርጫ ጋር ይመስሉታል –በብዙ መልኩ ወደ ኋላ የጎተተን መሆኑን በማስታወስ። ክስተቱ በደፈናው ‹‹በኢትዮጵያ እስልምና ጉዳዮች ጠቅላይ ጉባዔ ውስጥ የተፈጠረ የሥልጣን ሽኩቻ››ተብሎ በወቅቱ በነበሩ የመንግሥት ብዙኀን መገናኛዎች ቢገለጽም ብዙዎች ግን ክስተቱን ከሕዝብ የ‹‹ሥልጣን ይገባኛል››ጥያቄ ጋር አያይዘው ሊያነሱት ይሞክራሉ።

Ethiopian Muslims have intensified their resistance to government sponsored indoctrination of Ethiopian Muslims with Ahbash ideology. Lately students of Awolia Collage and schools have become the voice of the Muslim community; and the collage the center of their resistance.

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Students of Awolia are on strike since last week. They continued denouncing the so-called Majlis and the attempt to indoctrinate Ethiopian Muslims with Ahbash ideology, an alien religious cult invited by the Ethiopian government and provided with all the support to impose its teachings on Ethiopian Muslims.

In mean time Ethio-American Muslims Ad-hoc Committee strongly denounces the Human Rights violation On Ethiopian Muslims by EPRDF Regime. Ethio-American Muslims Ad hoc Committee firmly stands along with other peace-loving, equality and freedom aspirant Ethiopians in their struggle for justice, equality and real democracy. The Committee also calls up on all Ethiopians to come together now more than ever and stand united against the unprecedented human rights violations in Ethiopia.

The Ethiopian-American Muslim Ad-hoc Committee in the Washington Metropolitan Area is saddened by the continued and intensified human rights violation by the regime of Ethiopia of its Muslim subjects. Despite strong resistance and outcry from the Muslim community to the government’s plan to impose an alien belief system on Ethiopian Muslims, the Ethiopian Regime is determined to proceed with its plan with full force and resource. To unveil and condemn this terrible human right violation, the Ethio-American Muslims Ad hoc Committee accomplished a well organized mass protest behind the White House and in front state department on November 21,2011.The committee also dispatched several diplomatic letters to various entities around the world.

the coercive indoctrination of Ethiopian Muslims with an imported ideology has reached its apex

Based on news from VOA Amharic for more than a week now, students of Awolia, the only institution for Ethiopian Muslims, are denied of their right to education and held as hostage in their respective campuses. Awolia is nearly half a century old community institution that the Ethiopian government recently seized from the public. The institution’s academic and administrative staff members including the college Dean and different school directors were removed from their job without any prior notice, without compensation, nor service allowances.

According to BADR Broadcasting Network (BBN) and Selefiya Newspaper, Muslim youth and religious teachers are rounded up, abducted from their houses, work places and from worshiping centers and subjected to humiliation and other inhumane treatments. Several disappearance are being reported; some others had to incarcerate for several days in isolation before they were told to leave the detention centers without even brought before a court and without being told the reason for their detention. The committee is convinced that this unfettered repression and oppression is not limited to the Muslim community; the wider Ethiopian community is being terrorized by the EPRDF Regime of Ethiopia.