Serve Allah, and join not any partners with Him; and do good- to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbours who are near, neighbours who are strangers, the companion by your side, the wayfarer (ye meet), and what your right hands possess: For Allah loveth not the arrogant, the vainglorious. (Q004:036)
The Network of Ethiopian Muslims in Europe (NEME) is holding its second annual conference in Brussels, Belgium from April 02-04, 2010. LEBMA vzw is hosting the conference. The conference is one of such events European Muslims of Ethiopian background exploit to share their experiences and strengthen their cooperation for a common good. NEME is an Europe-wide Ethiopian Muslims Network registered in Stockholm, Sweden, as a non-governmental, non-profit making organization.
Click here to download the registeration form. Please note that registration is made through local Ethiopian Muslim communities - don't forget to submit the form to community representative then.
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With its theme "With Difficulties Come Opportunities", the 2nd annual conference is set to be an opportunity where Ethiopian Muslims present themselves as responsible citizens of Europe with a positive force in fostering understanding and cooperation in their respective communities and beyond. To that end one of the plenary sessions of the conference explores the merit and application of the Abyssinian (Negashi) Model as a potential springboard for inter-religious and cultural understandings.
War propaganda glorifies military indoctrination as the highest form of patriotism while simultaneously demonizing the enemies of the state.
Adolf Hitler realized the power of propaganda to mould and shape public opinion. Hitler wrote a highly informed essay on the powers of propaganda in his political autobiography, Mein Kampf.America has reached historic proportions. Social influence, perception management and a full range of persuasion techniques have permeated the American government and are now deeply embedded into the fabric of official culture - especially the US
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 2 (Reuters) - An Ethiopian journalist has been jailed for one year for writing a newspaper article disagreeing with the country's prime minister, a U.S.-based press freedom watchdog said on Tuesday.
The Horn of Africa country holds national elections in May and international rights groups say the government is cracking down on dissent ahead of the poll. The government denies that.
Ezedin Mohamed wrote a column in Al-Quds, a newspaper marketed at Ethiopia's Muslims, questioning Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's characterisaton of the country in an interview as "Orthodox Christian Ethiopia"The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says that is why he was jailed. The group did not say what the specific charge against the journalist was.
Ethiopian government officials were not immediately available to comment.
"The jailing of Ezedin Mohamed is another example of Ethiopia's intolerance of independent and critical voices," CPJ's Tom Rhodes said in a statement.
"It is high time for Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to demonstrate his commitment to democratic values by ending the practice of imprisoning journalists."
Ethiopia's government usually says it is secular. The country's population is 43.5 percent Orthodox Christian and 33.9 percent Muslim, according to Ethiopia's last census.
There has been little trouble between Christians and Muslims in the country of about 80 million people and inter-marriage is not uncommon, locals say.
RENOWNED Swiss politician Daniel Streich, who rose to fame for his campaign against minarets of mosques, has embraced Islam.
A member of the Swiss People’s Party (SVP) and a well-known politician, Daniel Streich was the first man who had launched a drive for imposition of ban on mosques minarets, and to lock the mosques in Switzerland. The proclamation of Streich’s conversion to Islam has created furore in Swiss politics, besides causing a tremor for those who supported ban on construction of mosques minarets.
February 1, 2010 (New York) - An Ethiopian judge sentenced a journalist to prison on Friday in connection with a January 2008 column that criticized Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s statements about religious affairs in Ethiopia, according to local journalists.
Federal High Court Judge Mohammed Omar sentenced Editor Ezedin Mohamed of the Muslim-oriented newspaper Al-Quds to one year in prison. The precise charges were not immediately available but were related to a January 30, 2008, column that came in response to Zenawi’s interview with The Guardian of London that month, according to CPJ sources.
The Al-Quds column challenged Zenawi’s characterization of his country as “Orthodox Christian Ethiopia,” one source said. Mohamed has begun serving his sentence at Kality Prison outside the capital, Addis Ababa, sources said. “The jailing of Ezedin Mohamed is another example of Ethiopia’s intolerance of independent and critical voices,” said CPJ Africa Program Coordinator Tom Rhodes. “It is high time for Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to demonstrate his commitment to democratic values by ending the practice of imprisoning journalists.”
Mohamed is the fifth journalist imprisoned in Ethiopia, which is the second worst jailer of journalists in Africa, according to CPJ research. Only Eritrea jails more.
LUSAKA – Zambia is tapping into the thriving Islamic finance industry by formulating guidelines for Shari`ah-compliant banking services for the first time, with bankers expecting the move to accommodate Muslim clients and help the economy of the Southern African country."The guidelines are intended to provide a broader framework for conducting Islamic banking services in the country," Bank of Zambia Governor Dr. Caleb Fundanga told IslamOnline.net.
* Journalist disagreed with Prime Minister
