The Militant Ethnic Oromo Nationalist Group – Oromo Liberation Army linked to what is reported as horrifying killing
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Toronto – The lawlessness in Ethiopia which is appearing more like the hallmarks of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government seems to be worsening.
In the latest string of attacks on civilians in the Oromia region of Ethiopia, Sheik Mohammed Mekin Haji, Imam of a Mosque in Dera District of North Shoa, is reportedly killed.
He was first kidnapped by the militant group with 12 other people from a Mosque in Adea Melkie Kebele of Dera district. Those who were kidnapped with him are reported to be close to him.
Enat Party, an opposition party, released a statement expressing condolences and sharing some details about the killing. He was kidnapped more than a month ago and there had been an exerted effort to secure his release.
The militant group first demanded a ransom of three million birr of which 1.4 million birr was paid out to Oromo Liberation Army kidnappers. However, the group demanded the remaining portion of the money it asked for and also a firearm. Why the group demanded so from a Mosque Imam is unclear.
In a separate incident and about a week of interval, a priest was killed in the same area. Like the Imam, he was kidnapped before he was killed. The kidnappers demanded 800,000 Ethiopian birr and it was paid.
Enat Party said ” recurring ethnic based massacres happen in the area .” On the other hand, according to the party, the crimes are covered up including with “Propaganda.”
The party went further to make ideological accusations against Abiy Ahmed’s administration. “As we have been notified repeatedly, in the rush to detach Ethiopia from ancient religions and take it to the ‘new world order’ work is relentlessly underway including from government structure…,” it said.
It added that infringing on religious institutions in words and actions, harassing religious fathers, weakening the number of believers, displacing and region based massacres are parts of the strategy.
Enat party also allege that a plot is brewed so as to instigate religious based conflict so that the followers of one faith will not stand in defense for the attack on others.
There is a growing allegation that Abiy Ahmed’s government is supported by and working for the Western World to break apart Ethiopian social and religious values. In February this year, Ethiopia’s religious council demanded Abiy Ahmed’s government withdrawal from the Samoa Agreement – which is understood in Ethiopia as a strategic move to promote sodomy in schools.
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The thugs targeted the Imam because he was becoming more and more influential preaching peace among the youth of the area. That is a problem for the thugs in the bushes because it will start depleting their existing and future recruiting reservoir. The other sinister objective behind their killing of this harmless and unarmed religious man is to start a religious conflict by telling everyone he was killed by members of the other religion. With this in mind they have killed religious clerk from every sect of both religions. That is what the protégés of commies do. They turn merciless criminals. They should be designated terrorists.
Any party, faction, or criminal group involved, partyly or heavily in the kidnapping, torture, and brutal killings of Sheik Mohammed Mekin Haji, Imam of a Mosque in Dera District of North Shoa, our priests, and any other laity of all religions, must be condemned by all people and members of all religions in Ethiopia. The Ethiopian diaspora should also condemn this brutal, senseless killing of this religious person and all those who were kidnapped and put under cruel treatment and killings. The Oromo, Amhara, or any other ethnic members should refrain from this kind of horrific and sadistic acts. Thank you.
Unfathomable appreciation goes to the Enat Party, an opposition party, or whoever condemns this act, even if the Enat Party or the so-called Mahibrekidusan has a history of planting division, hatred, and even financing genocide in TIgray. It might be improper to condemn the good act of an opposition party when it works for the interest of the general public.
Killings of religious figures and innocent civilians must be condemned and halted.