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2006-12-03 Africa Horn
Muslim Mob Kills Six Christians In Ethiopia
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Posted by anonymous5089 2006-12-03 15:43|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Two weeks later, the Ethiopian media announced that the police had hanged arrested the leader of the massacre.

Let's get our priorities straight. Sectarian insurrection calls for military action; let the police do their job once civil order has been restored.
Posted by Excalibur 2006-12-03 16:02||   2006-12-03 16:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Arrested the leader? WTF?! Round them all up, hang them and burn down their mosque. This is not a police matter. Clinton tried to handle it that way and look where it got us!

Info: According to the most recent 1994 National Census, Christians make up 61% of the country's population, Muslims 33%.

Islam in Ethiopia dates back to the founding of the religion; in 615, when a band of Muslims were counseled by the Simian Prophet Muhammad to escape persecution in Mecca and travel to Ethiopia, which was ruled by, in the Pedophile for profit Muhammad's estimation, a pious Christian king. Moreover, Islamic tradition states that Bilal, one of the foremost companions of the Fake prophet Muhammad (piece of pork be upon her, was from Ethiopia.
From Wiki, I had to look this one up.
Meskel (Ethiopic: መሰቀል), in the Ethiopian Orthodox and Eritrean Orthodox Churches, is an annual religious holiday commemorating the discovery of the True Cross by Queen Eleni (Saint Helena) in the fourth century. Meskel occurs on 17 Meskerem in the Ethiopian calendar (27 September, Gregorian calendar, or 28 September in leap years). "Meskel" (or "Meskal" or "Mesqel") is Ge'ez for "cross". [Note: Ge'ez uses a syllabary, so Ge'ez words and names may be transliterated into Roman letters in different ways.]

The festival is known as Feast of the exaltation of the holy cross in other Orthodox, Catholic or Protestant churches. The churches that follow the Gregorian calendar celebrate the feast on 14 September.

The Meskel celebration includes the burning of a large bonfire, or Demera, based on the belief that Queen Eleni had a revelation in a dream. She was told that the she shall make a bonfire and that the smoke would show her where the true cross was buried. So she ordered the people of Jerusalem to bring wood and make a huge pile. After adding frankincense to it the bonfire was lit and the smoke rose high up to the sky and returned to the ground, exactly to the spot where the Cross had been buried.[1] This "Demera"-procession takes place in the early evening the day before Meskel or on the day itself, according to local traditions. The firewood is decorated with daisies prior to the celebration. Afterwards, charcoal from the remains of the fire is collected and used by the faithful to mark their foreheads with the shape of a cross (compare Ash Wednesday).

One reason for the high rank this festival has in the church calendar is that it's believed that a part of the true Cross has been brought to Ethiopia from Egypt. It is said to be on a table mountain "Amba" called "Amba Gishen", which itself has a cross shape.

According to the Eritrean Orthodox Church, the discovery of the True Cross is traditionally believed to be in March, but Meskel was moved to September to avoid holding a festival during Lent, and because the church commemorating the True Cross in Jerusalem was dedicated during September.[2]
Posted by Icerigger 2006-12-03 16:53||   2006-12-03 16:53|| Front Page Top

#3 piece of pork be upon her? LOL
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-12-03 17:27||   2006-12-03 17:27|| Front Page Top

#4 See what happens when Muslims are a 33% minority. It is time to boot them out of the West, and ally with their targeted countries like Ethiopia, Thailand, Philipines, Serbia, Nigeria (south), Michigan, Ivory Coast, etc.
Posted by Sneaze Shaiting3550 2006-12-03 17:39||   2006-12-03 17:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Ah, but Islam once ruled conquered attacked visited looked at a map of Ethiopia. Now it has to be Muslamic forever.
Posted by markawarka 2006-12-03 18:32||   2006-12-03 18:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Lol.
Posted by .com 2006-12-03 18:38||   2006-12-03 18:38|| Front Page Top

#7 Two words.

Reciprocity.

Dearborn.
Posted by Mark Z 2006-12-03 18:44||   2006-12-03 18:44|| Front Page Top

#8 But.... but... but....

Islam is a religion of PEACE!

Just ask President Bush. After all CAIR told he so! Would they lie?

Islam is at war along *all* of its borders - and has been for 1400 years.
Posted by CrazyFool 2006-12-03 23:14||   2006-12-03 23:14|| Front Page Top

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