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A  LEAP OF  FAITH
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A Glimpse of
Mystic Ethiopia
"..Like everyone else, I needed
to thread both myth and
history,  in my effort to
understand the present."..More
Clashes of What?
"..To be honest and precise
the only big threat today is the
clashes of extremists.....More
Adopting Consensus resolution, General Assembly
affirms mutual...
" For Ethiopians, tolerance and respect among different cultures,
ethnicities and faiths was fundamental to their way of life and was, in
fact, considered a matter of survival. That diversity....More
Strategic Dimensions of the Interfaith Dialogue
" In these days, the importance of the Madrid conference lies in the fact
that it establishes the principles of dialogue and unleashes an initiative
that aims at urging the three heavenly religions to shoulder the moral
burden and responsibility when major crises erupt." More
Don’t take Islam-Christian tolerance
in Ethiopia for granted
"...Ethiopia is one of the rare countries in the whole world were the
Muslim to Christian ratio is almost equal and more than 30 million
people belong to each of these two big religions."  More
Ethiopian Sigd festival on path to becoming
nat'l holiday
"The Sigd festival is a unique Ethiopian Jewish tradition that has been
passed down through generations and has helped us throughout the
centuries to keep up with Jewish traditions..More

Analysis: A first step against discrimination

Religious Zionism Is Racism
"..The discrimination against Ethiopians is more widespread in Israel
than one would wish to believe. Their Judaism is not recognized and
they have to undergo a giur (conversion)..."  More
A leap of faith
"The question arises as to why Ethiopia? The Prophet could have
chosen a safe haven for his followers in any of Arabia's other
neighbours: modern-day Egypt, Yemen, Syria, Iraq or Iran. Instead he
chose Ethiopia, largely, it is said, because of the righteous reputation of
Ethiopia's king, the Negus or Al-Najashi. "Go to Ethiopia, there is a
king there that is just," Prophet Mohamed told his followers. His
counsel proved to be wise.....More
African Face Of Religion
Marvelling?
What he wrote some 200 years ago is still very
relevant in our contemporary world. Volney was
writing about a geographical area the ancients, like
Homer and Herodotus, called Ethiopia, which
contained not only present-day Egypt and Ethiopia,
but also encompassed Africa, the entire Arabian
Peninsula, what we call the Middle East and India.

Stephanus of Byzantium also declared: ?The
Ethiopians established the first country on Earth; and
were the first to introduce the worship of gods and
who established laws.

?Xenophanes added that the gods men worship
clearly resemble the worshippers, implying that the
proliferation of black gods, particularly in the Greek
pantheon, had to have come from Africa.

These gods and goddesses included Bacchus,
Hercules, Apollo, Ammon (also called Amen) and
Hecate, Isis, Diana, Ceres and Cybele. The ancient
gods of India wore Ethiopian crowns in much the
same way that bishops of today wear the headgear
of the ancient kings of Upper Egypt.

Most of us will try to establish a difference between
those who worship gods and those who worship
God, the Creator. Yet they will find nothing
incongruous about speaking of God as three persons,
as if that concept is inherent in what they call
monotheism.

The ancient Egyptians had the concept of the Trinity,
as did the Yoruba etc. Additionally, we would be
hard pressed to find anyone before Akhenaton, who
declared that there should be one God and one God
alone.

Indeed, most so-called primitive religions conceived
of God the Creator, whether they called him
Onyeame or Chukwu, to name a Western African
pair or the ancient Egyptian, Amen or Amen-Ra. It
would seem that all religions must have had their
origins in what the ancient geographers and
historians called Ethiopia.
Bilal The Abysinian
"One night he had a dream, and the prophet asked him, "O Bilal, why
have you not visited me?" After waking, Bilal left immediately for
Medina, where the prophet was buried. When he arrived, the prophet's
grandsons asked him to make the call to prayer, and he agreed. When
Bilal began to recite the call to prayer, the entire mosque and those
within earshot began to weep uncontrollably because Bilal's voice was
so closely associated with the prophet.....More
Ethiopia and Black
Heritage In Jerusalem






"..Ethiopian monastic
presence in the Church of the
Holy Sepulcher or Deir Sultan
in Jerusalem, is the only Black
presence in the holiest place
on earth for Christians."
More
Nejashi Mosque






"..the mosque, which is taken
as a symbol of religious
co-existence, is becoming one
of the tourist attractions
worldwide.."
More
An Islamic history is a vital part of Ethiopia's richness
    22 August, 2009 (Ha Hellyer) - "As
    I met people from Ethiopia's Muslim
    community, I was struck by their
    diversity. Most Ethiopian Muslims
    are influenced by Sufism, and
    follow the same Sunni rites as their
    neighbours in Yemen, Somalia and
    Djibouti (the Shafi'i rite) - but there
are also adherents of other Sunni rites, and a significant...More
Hymns to an Ethiopian Religious Tradition
25 December, 2009
(Ayele Bekerie, PhD) - "The
fallen largest obelisk is shown
together with Tsion Maryam
Church in Aksum. According to
oral traditions, the Ark of the
Covenant's supreme power
sliced the obelisk out of the rock and set it into place......More
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The beauty of religion in Ethiopia
20 November, 2011 (By Celese Sanders) - "In Ethiopia, religion
is neither taboo or avoided.  In fact, many times it is easy to know
which faith a person belongs to by their appearance...More
Tradition and Modernity: A Faustian Bargain?
2 September, 2010 (Derese Getachew/Addis Neger) - "Both the
Ethiopian Orthodox church and our Islamic schools deserve
admiration in providing us our own curricula of education,...More