As I and many of my friends repeatedly said the Ahbashism
Campaign is instigated not only by the "Majlis" or the Ethiopian
Authorities, but also others have their own share. One of the key collaborators
and supporters of "Ahbashism" is the United States of America who
asserts that "Wahhabism is expanding in Ethiopia at an alarming rate so it
must be curbed before it creates a big threat to the American interests".
USA may deny that it has no participation in the Ahbashism
campaign but everything is exposed through the Wikileaks cables. You can see
three wikileaks cables written by Donald Yamamoto, the former American
Ambassador to Ethiopia.
In those files, Yamamoto argues that "Wahhabism is an
Arab Cultural Imperialism" flooding from Arabian gulf states to Ethiopia.
He also speaks about the projects he designed to curb "Wahhabism".
One of the projects is to rehabilitate ancient shrines where people can
venerate their favorite saints. He was executing the project in collaboration
with "Majlis".
Yamamoto was very generous to the "Majlis" and the
then Vice President of the Majlis called Sheikh Eliyas Redman express his warm
appreciation for the support they got from US embassy in Addis Ababa. On the
other hand, Sheikh Elyas tells his commitment to eliminate the
"Wahhabiyya" from Ethiopia. (You can see the letter written by Sheikh
Eliyas on the photo I attached with this post. )
Sheikh Eliyas was not elected by Ethiopian Muslims yet he
was plotting to eradicate Muslims whom he called "Wahhabiyya" by
using his illegitimate power. He left his position before he completed his
plan. The same illegitimate group held the Majlis power and continued the
project.
Dear Readers!! This is one of the main reasons caused us to struggle
for the right of Ethiopian Muslims to elect their religious leaders. Unelected
"Mafia" group can't be our spiritual representative. We must elect
our leaders by ourselves.
Stop Ahbashism Campaign in Ethiopia!!
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