Ethiopia science and technology commission estc 1975 with the increasing number of training and research institutes, the effort in health research increased, both in volume and in the variety of fields. Fundamentalist movements are challenging secularization in the contemporary world. It was certified by the ministry of federal affairs of ethiopia, and is represented at the federal, regional and district levels. It focuses on the differences in humankind, rather than what unites them. Coping with islamic fundamentalism before and after. The impact of religious fundamentalisms and extreme interpretations of religion on womens human rights this briefing paper addresses religious fundamentalisms rfs and extreme interpretations of. In ethiopia, religious extremism fans the flames of ethnic division. Haji alfadil ali mustafa, general secretary of the ethiopian islamic affairs supreme counsel signs memorandum of understanding mou between unicef and major religious institutions for the wellbeing of children and women in ethiopia. By desta heliso i am often baffled when people consistently describe ethiopias problems as exclusively ethnic or sociopolitical. Although the planning of coups had been a national pastime for some years, the revolution when it came appeared to be a. Muslim brotherhood is usually related with extremism and terrorism and because. The great illusion part iii isaias afwerki and ethnic fundamentalism by worku aberra. The thesis provides a conceptual synthesis between fundamentalism and structural development. However, fundamentalism has come to be applied to a tendency among certain groups mainly, although not exclusively, in religion that is characterized by a markedly strict literalism as it is applied to certain specific scriptures, dogmas, or ideologies, and a strong.
A mr walton production please see my bio for guidance on what books to look at for the readings. Religion in ethiopia consists of a number of faiths. Over the last ten years, how has the strength of religious fundamentalisms. In an editorial commemorating the first anniversary of flashmag, we return to the source, the motherland, the birthplace of world civilization, youve probably figured out well talk about africa and especially, in how africa has dealt and is dealing with imported religions and religious fundamentalism. Ethiopian christians took to the streets after morning mass on sunday to protest multiple attacks on ethiopian orthodox churches in the country. Religious fundamentalism in kenya has played a central role in the orchestration of gross human rights abuses against transsexuals and other minorities, writes audrey mbugua. Posts about religious institutions written by unicef ethiopia. Once used exclusively to refer to american protestants who insisted on the inerrancy of the bible, the term was applied more broadly beginning in the late 20th century to. Although the political union of eretrea with ethiopia was.
Agricultural fundamentalism in ethiopia aiga forum. Among these mainly abrahamic religions, the most numerous is christianity ethiopian orthodoxy, pentay, roman catholic totaling at 62. Religious fundamentalism and terrorism elijah onyango standslause odhiambo1 abstract the study of terrorism is multidisciplinary, which includes fields like religion, sociology, criminology, political science amongst others. March 14, 2014 ethiopian population has now topped 85 million, the second largest population in africa.
Brief history of pentecostalism in ethiopia european. The workshop was organized and chaired by tim docking, african affairs specialist in the research and studies program at the institute, with the help of ken menkhaus. Commentaries,islamic fundamentalism,terrorist groups, organizations and networks,africa created date. Over the last year and half, the religious tension between christians and muslims has completely.
It was first published in march 2011 edition of addis standard. Urging people to change their mentality, mbugua argues that we need to respect the human rights of others whether we or our holy books agree with how they live. Religious fundamentalism defines people by what divides them. Fundamentalism usually has a religious connotation that indicates unwavering attachment to a set of irreducible beliefs. The developmental state and secularism in ethiopias context habtamu alebachew 014 prelude i have been observing that the agenda secularism has recently been on the ethiopian skies attracting both scholarly and grassroots attentions. Article in international journal for the psychology of religion 141. Similarly, fundamentalism was ascribed to shiite sections of islam and the followers of rama within hinduism. This article, reprinted below to mark our 2nd year anniversary, details a disturbing hostility between christians and muslims in ethiopia. A global perspective jeff haynes unrisd discussion paper 65 4 preface in recent decades, religion has had considerable impact upon politics in many regions of the world. Fundamentalists share a belief in the inerrancy of their sacred texts, or its analogues e. This is a lecture on understanding religious fundamentalism.
But literalism and centralisation led to fundamentalism and intolerance of diverse beliefs, as religious purists can use the texts to justify and expound very narrow definitions of what is acceptable. The term fundamentalism arose during the 1920s as a term of selfreference taken up by a group of protestants who brought out a number of pamphlets called the fundamentals. With missionary beginnings in the 1950s, the movement first gathered momentum toward the end of the 1960s in the prayer meetings of university and high school students. Ethiopias refusal to determine the issue by the administration of a supervised plebiscite, as somalia had proposed, suggests that the ethiopian government anticipated that the decision of the people in question would have been contrary to ethiopian desires. The intellectualist movement in ethiopia, the muslim. Linkages to terrorism pakistans perspective huma baqai associate professor, chairperson department of social sciences, iba karachi, pakistan email. A comparison of muslims and christians in western europe ruud koopmans on the basis of an original survey among native christians and.
In religious fundamentalism the role of the sacred is thought to primarily revolve around. The impact of religious fundamentalisms and extreme. Fundamentalism, type of religious movement characterized by the advocacy of strict conformity to sacred texts. It is often partly motivated by a form of xenophobia against either strangers of another country or of another religion and a loss of. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Available records indicate that no less than 5,000 health and health related publications and documents are issued in ethiopia. A bibliography on christianity in ethiopia jon abbink introduction this bibliography intends to meet the need of researchers and students of christianity in ethiopia and africa to have a survey of the most important published materials on the subject in recent years. Four lessons from the study of fundamentalism and psychology of religion 3 the fundamentalism project directed by martin marty and scott appleby is a multidisciplinary army of scholars to understand conservative, ideologicallydriven religious movements springing up around the world. It does not purport to offer a definitive empirical testing of this theory at this stage. Countering islamic fundamentalism and out group hostility in northeast ethiopia. Islamic fundamentalism is used is indeed a reality. There is a considerable number of muslims in the world of today whose thinking and actions add up to what is meant by the term fundamentalism.
Islamic fundamentalism in africa geopolitical monitor. Politics and religion in ethiopia a thesis presented to. Intelligence reports delivered right to your inbox. Today the oromo people are facing state terrorism, massive human rights violations, and hidden genocide from the tigrayanled ethiopian government because of their economic resources and their. The views expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect views of the united states institute of peace. The ethiopiasudan relationship changed dramatically after the outbreak of conflict in may 1998 between ethiopia and eritrea. There are diverse reasons and motivations for terrorist activities. It uses existing empirical evidence of development to analyse descriptions of fundamentalism in current literature. The trend towards textualism continued to spread with monotheism, almost becoming a defining feature.
Their goal is to join hands and hearts around common interests at the national and sovereign level. Both ethiopia and eritrea decided they needed sudan as an ally so they could focus on fighting each other. Fundamentalism is therefore not the monopoly of any one religion, nor is any religion covered by awids research without fundamentalist actors. Fundamentalism and structural development in education. Oromo of ethiopia with special emphasis on the gibe region pdf. As they are all referenced within this area on my account. Yet the more popular islamic fundamentalism became in the media, the more scholars of islam recoiled from it. Pdf religious fundamentalism and political extremism. Islamic fundamentalism in africa geopolitical monitor author. Looking at fundamentalism and ways to answer and overcome it. It covers various fields such as philology, religious studies. That is why a detailed study of its principles and practices must be made in order to evaluate this. Pentecostal and charismatic movements are fairly young phenomenon in ethiopia.
The developmental state and secularism in ethiopias. There is also a longstanding but small jewish community. The country hosts more than 80 ethnic groups amounting to about 90 million people in 2015 csa. Religious fundamentalism not concerned with any specific religion a style of political thought, rather than a collection of ideas and values some scholars argue that religious fundamentalism is merely a subfundamentalism is merely a subspecies species. In the previous section i have tried to show how isaias shortterm and longterm objectives are. Constitution of the federal democratic republic of ethiopia. Religious fundamentalism and hostility against outgroups. Ethiopian muslims in the public space of addis ababa since 1991. The belief that societies would invariably secularize as they modernize has not been well founded. At the time, ethiopias greatest concern about sudan was the threat of islamic fundamentalism.
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