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    ADDIS ABABA: Four people were killed in eastern Ethiopia when a group of armed demonstrators raided a police station following protests over alleged government interference in Muslim affairs, an official said on Monday.

    Thousands of people have staged weekly street protests and mosque sit-ins in the Horn of Africa country's capital for nearly a year, arguing that the government is promoting an "alien" branch of Islam - the Al Ahbash sect - which is avowedly apolitical and has numerous adherents in the United States.

    The protesters say the government controls Ethiopia's highest Muslim body, the Supreme Council on Islamic Affairs, a ... Read more »

    Views: 1256 | Added by: dani | Date: 2012-10-23 | Comments (0)

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