are u an athiest like aferwerke? y r u blindly supporting aferwerke when oppresses other muslims in eritrea? ooh, he is siding with ur fellow khawaarijs alshababs in somalia and he will free ur ogaden people in ogadenia.
Eritrean Independence Failed to End the Oppression
Afeworki emerged as the new Eritrean leader in the wake of independence, although new internal and foreign policy problems arose at the same time. Afeworki called to mind the cruel Mengistu regime as he initiated a wave of terror against believers. The pressure from Afeworki, who assumed the posts of head of state and parliament speaker, spurred the Eritrean opposition to take up arms. Fierce conflict began between Eritrean troops and the opposition forces, particularly in mountainous areas.
The severity of the oppression, particularly of Muslims, took on terrible dimensions during the Afeworki period. Non-judicial detentions and executions followed one after the other.
Islamic schools were closed down and mosques demolished. Arabic ceased to be the official language, and hundreds of thousands of people fled their homes and took shelter in Sudan. Anyone who criticized the Afeworki regime felt its wrath.
Not only did Afeworki implement oppressive policies against his own people, but he also acted hostilely towards neighboring countries. He brought Eritrea to the brink of war with its neighbors Yemen and Djibouti, and was also hostile to Sudan, another neighbor. He even adopted the same attitude towards Ethiopia, which shared many of the same political and strategic policies, and eventually occupied Ethiopian soil. Until the ceasefire of June 18, 2000, the invasion of Ethiopia resulted in hundreds of thousands of people losing their homes and land, tens of thousands of deaths, and in thousands of people living at starvation levels due to an economic embargo.
The violence continues even today. Muslims in Eritrea are still arrested for no reason, sentenced to death by unjust courts, murdered by death squads, and all forms of opposition are prohibited. Muslims are thus unable to live freely according to their religion, their freedom of worship is restricted, the losses among the population grow day by day and policies of oppression, fear and intimidation continue unabated. Schools that might teach Muslim children about their religion are closed down, and mosques where people might pray are demolished. Tens of thousands of Muslims are forced to migrate, and the million or so refugees who have fled the persecution of the regime are trying to survive in conditions of hunger and famine.
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Your the only atheist around these parts, sport.
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*yawn*. I don't care who he goes to war with.
What? Muslims are imprisoned in Egpyt, Algeria, even Saudi and you want to talk about a non-Muslim country like Eritrea? What an idiot.[/quote]
mr idiot, do they demolish mosques like athiest aferwerke? go and pray to karl marx like aferwerke.