Addis Ababa, April 21, 2022 (FBC) – Marking Eid to Eid HomeComing is instrumental in informing the global Muslim Community Ethiopia’s special place in Islam and its welcoming of Companions of Prophet Mohammed and allowing them to practice their religion free from persecution even before Saudi Arabia, the noted Islamic scholar said.
Speaking to EPA, the scholar Adem Kamil (Assistant Professor) stated that that the event would have paramount importance to inform Muslims across the globe that Ethiopia’s contribution received due recognition from Prophet Muhammad.
Followers of the Prophet have also a remarkable history of peaceful co-existence with their non-Muslim brothers and sisters while religious conflicts continue around the globe.
The renowned Ethio-Arab history researcher further noted that Ethiopia’s status of being the first country to peacefully embrace Islam has not been getting a proper place among the global Muslim community. So, the program would significantly promote Ethiopia’s deep attachment with Islamic history.
Likewise still now there are a lot of agents that have been disseminating false narratives to harm Ethiopia’s relations with Muslim countries. Ethiopian Islamic institutions should discharge their responsibility to counter these false narratives.
As it is part of the Great Homecoming Program, the Eid to Eid event would help to promote Ethiopia’s peace and stability to the international community and counter the corporate media’s coordinated smear campaign.
All relevant stakeholders, notably the Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council should work diligently to promote Islamic attraction sites including Al-Nejashi, Harar, Bale and Jimma historical mosques that aged centuries of years, Adem emphasized.