ETHIOPIA: MOSLEMS MARCH IN ADDIS ABABA PROTESTING AGAINST THEIR TREATMENT IN THE SECULAR STATE
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ETHIOPIA: MOSLEMS MARCH IN ADDIS ABABA PROTESTING AGAINST THEIR TREATMENT IN THE SECULAR STATE
- Title: ETHIOPIA: MOSLEMS MARCH IN ADDIS ABABA PROTESTING AGAINST THEIR TREATMENT IN THE SECULAR STATE
- Date: 4th December 1993
- Summary: ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (RECENT) (REUTERS TELEVISION - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV/ZOOM-IN MARCHERS (2 SHOTS) 0.09 2. GV/PAN SIDE VIEW OF MARCHERS (2 SHOTS) 0.18 3. MCU ENGLISH LANGUAGE BANNER CALLING FOR EQUAL RIGHTS FOR SHARIA COURTS 0.28 4. GV REAR VIEW OF MARCH 0.32 5. MCU BANNER/GV WOMEN MARCH BEHIND BANNER SAYING THEIR RIGHTS WERE RESPECTED EVEN UNDER REPRESSIVE REGIMES/PAN WOMEN RUNNING (3 SHOTS) 0.32 6. GV/PAN MARCHERS PASS CAMERA (2 SHOTS) 1.04 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
- Embargoed: 19th December 1993 12:00
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- Location: ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
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- Country: AFRICA Ethiopia
- Reuters ID: LVAAURS2I29NIBOV68GH2PRVBIYY
- Story Text: A crowd estimated at more than 100,000 Moslem men and women marched in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa on Monday (November 28), protesting against their treatment in the secular state.
Shouting "Allahu Akbar (God is Greater)", they marched to deliver a petition to the presidency, alleging that government-controlled institutions did not reflect the Moslem role in the country.
"The role of the Molsem has not been considered to be part of the heritage of the nation," read the petition, demanding Friday and Sunday, instead of Saturday and Sunday, be days of rest.
The demonstrators also demanded that Sharia courts should have the same rights as civil courts.
An estimated 45 per cent of Ethiopia's population are Moslems but Coptic Christians have held sway over most of the country since the fourth century.
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