FACT CHECK

IT IS SAD BUT HARD REALITY OF

MUSLIM’S ORGNAISATIONS

The brief overview of Religious Organizations Activities in Ethiopia

• BADR Ethiopian Muslims International Organization 2008 Conference in Toronto

• By Mohammed Hassen

Stuttgart - Germany

Organizations active in Ethiopia

• International Association of Christian Organizations

- 1400 member organization 7• 197 foreign organizations• 997 local organizations

-Focus are, Social area, education, health. Most are engaged in missionary activities-1996-200, expenditure over 1 billion!

Organization active in Ethioppia

• Ethiopian Orthodox Church – Operates with Sunday School.

• Founded 14 years ago --- Ginbot 2, 1986• Over 160 member organizations• 38 main offices and 227 branch offices• Member – students, graduates and staff members of Ethiopian Higher

institutions.• Give Religious education for students of higher institutions • Active in 210 higher institution campuses – College and Universities.• So far 60,000 graduates – Certificate and Diploma• In 2000 E.C – on –campuses education for about 80,000 students.

Organization active in Ethiopia

• Ethiopian orthodox church -5 Colleges + 1 in Jimma to be operational soon - Economic giant

Well over 400 buildings and building sites300 villa’sOver 2000 Sunday Schools with over 10 million

students

Organization active in Ethiopia

-Association of Ethiopian Evangelical ChurchesFounded 16 years agoUmbrella of 37 local organizations and 16

International organizations12,000,000 members30,805 Missionary posts8 Academic institutes (Collages and Above)

Organization active in Ethiopia

- CRDA – Christian Relief Development Org. Umbrella of 222 independent

organizationsMainly Catholic ChurchAnnual Budget of 10,000,000 7,000 employees

• Guess what is next … the sad reality of Muslims…unfortunate… no … deliberate discrimination on Muslims organizations

•This is true and its fact…sad…? •Indeed…..

Organization active in Ethiopia

- Muslims 61 licensed organizations (established by Muslims and

include both religious and non religious Only half of them (31) have office Only 15 are active 3 International NGO- Hayatul Ligassa, African Muslims Agency,

Islamic relief One diploma level college – AWOLYA One with branch in AA, Awasa , Arsi – have not yet secured

recognition.

• Do you have anything to say about … equality co - existence … respect ?

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