After weeks of civilized demonstrations and discussions, the newly elected board consisting of elders, academic scholars, religious leaders, ethnic representatives and organization leaders had officially been invited by the Ethiopian government, office of the Prime Minister to meet on Wednesday, February 1, 2012.
The board discarded the meeting on Wednesday as the minister office waited them with Mejlis people. They clearly put forward that they could not compromise their representation and then the minister office wanted to take time over the matter. They are scheduled to meet again for February 13, 2012. In the mean time, the Awelia Jumaa demonstration continues with a tremendous turnouts.
To discuss the situation among its community and to support the move, Bilal Community Center would like to invite all Ethiopian Muslims living in the Dallas Fortworth metroplex to a meeting
When: Saturday, February 4, 2012 @ 3:00pm
Where: MAS Youth Center - 740 F. Ave suite #303, Plano, TX 75074 View Map
One of my colleagues has been taken by some "individuals" (probably security officers). I was wondering who took him. Sometime later, police accompanied by GUN, took two of our colleagues from Yemuslimoch Guday magazine's office. Now, they are in the custody of the police. I still don't have any idea in which police station my colleagues are. The police did not allow them to inform their families about the incident. What on earth is going on in this country?
Akmel Negash, Ahmedin Jebal and Yeshak Eshetu released today on bail. They are due in court Friday December 23, 2011 for hearing - www.badrethiopia.org
The three Journalist are declared "free" on 23 December 2011, we send thanks to Allah (sw). The whole proceeding revealed however that the so-called court system in Ethiopia is just a mockery... Read More on Negashi OJ
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Enlightened Leadership - Friday Nasiha: Issue 653
The enlightened Muslim leadership of the early empires enabled the rise of the various golden ages. This vision of leadership, however compromised by the unavoidable human ego, institutional failings, bad luck, and corruption, managed for more than eight centuries to inspire a climate of invention and intellectual ferment that was unique and helped shape a future vision of modern leadership in Europe and other non-Muslim countries.
The leadership legacy of Abu Bakr would seem to be in creating a model of humility, compromise, incorruptibility, and a dedication to charity and public welfare. These values provided an enduring ideal of leadership in the Muslim world and beyond, an ideal often contrary to the baser instincts of men.
Ali is one of the first Muslim leaders to set down in writing a detailed template for enlightened leadership, elements of which later surfaced in the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates, in Fatimid and Sunni Egypt, in Seljuk Persia and Anatolia, in the Delhi sultanate and Mughal India, and in the Ottoman Empire.
Evidence is included in a lengthy letter on leadership, which Caliph Ali sent to his loyal follower, Maalik al-Ashtar, appointing him as the new Muslim governor of Egypt:
... Remember, Maalik, that amongst your subjects there are two kinds of people: those who have the same religion as you have, they are brothers to you; and those who have religions other than that of yours, they are human beings like you.... Let your mercy and compassion come to their rescue and help in the same way and to the same extent that you expect Allah to show mercy and forgiveness to you....
You must always appreciate and adopt a policy, which is neither too severe nor too lenient; a policy which is based upon equity will be largely appreciated. Remember that the displeasure of common men, the havenots and the depressed persons overbalances the approval of important persons, while the displeasure of a few big people will be excused by the Lord if the general public and masses of your subjects are happy with you....
Remember, Maalik.... The thing which should most gladden the heart of a ruler is the fact that his State is being ruled on the principles of equity and justice and that his subjects love him. And your subjects will only love you when they have no grievances against you. So let them have as many justifiable hopes in you as they can and fulfill as many as you reasonably can. Speak well of those who deserve your praise. Appreciate the good deeds done by them and let these good actions be known publicly.
Compiled From: "Lost History" - Michael Hamilton Morgan, pp. 254-257
Reaction of Ethio Muslims in North America & Europe toward the issue of Ahbash
We, the Ethiopian/American Muslim community in the Washington Metropolitan Area, are gravely concerned about the Ethiopian government's interference in Ethiopian Muslims' religious affairs by imposing a religious sect of its choice... Read full article on Yahoo News
One of my colleagues has been taken by some "individuals" 
