The group formerly established (by misguided & deceitful management? see video) as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) also known as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) recently renamed itself simply as Islamic state (IS), to represent worldwide Muslim Community, is appearing ferociously inhuman than first thought.
Truth in Media - The Origin of ISIS from GC on Vimeo.
They remain
condemned and unrecognized to this today. Many mainstream Islamic and
non-Islamic communities refusing to acknowledge IS and considered the group
unrepresentative of Islam.
The group has been designated as terrorist organisations by the United Nations & many countries are directly instigating war against them
.
They started
their onslaughts by beheadings of soldiers, civilians, journalists and aid
workers, as well as the deliberate destruction of monumental cultural heritage
sites.
Now, they come up with a terrifying backwardness vengeance to crusade against Christians.
Recently dreadful news has been circulating around the world; this time IS is targeting Ethiopian Christians. Clearly, they must have run out of other justifications to turn their gun against their Christian fellow human beings.
Ethiopian
authorities have finally confirmed 30 Ethiopians have been callously killed by IS
extremists in Libya.
A song by Ethiopian Artist, Jacky Gossee, dedicated to Ethiopians killed by Islamic State in April 2015
The cold blooded execution of innocent Ethiopians by IS in Libya is heartless, horrible and absolutely against the teachings of Islam.
To the new generation’s young people whose opportunities are unlimited to succeed in anything they choose to do with the access of technology at their fingertips need to be extremely aware of the conundrums within it, their young and stupid identity augmenting their curiosity not to fall victims in the hands of IS or any radical organizations, which brutally carry out injustice against humanity, that will jeopardise their life.
This chilling fanaticism in the name of Islam against brotherhood of Christians is unsubstantiated and backwardness.
Come on IS! These acts of barbarity and primitive ideas of the crusade era won’t get you anywhere. You must find an ethical and vindicated reason for your resolution without killing unexpecting and uninvolved innocent people.
We all
understand the disparities and unfairness some of our Muslim brothers and
sisters have to endure. The same is true for some Christian brothers and
sisters but IS regrettably slaughtered amiable innocent Ethiopian migrants in
search of peace, freedom and justice by instigating war on Christians.
Like all of us in the diaspora, those Ethiopians left home leaving everything behind and dispersed in every direction in search of all the opportunities that peaceful existence has to offer in an unknown distant country. Change, unfortunately, didn’t come as they anticipated for some fellow Ethiopians as they continue to suffer in the Middle East, Yemen and surprisingly subjected to discrimination assaults among our own bloodline in South Africa.
Opportunities in unknown distant countries have tremendously changed in the last two to three decades and apparently life has been harder for some previously migrated Diasporas everywhere for all sorts of reasons.
I hate to say but the truth will eventually emerge someday as more and more refugees mainly African origin, it seems, purposely dumped in the seas and an organized crimes have been committed by covertly sinking the refugee boats on their way to the imagined, “promise land”, better opportunities starting in Europe as a predominant destination.
European countries can’t tolerate being a safe haven endlessly to the influx of refugees anymore as this continues to create all kinds of economic, political and social upheavals and imbalances with the already existing diaspora communities and its citizens.
Now we have
heard, seen and recognized all upsetting incidents thru all media hypes and the
Ethiopian government’s guilty conscience pacification of 3 mourning days for
the runaway peace seeking fallen victims, what do you think has to be done to
stop this never ending brutal suffering?
An honest moral compass to transform our misfortunes ongoing in circles is to make an unconditional change in our own back yard. This may not be my areas of expertise but extensive life experience, my sense of right and wrong tells me that change starts with us (at home). Ethiopians need to change to create harmony among themselves and save our people from fleeing persecution to total destruction in the hands of a predator and Machiavelli. In addition, world communities need to take responsibility to defend its society from falling in the hands of terrorism in a concerted effort.
Above all, our leaders need to look at what worked and what did not and why. It appears that they were again finger pointing at each other for all the failures. None seemed to want to take the slightest responsibility for the letdowns.
Our political leaders do not seem to realize the importance of critical reflection and drawing lessons from past mistakes. Unfortunately, this trend seems to have been mainstreamed into the nexus of our culture. It is probably related to the failure of our institutions of higher learning in delivering and nurturing an intellectual nation that values competing models and views while promoting critical thinking. Such a culture has permeated all our social and political life.
Clinging to our established beliefs even in the face of contrary evidence, failing to identify real sources for our failings, failing to value the importance of doubt and scepticism in our thoughts and actions are only indicative of the failure of our educational institutions. We will never succeed in establishing participatory democracy until and unless we challenge this view openly.
This line of thinking encourages a fearful & reticent character which is adversarial to the democratic frame of mind. This is unacceptable, for it creates a roadblock to our collective search for democracy. Intimidating individual for offering a critique of an idea, action, or institution is an egregious violation of free speech, a quality vital in participatory democracy.
Let me be clear here that I do not blame the new generation or all the courageous young journalists who wanted to inform the public the truth thru the glass doors they grew in. They are products of a traditional society which is high in power distance, i.e., a culture that accepts inequality between leaders and the led, the elite and the common, the managers and the subordinates, the professors and the students, favouritism or partiality, nepotism instead of merit or competence, etc., etc.
Behaviours of all kinds that express such inequalities may be confused with humility or modesty or shyness culturally customary, prudence, and admiration that permeate our professional and social lives.
Let’s all be mindful, first we were divided as ethnic groups before we found our self-further polarised within our respective communities literally everywhere we look. Individuals with hard-line extreme views have held sway on our politics long enough leading us only to conflicts and failures, now it is time the forces of good from all sides of the divide start pulling in the same direction wisely focusing on the greater common good without dowelling much on the past. Our politics should move out of divisive cultures that characterised it for as long as we can remember by shunning the tendency of focusing on what makes us different since that approach has not only remained unproductive but also failed miserably and evidently as it stands out for the freedom it deprives and the refugees it produces. We have gone our separate ways with a great cost, yet any failure to chart a way of getting along constructively in any capacity either as people of one nation or as friendly neighbours is even likely to be at a much higher cost.
No words can describe the shock, grief, and compassion so many of us felt at the ruthless loss for the families and friends of those so inhumanely murdered Ethiopians. We owe our deepest condolences to them and utterly condemn these barbaric acts. I commend the diaspora Ethiopians for standing strong together as one Ethiopian family as we have always done irrespective of our religious differences to condemn the brutal suffering of Ethiopians wherever they are whether or not we share the same religion, ethnicity, political views, age, gender or any other characteristics.
We got it wrong once again and I beg to differ. I believe it is time to be free from the past and focus on humanity and citizenship rather than ethnicity. What brings us together is more powerful than what divides us.
It’s Time For Change that Ethiopians of every faith everywhere call out for our freedom and pursue the moral transformation of ourselves, our society and the government.
Ethiopia and
its people will live together for ever!
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