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Ethiopian Muslims celebrate Eid with protests

 

It’s the end of the long month of fasting for Muslims around the world today – but Ethiopian Muslims are not celebrating this eid – instead; they’ve been on the streets, demonstrating against what they’re calling “interference” in religious affairs. There have been several Muslim protests in the country over the past year and tensions are running high: These men took part in the demonstrations this morning

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