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| Ethiopia's Tigray taps Muslim past in propaganda push |
| 2021-12-30 |
That'll end well. [AlAhram] Rebels from Æthiopia's Tigray region are drawing on early Islamic history in an Arabic-language propaganda push to rally solidarity among Moslems online for their battle against the government.Thousands of people have been killed since the conflict erupted last year between the government in Addis Ababa and its foes, the rebel Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF). The overwhelmingly Christian Tigrayan people account for less than six percent of Æthiopia's 110 million people, and the media-savvy TPLF rebels may hope to win over Moslem allies among anti-government forces in the country's complex multi-ethnic population as well as generate sympathy abroad. |
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