With Islam, Ethiopia found a new historical dynamic. By the middle of the fifth year, the situation got so grave and intolerable that the Muslims began to think of feasible ways to avert the painful torture meted out to them. The Turbulent Later History While all of this would give a generally positive picture of Islam in Ethiopia, there are also negative events to consider. You can say that the modern use of jets and drones against Muslims began here (they used the tactics in Iraq slightly before but not as a wider, ruthless “counterinsurgency strategy”). Like the Negus, Lij Iyasu, the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1913 to 1916, was fond of Islam.

Source: Ethiopian News April 28, 2022 19:16 UTC