As Eritrea’s Independence Day approaches, I want to remind people that the land of Habasha, or the Kingdom of Aksum, where the Prophet’s companions migrated and which holds an important place in Islamic history, is not modern landlocked Ethiopia, but Eritrea, where the first mosque in the Horn of Africa was built.
Historically, Ethiopia stood alongside European powers and colonial forces against Muslims in the Horn of Africa and the Middle East. Today, Ethiopia is a Zionist state that cooperates with Zionist interests to destabilize countries in the region such as Somalia, Sudan, and Egypt, and it should be recognized as such.