Independent Muslim League
The Independent Muslim League , often called the Independent Muslim League of Massawa called, was an Islamic - nationalist oriented party in Eritrea .
It emerged from a split from the Muslim League , founded by members of the Muslim League in the central and eastern provinces of Eritrea. Mohammed Omer Cadi was the chairman of the Independent Muslim League.
founding
The Independent Muslim League was initially a member of the Blocco Indipendenza ( Italian for independence bloc ). However, the Independent Muslim League began to view the Blocco as being dominated by Italian interests and finally resigned from it in 1949. The party was the first of several Blocco Indipendenzia factions that turned away from the bloc.
Political activity
At the time of the split from the Muslim League, the Independent Muslim League was negotiating with representatives of the Ethiopian government . The Ethiopians offered the Independent Muslim League an assurance that as soon as Eritrea entered a union with Ethiopia, the old Islamic traditions would be respected and the schools would teach Arabic in addition to the Amharic language . After the Independent Muslim League received these promises, it campaigned for the Union of Eritrea and Ethiopia, fearing that an independent Eritrea would be dominated by Italian settlers . In areas like Keren and around Massaua the Independent Muslim League was able to mobilize substantial parts of the population for the Union solution.
In mid-October 1953, the Independent Muslim League, the Muslim League and the National Party of Eritrea sent a joint telegram to the United Nations . This telegram marked the beginning of the protest against Tedla Bairu's government cabinet. In addition, in this telegram the Muslim political parties argued for the first time exclusively for the rights of the Muslim population on the basis of their religious identity.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ammar, Woldeyesus: Blocco Indipendenza and Khartoum Meeting of the Opposition: What Similarities?
- ↑ From The British Archives: A 1953 Letter To The UN ( Memento of the original from January 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Yohannes, Okbazghi: Eritrea, a pawn in world politics , Gainesville: Univ. of Florida Press, 1991. p. 141
- ^ A b Spencer, John H. Ethiopia at Bay: A Personal Account of the Haile Selassie Years . [Sl]: Tsehai Pub, 2006. Pages 230-231
- ↑ La Questione Eritrea ( Memento of the original from July 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Venosa, Joseph L .: Faith in the nation: examining the contributions of Eritrean Muslims in the nationalist movement, 1946-1961 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Page 63
- ↑ Negash, Tekeste. Eritrea and Ethiopia: The Federal Experience . New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1997. page 86
