Jordan just struck targets in Syria in retaliation after gunmen attacked a Greek Orthodox church funeral in Karak, killing 9 people and wounding dozens. They arrested the suspects and responded with force.
Meanwhile, in Ethiopia’s Arsi Zone (Oromia), more than 60 Orthodox Christians were massacred in coordinated attacks on October 20 and 24. Fourteen killed in Merti Woreda, 46 more in Shirka Woreda (Tereta, Chole, Birbo). Homes burned to the ground, children among the dead, more than 20 seriously injured. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Holy Synod confirmed the numbers, called it extreme cruelty, and said attacks on Orthodox communities have been escalating for years with no effective response from authorities — despite repeated warnings. Local reports describe ambushes, door-to-door killings, and security forces arriving too late or unable to stop the attackers.
As an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian, this contrast is enraging. One government acts. Ours issues statements while our people are slaughtered and displaced. The Church has pleaded for protection and justice repeatedly. Silence and inaction are not neutrality — they are abandonment.
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@alemayehuGeda@tensaeb Professor, please explain if you can the inaction of our citizens. In most other countries, the same situation would bring down the government. I genuinely don’t understand my people.