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"Aksum is our Mecca," declares senior cleric Godefa Merha, who believes that just as churches are banned in Islam's holiest site, mosques cannot exist in Aksum.
Many people see the controversy as unfortunate because the Kingdom of Aksum, one of the world's greatest ancient civilisations, was once famed for its religious tolerance.

According to followers of both religions, Muslims first arrived in the kingdom soon after the advent of Islam in around 600AD as migrants fleeing persecution at the hands of Mecca's then non-Muslim rulers.
"We have 13 temporary mosques. On Friday, if they [some Christians] hear us using loudspeakers, they say we are denigrating St Mary," he complains.

Aziz Mohammed, a traditional doctor who has lived in Aksum for 20 years, says some Muslims are forced to pray in the open because of the absence of mosques.

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"If anyone comes to build a mosque, we will die,” he contended. “It has never been allowed, and we will not allow it to happen in our age. For us it's death. We must live respecting each other the way we have been living for centuries."

"Religions that do not accept Christ's birth, baptism, crucifixion, death and his second coming cannot exist in a place where there is the Ark of the Covenant,” preacher Amsale Sibuh told reporter Hana Zeratsyon. “If anybody does anything against this, we will pay with our life."

However, Muslims in Aksum say it's their right to build a mosque in the town and use loudspeakers to issue their prayers, as is common with many mosques throughout the world.

Today, Muslims comprise about 10 percent of Aksum’s population, BBC reports. Meanwhile, Orthodox Christians comprise the majority of the town.

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Axum Muslims suffering the hidden shame of Ethiopian constitution

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አሳፋሪው የአክሱም ከተማ part 2 - Disgusting discrimination against muslims in Axum city of Ethiopia