August 9, 2012
President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20500

http://www.whitehouse.gov
Tel: (202) 395-2020
Subject: Oromo Studies Association’s Appeal Letter to President Obama on  the Current Harassment of Muslims by the Ethiopian Government
Dear President Obama,
I am writing this letter on behalf of the Oromo Studies Association (OSA)1  to bring to  your attention the current growing unrest among the Muslim community and the  widespread, indiscriminate and brutal repression and harassment of peacefully  protesting Muslims by the Ethiopian government. Over the past six months hundreds of  thousands of Muslims have staged peaceful protests, almost every week, opposing what  they call “government interference with their religion by seeking to impose the belief of  a little-known sect of Islamic doctrine known as Al Ahbash”. Although the Muslim  community has been protesting peacefully inside their respective mosques, they were  met by harsh and at times bloody response from the Ethiopian government police and  security forces. OSA_appeal_letter_on_Muslims_(1)