Alemayehu Fentaw

Alemayehu Fentaw is an Ethiopian-born academic lawyer and Horn of Africa Analyst based in the US. He is currently a Fellow of the Institute for International Education and an At-Risk-Scholar with SAR, New York University.

Is the specter of the Arab Spring haunting Ethiopia?

Although Ethiopia has never been a breeding ground for Islamism, the government has started to interfere in religious affairs in order to preempt radicalization. This strategy will most likely backfire, sowing the very seeds of political Islam that it seeks to keep at bay.

By Alemayehu Fentaw

/ 4 Jun 2012