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=== '''Eritrea is bordered by the Red Sea from the east, Sudan from the north and west, Ethiopia from the south, and the Republic of Djibouti from the southeast. Eritrea has 126 islands and has abundant natural resources and fertile lands. Fifty percent of the people of Eritrea are Muslims; The most oppressed people who were attacked by colonial countries for more than four hundred years due to the sensitive geographical and commercial position of their country.''' ===
=== '''Eritrea is bordered by the Red Sea from the east, Sudan from the north and west, Ethiopia from the south, and the Republic of Djibouti from the southeast. Eritrea has 126 islands and has abundant natural resources and fertile lands. Fifty percent of the people of Eritrea are Muslims; The most oppressed people who were attacked by colonial countries for more than four hundred years due to the sensitive geographical and commercial position of their country.''' ===


=== '''From 1527 to 1557, the Portuguese dominated this country, and from 1557 to 1885, the Ottoman Turks occupied it. After the Ottomans, it was the turn of the Italian colonial government; After the domination of Eritrea, the Italians allowed the most oppression on the oppressed people of Eritrea. Twenty-five thousand people were executed between 1913 and 1918 for the crime of political activities.'''<ref>'''Halimi,Resaneh va jonbeshhaye eslami  moaaser(Contemporary Islamic  Movements and Media),p74'''</ref>'''Halimi,Resaneh va jonbeshhaye eslami  moaaser(Contemporary Islamic  Movements and Media),p74''' ===
=== '''From 1527 to 1557, the Portuguese dominated this country, and from 1557 to 1885, the Ottoman Turks occupied it. After the Ottomans, it was the turn of the Italian colonial government; After the domination of Eritrea, the Italians allowed the most oppression on the oppressed people of Eritrea. Twenty-five thousand people were executed between 1913 and 1918 for the crime of political activities.'''<ref>'''Halimi,Resaneh va jonbeshhaye eslami  moaaser(Contemporary Islamic  Movements and Media),p74'''</ref> ===


=== '''The historical course of the Eritrean liberation movement''' ===
=== '''The historical course of the Eritrean liberation movement''' ===
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=== '''The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic issued a statement on 23 Nov  1993: "The Islamic Republic of Iran, recognizing the independence of this country, hopes that the people of Eritrea will be able to rebuild with the cooperation and assistance of the international community and good neighborliness with the countries of the region." and achieve great success in the growth and development of their country.''' ===
=== '''The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic issued a statement on 23 Nov  1993: "The Islamic Republic of Iran, recognizing the independence of this country, hopes that the people of Eritrea will be able to rebuild with the cooperation and assistance of the international community and good neighborliness with the countries of the region." and achieve great success in the growth and development of their country.''' ===


=== '''Of course, among the militant and politically active groups in the Eritrean Islamic Movement, only the "Eritrean Liberation Front - Revolutionary Council", which was formed in Cairo in 1961 under the leadership of "Ahmed Muhammad Nasser", and whose members are all Muslims, had an office in Tehran. The leader of this front has also met with Imam Khomeini, may God have mercy on him, during his two trips to Tehran. But as a result of the changes in the positions of Eritrean political and militant groups towards intellectual and political issues, their relationship with the Islamic Revolution was limited and their office was closed in Tehran, and now the Islamic Republic has no relationship with  Eritrea.4-''' <ref>'''4-   Ibid.,P.78-79'''</ref> '''Ibid.,P.78-79''' ===
=== '''Of course, among the militant and politically active groups in the Eritrean Islamic Movement, only the "Eritrean Liberation Front - Revolutionary Council", which was formed in Cairo in 1961 under the leadership of "Ahmed Muhammad Nasser", and whose members are all Muslims, had an office in Tehran. The leader of this front has also met with Imam Khomeini, may God have mercy on him, during his two trips to Tehran. But as a result of the changes in the positions of Eritrean political and militant groups towards intellectual and political issues, their relationship with the Islamic Revolution was limited and their office was closed in Tehran, and now the Islamic Republic has no relationship with  Eritrea.4-''' <ref>'''4-   Ibid.,P.78-79'''</ref> ===


=== '''Criticism and evaluation of the Eritrean Islamic movement''' ===
=== '''Criticism and evaluation of the Eritrean Islamic movement''' ===
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=== '''In this gathering that ended on December 23, 1982, the participating groups reached agreements on political, military, etc. issues, but the problem of political groups was not solved in general; Because the basic problem of the freedom-loving forces was the intellectual positions  that had been introduced to the resistance front by influential people affiliated with socialist and Marxist groups.''' ===
=== '''In this gathering that ended on December 23, 1982, the participating groups reached agreements on political, military, etc. issues, but the problem of political groups was not solved in general; Because the basic problem of the freedom-loving forces was the intellectual positions  that had been introduced to the resistance front by influential people affiliated with socialist and Marxist groups.''' ===


=== '''The Marxist tendency was so widespread among the leaders of the Liberation Front that some parties such as the "Eritrean People's Liberation Front" which was made up of dissidents from other groups, officially followed the ideology of Marxism. Therefore, the deviation of Eritrea's liberation movement from the basic principles of Islam is the main cause of its failure.5'''<ref>'''5-   Ibid.,p.80-81'''</ref>'''-   Ibid.,p.80-81''' ===  
=== '''The Marxist tendency was so widespread among the leaders of the Liberation Front that some parties such as the "Eritrean People's Liberation Front" which was made up of dissidents from other groups, officially followed the ideology of Marxism. Therefore, the deviation of Eritrea's liberation movement from the basic principles of Islam is the main cause of its failure.5'''<ref>'''5-   Ibid.,p.80-81'''</ref> ===
 


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