They did, in the past, and it's understandable. They were assimilated into the local culture, which was Amhara. The Christian Oromo were the main players, among Oromos in the empire, but there were Muslim Oromos who played a big role in the expansion of ethiopia too. it was the muslim oromo of wollo who protected menelik when he first escaped from the fortress of tewodros. this was at a time when menelik had very little strength, militarily, and was very vulnerable. had it not been for the oromo, he may've been captured or killed.Revolutionary wrote: Sat Jun 03, 2017 6:45 am Historically, the Christian Oromos have soft spot for the Christian Amharans, Ethiopian entity and have repeatedly back stabbed the Muslim Oromos. The Christians were treated like first class citizens during the Emperor's time and were segregated from the Muslim Oromos who lived in slumps and were marginalized so they are divided through religious and tribal lines.
The Amharans and Tigrayans managed to exploit their weakness by using the religious card and ensuring the Christian Oromos maintained their religious identity (religious identity for both Muslims and Christians in the Horns is strongly rooted in their culture, all of them) so they can apply the "divide and conquer" strategy on them and this is why they can handle them easily despite Oromos vastly outnumbering them in terms of population and territories.
The Muslim Oromos and the Eritrean Muslim faced the very similar thing during Mengistu's time when both OLF and ELF went through the same path - Muslims created the front, took the upper hand in the country then ended up infiltrated, corrupted and eventually the Christians took over, forcibly exiled all the past leaderships and the force was no longer a threat to the Highlander elites
Coincidence? I think not...
it's all in relation to the oromo history. some submitted peacefully, and played a role in the empire, while some resisted violently and thus became marginalized.
the muslim of jimma, for example, submitted peacefully, and were spared any churches being built there, and were spared from destruction.
