Topic: Controversial Cultural and Religious Practices
Country: Ethiopia
Delegate Name: Wicka Wicka
School: Royal Oak High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Ethiopia position papers GLIMUN 2018 committees
The question that the delegation of Ethiopia wants to ask it who is the one to decide what cultures and practices are controversial. There's a clear bias when it comes to the question of what is controversial too many different nations this can mean many different things so it is very tricky to you set an actual definition on what controversial cultures actually are. Set an actual definition on what controversial cultures actually are. Something a country in the Middle East might find controversial will be different than when a country in the west might on controversial.It is important to practice sovereignty of nations and not to try to encroach on what their cultures are such as nations did during the age of imperialism. The nation of Ethiopia stood as a nation which would not be taking over. When the nation was eventually taken over by the Italians in 1937. the Italians did their best to destroy The cultural and religious traditions of our nation they thought our customs are barbaric The cultural and religious traditions of our nation I thought our customer barbaric. The goal of this committee should not be ban or prohibit cultural and religious practices but to protect them. Sense the definition of controversial culture is so broad we must also try our best to not define them in the center of alienate other nations since the definition of controversial culture is so broad wheels also try our best to not defined them to not alienate other nations.
In our nation the courts rule under sharia law such as many other Islamic nations we rule based on Islamic law which other nations have called barbaric. Sharia courts have jurisdiction under cases regarding marriage, divorce, maintenance, guard guardianship of minors only if both parties are Muslim, also cases including gifts, succession, or wills, provide the daughter is Muslim or deceased was a Muslim. So those who live as Muslims in our nation makes a personal choice to live under the sharia courts since the court only have jurisdiction to Muslims we encourages the united nations and our committee do not hinder these courts because those who are under the court jurisdiction have decided to. Under no circumstances should this committee try to limit religious practice as I’ll be a human rights violation to try and limit their religious expression just because it is not here to Western standard of culture. In the west these courts have been criticized because of the ruling’s strict adherence towards Islamic law but that is what the religion believes so the coach will follow what the Quran says.
Another thing which is caused such a controversy is our nation's meat consumption practices. The consumption of animal flesh food in Ethiopia is a cultural practice and it’s symbolic wait is marked higher than any other food in the nation. All of the major religions in Ethiopia have their own special doctrines regarding the consumption of meat. While the majority religion ( Christians ) do not do animal sacrifice. We must protect the right of the Islamic faith to to do animal sacrifice particularly goats because that is specifically in their religion. Like stated above is a strict important that we protect the religious and cultural rights of groups.While we have protected most religious actions when the elders of the Cara trib while we have protected most religious actions when the elders of the Kara tribe Sent children off to die in a river Hey small band of Christian tribes with the support of most Christians came together to stop and protect these children. While our nation does believe in protecting the religious rights of people we also need to make sure they’re appropriate actions can be taken when they step over the line. As to not to incoutch our national sovereignty we must direct the nations to take action themselves not as a committee.
Any resolution that we do put out must protect the rights of groups practice their religion how they may wish as you protect the cultural conditions in the nation. another thing that a resolution must do is provide protections to religions from being persecuted by any regulations. Our committee must not have a resolution which might try and force a nation to adhere to a western style of culture and destroy the religious and cultural values of said nation. As well it resolution must not promote a secular agenda in where it discourages religious practices citing that they are barbaric.
In conclusion the nations of Ethiopia the best for our committee and has optimism that our committee will have a open mind when it comes to this topic and that our work will be fruitful in protect religious freedom. As well as protect national sovereignty. The nation of Ethiopia is excited to continue the work of promoting a positive image for the nation and to show the world we are as worth as much as any other nation . Though our struggle we show a path forward . Ethiopia is optimistic about our committees work and looks forward to it .
