Ethiopian Muslims protest after several mosques burned.

ADDIS ABABA -- Several thousand Muslims across Ethiopia have protested the burning of four mosques in the Amhara region.

The December 20 attacks in Motta town also targeted Muslim-owned businesses. Muslims have called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has called the attacks attempts by extremists to break down the country's rich history of religious tolerance and coexistence. Recent ethnic-based unrest in some parts of the country has at times taken religious form.

Prominent Muslim scholar Kamil Shemsu told media that there are political actors who want to pit one religious group against another and blamed the negative role of activists and videos circulated online.

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