Falashas

In Wikipedia, the term Falasha redirects to Beta Israel, which is defined as "a Jewish community that developed and lived for centuries in ... Ethiopia." Wikipedia explains that "Most of the Beta Israel community immigrated to Israel in the late 20th century", and that "a significant portion of the community were forced into Christianity during the 19th and 20th centuries; those converted to Christianity came to be known as the Falash Mura."

According to Wikipedia, "Falash Mura or Feres mura is a colloquial, albeit pejorative, terms in Ge'ez language. Felasha (from Geéz felasyan) means 'exiles',or 'those who their land destroyed'. This term was coined due to the people of Bet Israel's resistance in converting to Christianity, as Judaism was the first of the abrahamic religions in Ethiopia." [Several obvious grammatical errors have been corrected here.]

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