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AnswerChristianity came to Ethiopia during the fourth century, when two Christian merchants from Syria arrived the court of the Negus (king) of Aksum.

A 'foundation myth' in Ethiopia relates to the refuge afforded the companions of the Prophet Muhammad when they fled from persecution in Mecca before the Hegira. This act of hospitality established a cordiality which subsisted for many centuries between the Ethiopian Christians and Muslims.

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