 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Islam muEthiopia neEritrea yakatanga muna 615. Mukati megore iroro, boka ravaMuslim rakarairwa naMuhammad kuti vatize chitambudzo muMecca uye vatamire kuAbyssinia, iyo yaitongwa, mukufungidzira kwaMuhammad, mambo wechiKristu akazvipira al-najashi. Vateveri vaMuhammad vakayambuka Gungwa Dzvuku ndokupotera muUmambo hweAksum, zvichida vachigara kuNegash, nzvimbo iri munharaunda yeTigray yemazuva ano. Uyezve, tsika dzechiIslam dzinoti Bilal, mumwe wevafambidzani vepamusoro-soro vaMuhammad, aibva kuAbyssinia, sezvakanga zvakaita vamwe vasiri maArabhu vaMuhammad; kutaura zvazviri, vaAbyssinians ndivo vaiva rudzi rukuru rusiri rwechiArabhu rwaiva shamwari dzaMuhammad. Pakati paivava paiva naUmm Ayman uyo akatarisira Muhammad mukati mouduku hwake, mukadzi uyo iye akataura nezvake saamai. Abyssinia nokudaro yakanga iri musha wapakuvamba zvikurusa kunze kweArabia nokuda kwokuparadzirwa kwokutenda kwenyika yeIslam. Chikamu chimwe muzvitatu 34 chavagari veEthiopia maMuslim maererano nekuverengwa kwevanhu kwakapedzisira kuitwa 2007. 