View the Gallery / 8 Photos »

Religious students in Ethiopia were deeply upset by Beyonce meeting with the patriarch of their school, the Theological College of the Holy Trinity. The real issue is the student’s displeasure with goverment ties to their school. But they also believe that their patriarch Abune Paulos meeting with Beyonce, and a performance she gave to celebrate the country’s millenium was “practically a nonreligious act” and “inappropriate”.

Daniel Techale, a 28-year-old Theological College of the Holy Trinity alumnus who lives at the college, said about 30 of his friends had been hospitalized after a hunger strike they began Sunday.

He said students were upset by the closeness of the church to the ruling party and restrictions on their speech, but were also upset over the Beyonce-Paulos meeting.

Damn, just end this and feast on her big thick legs! I think it’s a little odd to be going on hunger strike when you’re in a nation with little to no food. It’s kinda insulting isn’t it to all the people in ditches with flies alighting on them? And calling Beyonce nonreligious is odd, too. That heifer is always thanking God, even when she’s appearing in Hardee’s. The only thing God was responsible for on her was that header she took down the stairs. Enough, B-Day.

Photos: Getty Images

See more photos of Beyonce in South Korea after the jump.