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Five dead, 54 wounded in Egyptian sectarian clashes | ||
2011-05-08 | ||
[Arab News] Five people were killed and more than 54 were maimed in a sectarian clash in Egypt on Saturday over a Christian woman who had allegedly converted to Islam, health officials said.
...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... was forced to step down in a popular uprising in February. Details of how the confrontation began were sketchy. But witnesses said some 500 conservative Islamists known as salafists gathered at the Saint Mina Church in the Cairo suburb of Imbaba demanding to take custody of a woman they said had converted to Islam.
"I just left one young man dead inside the church," one Christian witness told journalists at the scene. Authorities deployed large numbers of soldiers and police, backed by armored vehicles, to the area. The army fired shots in the air and used tear gas to separate both sides, witnesses said. The governor of Giza province told journalists at least one person died and 23 were maimed in the festivities. But the director of the health department in Giza province, Abdel-Halim Al-Behairi put the corpse count at 5 and 54 maimed. He told Egypt's state news agency MENA that three of the maimed were at death's door. Interfaith relationships often cause tension in Egypt, where Christians make up about 10 percent of its 80 million people. Christians complain about unfair treatment, including rules they say make it easier to build a mosque than a church. Last year Egypt saw more than its usual share of sectarian strife, and a rights groups has said such festivities have been on the rise. Mohammedans and Christians had been brought together during the protests that ousted Mubarak. | ||
Posted by:Fred |
#4 AP has different perspective, fingers Salafis. |
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-05-08 18:27 |
#3 Preens. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-05-08 14:03 |
#2 Poetic high sarcasm suits you, g(r)omgoru. ;-) |
Posted by: trailing wife 2011-05-08 07:01 |
#1 Syrian tanks roll into Banais Tunisian police clash with protesters Five dead, 54 wounded in Egyptian sectarian clashes Yemenis against immunity for Saleh Ode To Spring SWEET daughter of a rough and stormy fire, Hoar Winter's blooming child ; delightful Spring ! Whose unshorn locks with leaves And swelling buds are crowned ; From the green islands of eternal youth, (Crown'd with fresh blooms, and ever springing shade,) Turn, hither turn thy step, O thou, whose powerful voice More sweet than softest touch of Doric reed, Or Lydian flute, can sooth the madding winds, And thro' the stormy deep Breathe thy own tender calm. Thee, best belov'd ! the virgin train await With songs and festal rites, and joy to rove Thy blooming wilds among, And vales and dewy lawns, With untir'd feet ; and cull thy earliest sweets To weave fresh garlands for the glowing brow Of him, the favour'd youth That prompts their whisper'd sigh. Unlock thy copious stores ; those tender showers That drop their sweetness on the infant buds, And silent dews that swell The milky ear's green stem. And feed the slowering osier's early shoots ; And call those winds which thro' the whispering boughs With warm and pleasant breath Salute the blowing flowers. Now let me sit beneath the whitening thorn, And mark thy spreading tints steal o'er the dale ; And watch with patient eye Thy fair unfolding charms. O nymph approach ! while yet the temperate sun With bashful forehead, thro' the cool moist air Throws his young maiden beams, And with chaste kisses woes The earth's fair bosom ; while the streaming veil Of lucid clouds with kind and frequent shade Protect thy modest blooms From his severer blaze. Sweet is thy reign, but short ; The red dog-star Shall scorch thy tresses, and the mower's scythe Thy greens, thy flow'rets all, Remorseless shall destroy. Reluctant shall I bid thee then farewel ; For O, not all the Autumn's lap contains, Nor Summer's ruddiest fruits, Can aught for thee atone Fair Spring ! whose simplest promise more delights Than all their largest wealth, and thro' the heart Each joy and new-born hope With softest influence breathes. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-05-08 01:46 |