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qatarperegrine) wrote2005-10-24 10:02 am
qatarperegrine) wrote2005-10-24 10:02 am
News: Alexandria riots, etc.
I haven't seen anything in Western media about the Muslim/Christian violence in Alexandria this week. Now I look there were a few articles on the BBC, but nothing widespread.
Two years ago, youth from St. George's Coptic Church put on a play about a Christian who converts to an extremist form of Islam and finds it lacking. The Muslim community didn't notice at the time, but about 10 days ago someone released their video recording of it, and it made a lot of Muslims angry. Thousands of demonstrators started calling for the priest to be fired and the church to apologize. The protests turned violent: other churches and Christian-owned businesses were attacked, cars set on fire -- on Wednesday someone stabbed a nun. (Way to get into the Ramadan spirit, guy.) On Friday, the protest got out of hand and, by the end of the day, three were dead and nearly 100 injured. Right now over 100 protesters are still in jail, and St. Mark's Orthodox Catholic Church has cancelled their annual Muslim/Christian iftar, which seems a particular shame. It seems like mostly the Muslims and Coptics get along OK.
In more light-hearted news:
Two years ago, youth from St. George's Coptic Church put on a play about a Christian who converts to an extremist form of Islam and finds it lacking. The Muslim community didn't notice at the time, but about 10 days ago someone released their video recording of it, and it made a lot of Muslims angry. Thousands of demonstrators started calling for the priest to be fired and the church to apologize. The protests turned violent: other churches and Christian-owned businesses were attacked, cars set on fire -- on Wednesday someone stabbed a nun. (Way to get into the Ramadan spirit, guy.) On Friday, the protest got out of hand and, by the end of the day, three were dead and nearly 100 injured. Right now over 100 protesters are still in jail, and St. Mark's Orthodox Catholic Church has cancelled their annual Muslim/Christian iftar, which seems a particular shame. It seems like mostly the Muslims and Coptics get along OK.
In more light-hearted news:
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Well, it's good to know, I suppose, that other religions can join in the fun as well.
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