http://dagblog.com/link/christians-and-muslims-clash-cairo-9314 Comments for "Christians and Muslims clash in Cairo" en http://dagblog.com/comment/109743#comment-109743 <a id="comment-109743"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/christians-and-muslims-clash-cairo-9314">Christians and Muslims clash in Cairo</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><blockquote><div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="post-snippet-1"> </span>This is more a revolution than you think</div><div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-by"> </span><span class="posted-on">By Issandr el Amrani, <em>arabist.net</em>, <img class="inline-icon date-icon" title="Date" src="http://www.arabist.net/universal/images/transparent.png" alt="Date" />March 9, 2011</span></div><div class="journal-entry-tag journal-entry-tag-post-title"><span class="posted-on"><br /></span></div> <div>I have a new column up at al-Masri al-Youm, reflecting on the State Security raids, which made me think that Egypt needs some sort of reconciliation process to deal with the magnitude of what is being discovered and chart a way forward. Every day, more evidence of corruption, torture and abuse is being uncovered. The Egyptian judicial system will take decades to deal with it. While it needs to play a role, there also needs to be something akin to a truth commission to hear people's testimony — both victims and abusers — and then move on to building a better Egypt.....</div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.arabist.net/blog/2011/3/9/column-this-is-more-of-a-revolution-than-you-think.html">http://www.arabist.net/blog/2011/3/9/column-this-is-more-of-a-revolution-than-you-think.html</a></div></blockquote></div></div></div> Thu, 10 Mar 2011 07:00:23 +0000 artappraiser comment 109743 at http://dagblog.com http://dagblog.com/comment/109648#comment-109648 <a id="comment-109648"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/christians-and-muslims-clash-cairo-9314">Christians and Muslims clash in Cairo</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><blockquote><p>CAIRO — Eleven people died in overnight fighting between Christians and Muslims in the suburbs of Cairo, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday, in the deadliest unrest since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak last month.....</p>Speaking on Al Jazeera television, the opposition figure George Ishaq appealed for an end to the violence.....<p>The dead included six Christians and five Muslims, security sources said, all killed by gunshots. Around 100 people were injured in the fighting, which prompted the closing of a major Cairo highway and a wave of arson in the largely Christian slum of Mansheyet Nasr and the nearby neighborhood of Al Khalifa.</p><p>Witnesses say that the two sides hurled stones and Molotov cocktails and beat each other with clubs. Cairo ambulance service officials said they were unable to reach the scene because of gunfire.....</p></blockquote><p>continued @</p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/10/world/africa/10egypt.html">Christians and Muslims in Fatal Clash Near Cairo</a><br />By Neal Stack, <em>New York Times</em>, March 9, 9:58am ET</p></div></div></div> Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:59:56 +0000 artappraiser comment 109648 at http://dagblog.com