Sunday, June 1, 2008

A land fight not a sectarian fight

As if we need it , seriously we do not need this , this is why I do not like some times the Upper Egyptian mind set.
Now all the world , the news agencies around the globe are transferring the news that there had been clashes yesterday between Muslims and Christians over a piece of land in Mania in the south of Egypt , the clashes resulted in one death "a Muslim" and 4 injuries "Christians"
The problem is that the dispute is not on a regular land but on a land that follows a monastery in Mania ,yup religious ownership adding more fuel to the fire !!
There are some Arab tribes that claim the ownership of this land where as the monastery claims other wise , here we do not talk about religion but we talk about Upper Egyptian famous mind set , the sacred land.
Look this is not a sectarian fight ,already with my all respect the Muslims kill other Muslims over land disputes in Upper Egypt ,Christians kill other Christians over land disputes in Upper Egypt. Last year there was a high alert in Mania and the Governor requested the immediate interfere of the pope Shounda III to stop a war between two big Christian families fighting over a piece of land.
Full massacres happen because land disputes with complete families get killed and slayed in a cold because of it , old vendettas  are inherited from generation to another because of land dispute !!
What can I say ??
My Mom's cousin is a Police Officer in Mania , now there is a full alert in the Governorate.
Again we should put things in its original context , this is not a sectarian dispute , it was never a sectarian dispute , if that land were owned by Muslims ,they would have these clashes with the Arab tribes .
This is the truth , the simple truth

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