Saturday, May 2, 2009

In Egypt's Nile Delta, Christian Doctors Run Hospital for Muslim Patients


Tensions between Muslims and Christians in Egypt often make headlines. The Christian minority is said to comprise 10 percent of the country's population. But the work of a group of Christian doctors paints a more upbeat picture of coexistence. The doctors run a hospital for mostly Muslim patients in Egypt's heartland, the Nile Delta town of Menouf.

The afternoon call to prayer permeates the predominantly Muslim Nile Delta town of Menouf as doctors examine patients at Harpur Memorial Hospital run by the Anglican diocese of North Africa.

Unlike most hospitals in Egypt, Harpur receives no money from the government and its staff of mostly Christian doctors works beyond the call of duty, caring for the hospital's primarily Muslim clientele.

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Anglican Bishop Mouneer Anis oversees the hospital. He says the doctors here are applying the Christian teaching of compassion. "In a way it gives us opportunity for us as Christians to serve our neighbor, the Muslims here," he said. "And to love them, real love, genuine love. Not just a love with hidden agendas. But a real love."


More here-

http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-05-01-voa42.cfm

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