Riot police beat back clergy fighting over Christmas cleaning of Church of Nativity, but no-one was arrested as they are all 'men of God'

By Lucy Buckland

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Riot police were called to Jesus' birthplace after 100 monks and priests started a vicious brawl 'guarding their denominational turf.'

Fists flew inside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem after a row erupted over Christmas cleaning between Armenian Orthodox and Greek Orthodox clergymen.

Palestinian police, bending their heads to squeeze through the church's low 'door of humility', rushed in with batons flailing to restore order as clerics attacked each other with brooms usually used to sweep the Holy floor.

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frosbel:

They learnt this behaviour from Hamas !!

frosbel:

^^^^

Did you not hear, Hamas taught them this terrible behaviour.   

By the way, was any bomb lobbed within the vicinity ,  was anyone killed , was there a massacre of children and women. 

It was a trivial problem that , occurs every year,' said police Lieutenant-Colonel Khaled al-Tamimi about today's clash.

'Everything is all right and things have returned to normal,' he said. 'No one was arrested because all those involved were men of God.'  

It is not uncommon for guards at the church are forced to intervene in squabbles
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In the 1980s, monks battled each other with chains and broomsticks over who had the right to clean a particular section of wall and beams.
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A fight over the dusting of chandeliers around Christmas 2006 landed several men in the hospital after Greeks cleaned a chandelier using a ladder in Armenian territory.

frosbel:

^^^^

And by implication therefore , this equates to Christian terror , right

Better to battle with brooms, sticks and chains than Bombs and Axes.

This is not to excuse the deplorable behaviour of these so called 'Christians' , rather it is to put things into perspective.

frosbel:

And by implication therefore , this equates to Christian terror , right 

Better to battle with brooms, sticks and chains than Bombs and Axes.

This is not to excuse the deplorable behaviour of these so called 'Christians' , rather it is to put things into perspective.

aletheia:

So you see that Muslims are not different from other religious people when it comes to violence.

frosbel:

They learnt this behaviour from Hamas !!    

"Christian terror" also exists. Ask the inhabitants of Kuru Karama in Plateau state. Ask the Jews and Muslims massacred in Jerusalem by the "Christian Crusaders". Ask the "Catholic" IRA versus the "Protestant" Ulster Unionists.

They learnt this behaviour from Hamas !!   

Are you trying to suggest that somehow the violent behavior of these monks is more acceptable because it is not "Christian terror".

You are a lone wolf now, unable to catch any sheep. Or maybe you are a lone sheep, easy catch for even a jackal.

frosbel:

You dig back into history , hundreds of years back to the crusades, an army that was certainly not Christian in act or word,  and use this as an example of Christian terror.

Shocking !!!!!!

You seem to be muddling up the definition of Christianity, you know, the one that Jesus Christ started with the false church.

The crusaders were not Christians, as simple as ABC.

frosbel:

And if you had read my comments on the Jos crisis, I was against the attacks on the Fulani Herdsmen and their families and still am. Violence is not justified in these circumstances.

frosbel:

This was a Joke !

I hope the irony of this situation does not escape you. Just as you claim that these are not Christian; even similarly do some Muslims claim that Boko Haram and co are not Muslims.

Sweetnecta:

Wolf is a horrible animal. They are scavengers. You entertain me, even more. I have loads of stories to tell my spouse; you and some people like you.

We will have a few laughs on you.