Riot police beat back clergy fighting over Christm

[evanovitch]

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

Last updated at 7:13 PM on 28th December 2011



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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[Wahalla]

Re: Riot police beat back clergy fighting over Christm

I beleive that this fued has been on going for centuaries... And to aliviate it the key is kept by a Muslim....

[mangoskin]

Re: Riot police beat back clergy fighting over Christm

peace never on earth, we just too competitive, and power hungry

[Tuff Gong]

Re: Riot police beat back clergy fighting over Christm

Same thing year and for the last 15 centuries!

[Derek]

Re: Riot police beat back clergy fighting over Christm

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Football hooligans or religion in a nutshell?

[Tuff Gong]

Re: Riot police beat back clergy fighting over Christm

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Loh dem, that's as much excitement as they get once a year!