Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Christian Doctors Run Hospital for Muslim Patients in Egypt


Here's some positive and uplifting news, where Christian doctors are running a hospital for muslim patients in Egypt, as a labor of love, that shows it is possible for muslims and Christians to live together in a muslim country peacefully.

Tensions between Christians and Muslims in Egypt often make headlines, but the work of a group of Christian doctors paints a more upbeat picture of religious coexistence. The doctors run a hospital for mostly Muslim patients in Egypt's heartland - the Egyptian Delta town of Menhouf.
  • "Jesus, when he came to our earth, he went around doing good for all people, regardless of their religion, their gender, their economic status, and sometimes the church itself cannot do this," he said
Patients wait for their turns at Harpur Memorial Hospital in Egyptian Delta town of Menhouf The afternoon call to prayer sounds in the predominantly Muslim Egyptian Delta town of Menhouf as doctors examine patients at the 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 mostly Christian staff of doctors donate their time to care for the hospital's primarily Muslim clientele. Read full story here

1 comment:

  1. thanku for your reply. anything about god is ok.inspirationals and about love..thank u so much...u know what, i am so happy coz i made it,i passed my mba defense yesterday...thanks God he guided me.

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