Muhammad Posted December 23, 2004 Despite Popular Belief, Islam's Not The Grinch That Stole Christmas "Merry Christmas" has given way to "Happy Holidays" or "Seasons Greetings", and many Christians aren't too happy about Christmas' increasing secularization. They cite the banning of public nativity displays, curtailing of Christmas carols with religious themes, and even the banning of the "C-word" in schools. And some of the maddest ones are those who blame "militant Muslims", among others, for the watering down of the holiday. (Truth is, commercialism is more to blame than anything else, but that's another story.) While secularists get hammered most in this anti-PC backlash, Muslims for some reason are getting some blame for this, despite any evidence that they have done anything collectively or individually. It's easy, when Muslims are the target du jour, to add one more reason to hate them. "Hate crimes against Christianity!" fumes one columnist. "If the Muslims don't like it, let them go to a Muslim country!" writes another. In fact, Muslims (and Jews and others) are publicly criticizing the oversensitivity going on in their names. "Denying the Christianity in Christmas... helps no one," wrote Waleed Aly of the Islamic Council of Victoria, Australia, "This is not multiculturalism. It is anti-culturalism." Inayat Bungawala, a spokesperson for the Muslim Council of Britain, agreed. "Actually, we would welcome Christmas having more a Christian content because it is more now a shopping festival." And Muslims are even celebrating Christmas in their own ways. "We in the Muslim community express our love to this blessed baby and Messiah," writes Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi of the Islamic House of Worship in Dearborn Heights, "and open our hearts to the Christian community and say "Merry Christmas." ::: alt.muslim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mohamed nuur Posted December 23, 2004 "We in the Muslim community express our love to this blessed baby and Messiah," writes Imam Mohammad Ali Elahi of the Islamic House of Worship in Dearborn Heights, "and open our hearts to the Christian community and say "Merry Christmas." The Bold part is quite shocking, as a muslim he said something shocking in its own way, i cant believe he said like he believed, and it come from a person who call himself a muslim and a IMAM. HUH? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jumatatu Posted December 23, 2004 ^^^why..? :confused: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DraGon Posted December 25, 2004 Qoute: "We in the Muslim community express our love to this blessed baby and Messiah" Nuur Whats wrong with that statement???? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blessed Posted December 25, 2004 And Muslims are even celebrating Christmas in their own ways. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: OTT on political correctness! I do agree with the article; I think it's the secularists who have a problem with religions and how people express their spirituality and faith. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
