Halloween, or Samhain, is not Islamic, nor is it really Christian. Come on there has got to be Fundamentalist Christian arguments against Halloween/ Samhain too!
Samhain is an Irish tradition, that does have to do with giving rewards on that day to those who send the spirits back to where they came from.
All Saints and All Souls Days, Nov 1st and Nov 2nd respectively are Catholic holidays.
Good Muslims prob shouldn’t celebrate... but then again who actually knows what they’re following now anyways. It’s just become a tradition to dress up and see how much candy you can get... Most of the time it has nothing to do with remembering a person’s ancestors!
Halloween is indeed Christian and solidly so. All Saints was known in England as All Hallows, and All Hallows’ Eve was the vigil of the feast.
The Samhain connection gets bandied about a lot—personally, I think too much is made of it. While it may well be that Samhain traditions got fused with All Hallows traditions in the British Isles, they are not the same holiday, nor did Halloween come from Samhain.
In the early Middle Ages, All Saints Day was celebrated around the world at different times. The Nov. 1 date was first established at Rome, not Ireland, and in fact the earliest Irish calendars show that the Irish originally celebrated All Saints’ Day in April.
Any connection between the two holidays came about later when All Saints was moved to November.