Posted on 01/05/2013 3:35:14 PM PST by Olog-hai
Muslims have mixed views about Jesus Christ, and the recent Christmas season witnessed a variety of responses to the celebration from different parts of the Islamic world.
In predominantly Sunni Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country, the top Islamic authority instructed adherents this year not to attend Christmas functions or parties—and advised that they even avoid wishing anyone “Merry Christmas.”
“It’s still up for debate whether it’s halal [religiously permissible] or haram [prohibited], so better steer clear of it,” the Jakarta Post quoted Indonesian Council of Ulema chairman Ma’ruf Amin as saying. “But you can say ‘Happy New Year.’ ” …
The Qur’an acknowledges that Mary conceived without human intervention, but not because Jesus was God-made-flesh as Christians believe. (Qur’an 9:30 says those who believe Jesus is the Son of God are under Allah’s curse.) …
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Merry Lepanto day, ‘Hammad.
So? They don’t believe that Jesus is God’s Son, why should they celebrate His birthday? A few weeks ago, I went to the Post Office to buy stamps and the clerk handed me a book of stamps commemorating Eid al-Fitr. I don’t believe in Allah, so I handed them back to him and told him I would take any stamps but those! I reckon I got lucky, I had forgotten Kwanzaa, LOL!
Let me simply suggest that the entire muslim world go f@*k itself. That’s not a very festive sentiment but it made me feel better
The spirit of Christmas is rather infectious. :-)
The spirit of Christmas is rather infectious. :-)
As much as I dont like either Sunni or Shiite, I have to admit that Shiites tend to be much more tolerant than Sunni muslims. Contrast how Saudi Arabia and Iran react towards Christians, and it just confounds me why we are supporting Sunni muslims against Shiites.
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