A Christian complains about prohibition of Muslims celebrating or congratulating people at Christmas
Why
do you condemn the celebration of the what Christians think is birth of
the son of God (Allah)? We should be teaching respect for other peoples
and religions. Yet with such condemnation and calling it falsehood, it
makes it difficult for rational, honest, and respectful persons to
communicate.
Praise be to the One God, who begets not, nor is begotten.
You
seem to have misinterpreted the condemnation of celebration of
Christmas as a matter of disrespect for Christians. In reality, it is
out of respect for Allah and Jesus and the teachings of our Prophet
Muhammad, peace be upon them. It is an integral part of our faith to
reject celebrations that have not been prescribed and/or that have a
basis in falsehood, as inevitably they lead to misguidance and
alterations in faith, as has happened with Christianity. There is
nothing "radical" or "fringe" about this. It is our basic right to
protect our faith and practice from distortion and falsehood. Surely no
one has a right to condemn us for this.
Do you think Encyclopedia Britannica is rational and honest? Please read what they have to say about Christmas:
Excerpts quoted directly from http://www.britannica.com :
The word Christmas is derived from the Old English Cristes maesse, "Christ's Mass." :
(
There is no certain tradition of the date of Christ's birth. Christian
chronographers of the 3rd century believed that the creation of the
world took place at the spring equinox, then reckoned as March 25; hence
the new creation in the incarnation (i.e., the conception) and death of
Christ must therefore have occurred on the same day, with his birth
following nine months later at the winter solstice, December 25).
...
According to a Roman almanac, the Christian festival of Christmas was celebrated in Rome by AD 336...
(
The reason why Christmas came to be celebrated on December 25 remains
uncertain, but most probably the reason is that early Christians wished
the date to coincide with the pagan Roman festival marking the "birthday
of the unconquered sun" ) (natalis solis invicti); this festival
celebrated the winter solstice,
when the days again begin to lengthen and the sun begins to climb
higher in the sky. The traditional customs connected with Christmas have
accordingly developed from several sources as a result of the
coincidence of the celebration of the birth of Christ with the pagan
agricultural and solar observances at midwinter. In the Roman world theSaturnalia (December
17) was a time of merrymaking and exchange of gifts. December 25 was
also regarded as the birth date of the Iranian mystery god Mithra, the
Sun of Righteousness. On the Roman New Year (January 1), houses were
decorated with greenery and lights, and gifts were given to children and
the poor. To these observances were added thehttp://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/idxref/0/0,5716,266282,00.htmlGerman and Celtic Yule
rites when the Teutonic tribes penetrated into Gaul, Britain, and
central Europe. Food and good fellowship, the Yule log and Yule cakes,
greenery and fir trees, and gifts and greetings all commemorated
different aspects of this festive season. Fires and lights, symbols of
warmth and lasting life, have always been associated with the winter
festival, both pagan and Christian. Since the European Middle Ages,
evergreens, as symbols of survival, have been associated with
Christmas... [end quote]
So as any rational
person can see, there is no sound basis for Christmas, nor did Jesus
(peace be upon him) or his true followers celebrate Christmas or ask
anyone to celebrate Christmas, nor was there any record of anyone
calling themselves Christians celebrating Christmas until several
hundred years after Jesus. So were the companions of Jesus more
righteously guided in not celebrating Christmas or are the people of
today?
So if you want to respect Jesus, peace be
upon him, as Muslims do, don't celebrate some fabricated event that was
chosen to coincide with pagan festivals and copy pagan customs. Do you
honestly think God, or even Jesus himself, would approve or condemn such
a thing? If you say approve, then obviously you are not interested in
the truth.
We ask Allaah, the One, Singular God,
with no partners or sons, the God of all creation and mankind, to guide
us all to the path of guidance and sincerity.
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