Posted on 12/19/2010 4:10:46 PM PST by Bulldawg Fan
My husband and I attended the Virginia Glee Club’s annual Christmas Concert held at the Paramount. We thoroughly enjoyed this concert under the expert direction of Frank Albinder, with one exception.
The program was advertised as a Christmas concert, so we were surprised to see one of his selections, “Zikr.” This song has nothing to do with Christmas. It is a Muslim chant to their God. I think it is disingenuous to insert an Islamic chant, however good and exciting the music, which is the antithesis of Christian music.
Zikr reminds Muslims to remember their God — Allah, who is not the God of the Christians. We celebrate at Christmas the biblical view of God — that he is one in three persons: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ), and God the Holy Spirit. To give recognition to the Muslim’s God by putting this devotional chant along side Christian songs is totally inappropriate. Would a Ramadan celebration include a Christmas song?
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Note the caustic, superior, condescending remarks by the smart alleck (likely college age or professors) in the comments section below the article. So typical of a modern major university these days.
with all their sheep and goats,
who also were moslem.
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Is this not what we have come down to? rhet./
I was just wondering about the response from the people in the crowd. Were they all stunned? I think I would have just stood there with my mouth hanging open until I was able to grab my purse and walk out.
Start up “Onward Christian Soldiers”
Nah, Islam didn’t exist until after Christ..all the “supposedly”.phoneician gods...mystics etc...
I know tongue n cheek..folks should have stood up, bood and left...screw em..let the games begin!!!
Jus' sayin'
You certainly show an alarming lack of knowledge of history!
I think he was being sarcastic.
Time to start acting out against these a holes..
Good Work!!! LOL!!! Sorry I already sent my Christmas letter!!!
allah FUBAR!
Was this in the US?
Methinks his remark was sarcastic and actually demonstrated he knows something about the Muslim myth making machine. According to them, Abraham, Moses, Solomon, etc. were all “Muslims”. Of course, so were Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and Santa & his reindeer as far as I know. It’s laughable to us but that’s how they roll.
“but only by marriage...
Jus’ sayin’ “
You are naughty - funny, though. :-)
“In the name of Allah, The Inexorable, The Irresistible…”
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