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KL Mufti: Okay For Muslims To Wish Friends 'Merry Christmas'
malaysiandigest.com ^ | 12/24/2016 | - The Straits Times

Posted on 12/24/2016 9:14:35 AM PST by BenLurkin

"It's no more than a mere greeting to express happiness and enjoyment upon seeing the happiness of those celebrating," the mufti said in a statement on Monday. He said the greeting is permissible when it is a congratulatory expression on the celebration of other faiths without glorifying their religion.

Growing Islamic conservatism in multicultural Malaysia has tested relations between communities.

The Christmas greeting issue had surfaced in 2014, when an activist with conservative Muslim group Ikatan Muslimin Malaysia said it was not proper for Muslims to celebrate Christmas or wish Christian friends a happy celebration.

The broader issue of greeting non-Muslims in Malaysia during their festivals blew up in 2006, before the fatwa committee's ruling.

The then head of insurance company Takaful Malaysia's Islamic law department told his Muslim staff via e-mail that Deepavali involved the worship of Hindu deities, so issuing greetings was equivalent to practising polytheism and against the tenets of Islam.

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Similar sensitivities have again cropped up in the region. Last week, the Indonesian Ulema Council issued an edict prohibiting Muslims from donning non-Muslim "attributes" such as Santa hats.

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For Mr Zulkifli, his recent statement on Christmas greetings was not his first effort to foster goodwill. In January, he met - and warmly hugged - Archbishop Julian Leow Beng Kim, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur.

"Many issues were discussed together, especially those pertaining to the concept of a diverse society, tolerance and the spirit of respecting each other's faiths," Mr Zulkifli wrote on his Facebook page then.

(Excerpt) Read more at malaysiandigest.com ...


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1 posted on 12/24/2016 9:14:35 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Muslims allowing what democrats deny. What next . . . okay for cowboys to eat ribs?


2 posted on 12/24/2016 9:17:59 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: BenLurkin

....Before you kill them.


3 posted on 12/24/2016 9:19:17 AM PST by PGR88
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To: PGR88

As you collect that special tax that non-Muslims have to pay.


4 posted on 12/24/2016 9:20:12 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

“Of course after you wish them Merry Christmas you must decapitate them as they are infidels who will not bow before muhommed*. But make them feel good first.”

*May he burn in hell in a pigs feet jar forever


5 posted on 12/24/2016 9:20:19 AM PST by freedumb2003 (Merry Christmas -- God bless us, every one)
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To: freedumb2003

Pigs Barf Upon Him (pbuh)


6 posted on 12/24/2016 9:21:27 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: PGR88

>>....Before you kill them.<<

Now, to be fair, research shows only 30% of muslims want to kill you.

The other 70% just want the 30% to kill you.


7 posted on 12/24/2016 9:24:08 AM PST by freedumb2003 (Merry Christmas -- God bless us, every one)
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To: BenLurkin
WHO CARES?
8 posted on 12/24/2016 9:24:35 AM PST by laweeks
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To: BenLurkin
Sure, it's a great thing to do! It's good taqiyya that makes people trust you, so when you blow them up, their neighbors will say, "He was the nicest young man. He always wished me Merry Christmas."

9 posted on 12/24/2016 9:34:00 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (Kill: TWITTER, FACEBOOK, CNN)
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To: BenLurkin

Click the Pic

They Say "Merry Christmas"
Then...
They Behead You
Taqiyya


10 posted on 12/24/2016 9:42:36 AM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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Translation:

Uh oh. Even the stupidest among them are figuring it out. Time to sound like we’re accepting and tolerant. Thankfully, all of we muslims know this is taqqiya.


11 posted on 12/24/2016 9:47:02 AM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: BenLurkin
I've seen this meme before.


12 posted on 12/24/2016 9:55:42 AM PST by C210N
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To: JudyinCanada

Exactly and exactly


13 posted on 12/24/2016 10:10:54 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

“It’s ok to convince them you’re friendly, until the Faith calls. Then—off with their heads!”


14 posted on 12/24/2016 11:14:24 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: BenLurkin

I received a very lovely Christmas greeting from my Muslim friend.

He also told me he wished his country had a Donald Trump.


15 posted on 12/24/2016 11:33:59 AM PST by mom4melody
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If his country had a DJT, I would be worried!


16 posted on 12/24/2016 12:31:19 PM PST by B4Ranch (Conservatives own 200,000,000 guns and a trillion rounds of ammo. If we were violent you'd know it.)
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To: BenLurkin

...O.K. before they stab you in the back.


17 posted on 12/24/2016 2:30:12 PM PST by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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