Some Muslims Say It's Not OK to Wish Christians a Merry Christmas on Their Soil

FOXNews.com ^ | Sunday, December 24, 2006 | AP

[do the dhue]

KUWAIT CITY — Is it religiously acceptable for Muslims to wish their Christian colleagues or acquaintances a Merry Christmas? In Kuwait, it depends on who you ask.

Days before the holiday that is not officially celebrated in this small oil-rich state, fundamentalists like Mohammed al-Kandari began urging fellow Muslims not to extend the greeting to Christians they know.

Al-Kandari, who heads the Society of Sharia, or Islamic law, told Al-Watan daily the celebration contradicted with Islam because Christians believe Jesus was the son of God.

The decline in tolerance of other faiths comes as political Islam is sharply increasing its presence in mainstream politics across the region.

Kuwait University political science teacher Ahmed al-Baghdadi said posters expressing sentiments similar to Al-Kandari's appeared around campus for several days. "It is dangerous because it means that the extremist movement feels stronger than before ...maybe in the future they will call for closing down (non-Muslim) places of worship."

Senior Shiite scholar Mohammed Baqer al-Mohri issued a statement saying Muslims can "congratulate their brethren the Christians" on Christmas and "show joy" on the occasion.

"Let all Christians in the world know that all Muslims love Jesus ... and his mother Mary," just like the holy Quran tells us to, al-Mohri said.

The government is fighting extremism with a campaign to spread "moderation" especially among young men, many of whom have adopted fundamentalist Islam and taken up arms in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq.

On Christmas Eve, Al-Watan columnist Nabil al-Fadhl urged officials leading the campaign to make a concrete gesture to Christians.

"It is a silly joke to try to preach moderation .... if you do nothing about those who fight Christmas and describe as infidel

[do the dhue]

Yes, my Uncle and I had this conversation because my Mom put up eight Christmas trees one year. We calmed that down. We celebrate the year of our Lord.

[Yosemitest]

Congratulations! I didn't expect that response. Most people just don't know.....

[navyguy]

Sounds good to me, as long as they are armed with a couple of these...

[black_diamond]

WW III alert!

[do the dhue]

BRILLIANT!!!



You deserve a 6 pack for that one!

[sgtbono2002]

I dont want a Muslim wishing me a Merry Christmas, I know they would be lying.

I dont wish them a Happy Pedophile Pervert Prophets, Muhammad day , either.

[do the dhue]

My Uncle brought it to my attention. He put 25 plus years of study into the Bible. He deserves the credit.

[do the dhue]

That is a good point.

Do you think that when they move to America, they should want to assimilate into our culture? Or should we assimilate and make room for them?

[Yosemitest]

Well... It's in your heart, your mind and your actions. It's yours also. You might enjoy this.

[Yosemitest]

Someone once wrote

Only evil will rejoice... when God is removed from our public view.
Only evil will rejoice... when the unborn baby is murdered in the mother's womb.
Only evil will rejoice... when I can not use the 2nd Amendment to protect my family.
And only evil will rejoice... when the America's military is not strong enough to protect herself from an outside threat.

This is why.... I don't vote for Demorats
and why... I vote Republican.

I wish I knew the author.

[do the dhue]

I concur with this from the link you provided:

Liberals don’t believe in the concept of a war with radical Islam. They have proposed to withdraw U.S. Forces from Iraq and redeploy them to Afghanistan, Okinawa or some other location. They believe that we can negotiate with terrorists and somehow come to an accommodation with them. Nothing could be further from the truth. We should not let liberals play with War.

and taxes too!

[do the dhue]

I know the author quite well :-)

[do the dhue]

ping

[Yosemitest]

Do you think that I am misguided with this post?

[do the dhue]

misguided NO. Not at all. The Lord gives and he takes away. I do believe there are still a lot of good people, but the bad are growing in numbers. We will reap what we sow.

[Yosemitest]

Thank you, and I hope the New Year brings you joy.

[beethovenfan]

Sorry Muslims, Jesus IS the Son of God whether you like it
or not. You follow a false prophet.

[randog]

I was at McDonalds and said Merry Christmas to the Olive skinned person and did not receive a Merry Christmas reply.

The exact opposite happened to me--I said "Happy Holidays" to a Bangladeshi fellow that owns the neighborhood mini-mart. He retorted with, "and a Merry Christmas to you, my friend!"

Boy did I feel stupid...

[do the dhue]

That is good. I'd say that is assimilation.

[johnny7]

Many Dhimmicrats prefer to worship this false-idol...