Posted on 12/23/2020 6:32:32 PM PST by marshmallow
Gaza (Agenzia Fides) - The provision by which a department of the Ministry of Religious Affairs in the Gaza Strip, governed by the Palestinian Islamist party Hamas, has given instructions to Muslims to limit their "interaction" with Christian Christmas celebrations, continues to cause concern. The directives, contained in an internal document of the ministry, have been released by the Israeli media (Jeurusalem Post).
Such provisions include a special fatwa (Islamic ordinance) and a mobilization campaign through the media and preachers to remind Muslims of the need to refrain from directly participating in non-Muslim rites and celebrations.
On the afternoon of Saturday, December 19, in an attempt to defuse the controversy, the Hamas-controlled ministry published a statement to clarify that the planned measures were not directed against the liturgical and devotional practices of Christians in Gaza, presented as "compatriots and comrades in the struggle for the Palestinian cause", but addressed exclusively to Muslims who participate in non-Islamic religious celebrations. The ministry's statement, confirming the existence of the ministerial directive, had the effect of multiplying the negative reactions, even in the Palestinian field. Among the most outspoken critics of the Hamas measure is Father Ibrahim Faltas, an Egyptian friar of the Custody of the Holy Land, known for his closeness to the Palestinian people. Father Ibrahim has released a long articulated text, also published on the abouna.org website, in which he defines the ministerial declaration as "a black page" in the history of Hamas.
"I would like to see energies mobilized to lift the blockade of Gaza, or to support reconciliation efforts between Fatah and Hamas and achieve unity among the Palestinian people, or at least to convince the people to help each other in these difficult circumstances", reads the text of Father Ibrahim, who blames the Islamist movement for trying to.....
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If you have to force people to not partake in the services of any other religions then perhaps the problem is closer to home.
If obama were president, he’d remind us about the Inquisition :)
Because what happened hundreds of years ago is more important to him that what is happening RIGHT NOW
“Such provisions include a special fatwa (Islamic ordinance) and a mobilization campaign through the media and preachers to remind Muslims of the need to refrain from directly participating in non-Muslim rites and celebrations.”
Oh, good, so they can still celebrate the traditional Solstice Riot.
What a piece of work.
It always confused me why he was such an ardent gay rights freak.
It’s either because he’s gay or because he knows it’s one way to rot a country..or both.
We’re going to be paying these Hamas extremists 250 million dollars in the 2021 budget.
Merry Christmas, Muslims!
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