Posted on 12/25/2018 5:21:37 PM PST by marshmallow
The Iraqi government has officially declared December 25 a public holiday to mark “the birth of Jesus Christ”.
All citizens of the majority Muslim nation will now mark the date as a national holiday, as opposed to just Christians.
“Happy Christmas to our Christian citizens, all Iraqis and to all who are celebrating around the world,” the government said on Twitter.
“We extend our warmest wishes to Christians in Iraq and around the world for a very happy and peaceful Christmas,” it added.
The country’s Christian population has been decimated in recent years following the chaos surrounding the withdrawal of Western troops and the rise of the Islamic State terror group.
(Excerpt) Read more at catholicherald.co.uk ...
Whoa.
Huh, what? Think I just saw a pig fly by!
[ All citizens of the majority Muslim nation will now mark the date as a national holiday, as opposed to just Christians. ]
Well, in Islam, Jesus is second only to ..... Mohammed.
Their version of “jesus”.
Thanks Mr. President.
Winning hearts and minds really does work! /s/
Thank you for posting this!
The wun is sad.
Since Iran is still arresting Christians, I don’t accept this article as anything more than propaganda.
As an aside in muslim majority Indonesia Christmas and Good Friday are legal holidays. Ascension of Jesus Christ is legal holiday 39 days after Easter Sunday.
The economy probably depends on the skills and knowledge of Christians.
How long till B Wacky claims ownership?
This is quite different from the kind of muslim Christmas celebration that we have seen in recent years (terrorist attacks, church burning).
It seems different this year.
Could it be - Winning?
This article is about Iraq, not Iran.
We have already invaded Iraq - Iran is for later.
Wow!
Not until the young Iranians revolt for real and hang the ayatollahs
Democratic Socialists can learn something from Iraq ( but they won’t).
Next year, Chanukah? Gonna have to import some Jews for that celebration. After several thousands years of living in Iraq, literally all the historic Jews are gone (from Babylon and Ur times).
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