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  • Christmas in an Islamic country: festivities, traditions and solidarity

    12/21/2004 12:13:30 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 1 replies · 466+ views
    AsiaNews ^ | 21 December, 2004 | Qaiser Felix
    Exams are held earlier in Christian schools to prepare Nativity plays; streets and homes are decorated; Caritas offers dinner to 300 kids in juvenile prison. Islamabad (AsiaNews) – How do you celebrate Christmas in a country where intolerance and discrimination against non Muslims reign? By not letting it get to you and preparing the festivities with lights, songs and a lot of solidarity. As soon as Advent is around the corner, the faithful start to feel the spirit of Christmas. Whether Protestant or Catholic, they start to decorate their churches for Sunday mass. In Christian schools and institutions evening are...