People of Islam are forbidden to say Merry Christmas?
By pormadi
@pormadi (1300)
Indonesia
September 30, 2006 4:58am CST
People of Islam are forbidden to say Merry Christmas and so to say the others religions'greetings? WHY?????
9 responses
@liong_kwei_cun (149)
• Indonesia
2 Oct 06
You are right. In our country, they (some of Muslim people) are forbidden to say Merry Christmas. I do not the reasons. Maybe coz of "kafir"
@killailla (1301)
• Canada
21 Nov 06
most muslims in canada will say merry christmas, and some i know celebrate it
@euniceeleanor (5967)
• Singapore
21 Nov 06
really??? hmm...i guess malaysia is a multi racial country and everyone respect each other's religion and belief. not only we can wish each other..we wear other religion's traditional dress too...like i do wear saree and malay dress occasionally!
@pormadi (1300)
• Indonesia
22 Nov 06
You are right. In my country, some of people of Muslims is easy to say merry christmas to many christians. But some of them, say that saying merry christmas is "haram" (= forbidden). I think saying a greeting only is not a problem to everyone. It's a symbol of fraternity.
@alchemistrx (2547)
• Philippines
21 Nov 06
It's a good thing to try something for a change to make it better.
@lantaidua (280)
• Japan
21 Nov 06
that's because by saying it you'll indirectly accept the christian's value. you know.. moslems and christians are different in so many things.
@margieanneart (26423)
• United States
21 Nov 06
Who cares why. Everyone is different and feels different about things.
