My landlady is Muslim. She was happy when I wished her a Merry Christmas, and also decorated her house for the holidays.
It's not like it really has anything to do with Christianity nowadays.
It depends. Jesus is certainly as important as Mohammed to Muslims and it's not prohibited to celebrate his birth but some would never participate simply because it's a Christian tradition. Also the ban of images makes all the customs around Christmas a little tricky. In Turkey for example a lot of Muslims do celebrate but you won't find nativity scenes or stuff like that there, only images of Noel Baba ("Christmas Dad" = Santa) who is modeled after Saint Nicholas but himself not a religious figure.
90larda hic kimse noel kutlamazdi. Ne kutlanislar varsa Islam'la alakasi yok. Hristiyanlar noelde isa mesih, yani allah'in oglunun dogum gününü kutlar. Kesinlikle 100% haram.
Never really had anything to do with Christianity in the first place either. It's an old Germanic tradition celebrating the winter solstice. When the insane Yahweh cult took control over Europe they inserted themselves into all of our stories and rituals.
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mannycalavera@feddit.uk · 30 pts · 223d
The first politician with his own theme tune. How he wasn't elected is beyond me.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 223d
Jeremy Corbyn was simply ahead of his time.
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 223d
Thatcher has a theme too, but she only got it when she croaked.
Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de · 8 pts · 222d
Why did I immediately imagine the sound a stream of piss makes in a toilet.
VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 222d
MARGARET THATCHER IS DEAD
DING DONG THE WICKED BITCH IS DEAD
ohulancutash@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 222d
He was pro-brexit, and had a fantasist’s mentality over Trident. Many people didn’t like this.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 222d
Telling my accountant relative how I heard I should put money into an IRA, and so Seamus says him and the boys are grateful for the aid
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 223d
Like Hezbollah and Hamas care about Christmas
mech@feddit.org · 31 pts · 223d
My landlady is Muslim. She was happy when I wished her a Merry Christmas, and also decorated her house for the holidays.
It's not like it really has anything to do with Christianity nowadays.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 26 pts · 223d
Jesus (Isa) features in the Quran as the prophet prior to Muhammad.
Celebrating the birth of one of God's prophets is probably still a good thing. I'll defer to an expert though.
Also, your landlady is probably just a nice person.
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org · 8 pts · 222d
It depends. Jesus is certainly as important as Mohammed to Muslims and it's not prohibited to celebrate his birth but some would never participate simply because it's a Christian tradition. Also the ban of images makes all the customs around Christmas a little tricky. In Turkey for example a lot of Muslims do celebrate but you won't find nativity scenes or stuff like that there, only images of Noel Baba ("Christmas Dad" = Santa) who is modeled after Saint Nicholas but himself not a religious figure.
amorangi@lemmy.nz · 4 pts · 222d
Ironic, since St Nick is Turkish.
mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 222d
He isn't. He's greek. He lived in anatolia before the turks did.
mathemachristian@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 222d
90larda hic kimse noel kutlamazdi. Ne kutlanislar varsa Islam'la alakasi yok. Hristiyanlar noelde isa mesih, yani allah'in oglunun dogum gününü kutlar. Kesinlikle 100% haram.
mirshafie@europe.pub · 2 pts · 222d
Jesus is the most important figure in Islam, and is believed to be the Messiah. But Muslims don't believe that Jesus was born on December 25th.
However many Muslim-majority cultures of course celebrate the winter solstice (Yalda Night has Zoroastrian roots).
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 222d
He wasn't, not even in december. The church's selection of december was to coopt the existing saturnalia festival.
AstaKask@lemmy.cafe · 6 pts · 222d
Never really had anything to do with Christianity in the first place either. It's an old Germanic tradition celebrating the winter solstice. When the insane Yahweh cult took control over Europe they inserted themselves into all of our stories and rituals.