Tunisia: Muslim cleric says "wishing someone a Merry Christmas or a Happy New Year is forbidden by Islam"

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

"Tunisians urged to spurn New Year greetings," from AFP, December 31 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

AFP - A preacher from the hardline Salafist movement that has achieved growing prominence in Tunisia since the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings told Tunisians on Monday that the exchange of New Year's greetings was un-Islamic.

"Sharing the feast days of the infidel or even sending them greetings to mark them is a big sin," Sheikh Beshir Ben Hassine said in sermon posted on Facebook.

"Wishing someone a Merry Christmas or a Happy New Year is forbidden by Islam," the preacher added.

The regime of veteran strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, overthrown in the first of the revolts that rocked the Arab world in 2011, was defiantly secular but, since its overthrow, Islamists have increasingly taken centre stage.

Islam has its own calendar that dates events from the 7th Century flight of the Prophet Mohammed's forces from Mecca to Medina before their eventual victorious re-entry into the holy city.

Members of Tunisia's militant Salafist movement, thought to number between 3,000 and 10,000, have been implicated in numerous acts of violence since Ben Ali's ouster....

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Nearly everything is haram except strict observance of sharia...Islam seeks to take the fun out of everything...Supreme Leader said there is no fun in Islam, and he was right...
I read the whole sharia book and there is no fun in it anywhere...It is 'dead' serious...
Happy new Year and Merry Christmas are not even mentioned...

yes. wishing someone mary xmass is Haram, but raping and sodomizing a 9 year old girl, well that when you can say happy new year!!!!!!!
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"Sharing the feast days of the infidel or even sending them greetings to mark them is a big sin," Sheikh Beshir Ben Hassine said in sermon posted on Facebook.
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But, as miriam rove notes, raping 9-year-old girls is perfectly Halal—as is bombing churches, kidnapping and forcibly converting Infidels, and beheading Christians and feeding their remains to feral dogs.

In the spirit of what is forbidden in Islam, I wish everyone here a Merry Christmas season and a Happy New Year!

Right now, I am listening to Christmas music and have a pet cat curled up and purring in my lap (hey—having a pooch would be even more Haram, but what can you do?).

Last night, I had a sip of Champagne with my husband, and we kissed out on the porch—basically, in public! And, while I was bundled up a bit against the chill, I certainly wasn't wearing a Burqa...

Right now, I'm taking a break from working on my artwork.

All of these things are forbidden in Islam. So far, 2013 has been very good!

Happy New Year, DDA, Gravenimage, LemonLime, Wellington, MiriamRove, George, Jan, BlueRaven, and so many others that of course I'll think of later :/ ...

and Happy New Year to Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller, too!

same to you my friend!!! I got blasted last night in NYC!!!!!! woo hoo!!!!!!!!!! time to do it again when you are dealing with this morbid subject, Islam that is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Dumbledore's Army, Champ, miriam rove and everyone else here, Happy New Year!

And I'd like to echo Champ in wishing a very happy new year to Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller, also!

Tunisia: Muslim cleric says, he is full of Sh't and has his head is up his as's. How dare you tell people you can't say Merry Christmas or New Year it is forbidden by Islam? Who the Hell cares what you think or your book thinks? I say to you OH! mighty Leader you will be with your creator and Satin will Love you Fat As's! You have no wright to tell anybody anything and nobody want's or cares what the hell you do with your Male Donkey's!
God Bless America!

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