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Most imams in France and Belgium forbid Christmas/holiday greetings

Jan 4, 2017 7:06 am By Christine Douglass-Williams

“French imam Hocine Drouiche wrote on his Facebook page”:

Most imams in France (and Belgium) forbid the faithful from celebrating Christmas and the New Year and call on Muslims not to extend holidays greetings

Yet many in the West still take for granted that the vast majority of Muslims in the West are really seeking to become integrated into Western society. Most people are slow to realize that stealth jihadists and Islamic supremacists see infidels as inferiors and seek to conquer us and replace our constitution with the Sharia.

“Most imams in France (and Belgium) forbid greetings at Christmas and New Year”, Asia News, January 2, 2017:

Hocine Drouiche, a French imam in Nîmes and deputy chairman of the French Imam Conference, slams this attitude and all those who claim that Islam is a religion of peace, but deem season’s greetings as “an insult”. The presence of “open-minded Muslims, who greet you with a big smile and wish you a Happy New Year” is important.

Paris (AsiaNews) – Most imams in France (and Belgium) forbid the faithful from celebrating Christmas and the New Year and call on Muslims not to extend holidays greetings. This is what French imam Hocine Drouiche wrote on his Facebook page. He is one of the most open-minded French Muslim clerics opposed to extremism. A tireless promoter and supporter of dialogue between different faiths, he condemns those who repeat the “mantra” that Islam is a religion of peace but then consider expressing season’s greetings “as an insult” because “this is not our religion.”

For him, the Islam professed by these imams, who are the majority in France, in Belgium, and in many other countries, “is not a true Islam of peace and shared life”. Qurʾānic schools in the West are places that extol political Islam based on jihad and hatred of the “enemies.” Fortunately, there are also “open-minded Muslims, who greet you with a big smile and wish you a Happy New Year.”

The harsh rebuke of the position held by most imams on season’s greetings (Christmas and New Year) is just the latest in a series of complaints made by the French Muslim cleric. In the aftermath of the attacks in Paris, in November 2015, he called on the faithful not to leave Islam “hostage in the hands” of extremists”. At the same time, he urged Muslim communities to live dialogue and friendship with Europeans, without fear and arrogance.

He is not alone in denouncing the climate of hostility and loathing promoted by some European Muslims towards the culture, tradition and faith of Europe’s natives. Recently, a former Islamic radical who was close to Salafist ideology for years, noted calls by imams and clerics to “hate Christians and Jews”, not to imitate the “infidels” and not to participate “in their festivities and celebrations. ” Imam Drouiche’s reflection follows. Translation by AsiaNews:

Sorry, I will not wish you Happy New Year because I am a “true Muslim”!

Almost all of the imams in France (and in neighbouring Belgium) forbid French Muslims from celebrating Christmas and New Year and wishing Happy Holidays to both Muslims and non-Muslims.

They keep on saying that Islam is a religion of peace, a mantra that is repeated in endless ways. Yet, today I saw with my own eyes the results of these incomprehensible and illogical formulations, meeting several devout Muslim who view best wishes for the New Year as an insult.

They are embarrassed, they look at you in a strange way, they answer: But this is not our religion! As if the new year belonged to a specific religion. Fortunately, there are also open-minded Muslims, who greet you with a big smile and wish you a Happy New Year.

The Islam of these imams is not a true Islam of peace and shared life. This is a Bedouin and archaic Islam. The French Interior Ministry, which funds the French Council of the Muslim Faith (Conseil français du culte musulman, CFCM), must review its programmes and collaborations….

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  1. Paul N Silas says

    Jan 4, 2017 at 8:12 am

    I got two words for this guy, and they are not “Merry Christmas”.

    • Champ says

      Jan 5, 2017 at 4:06 am

      “Happy New Year”? …nope that can’t be it that’s 3 words, lol! 😀

  2. JawsV says

    Jan 4, 2017 at 8:34 am

    There shouldn’t be any imams in France and Belgium.

    • Dave says

      Jan 5, 2017 at 4:02 am

      Correct!!!
      Bingo!!!!!
      Your a genius

  3. Jerry says

    Jan 4, 2017 at 9:27 am

    There’s a reason muslims can’t wish others “Merry Christmas.” Because Islam is built on a foundation of intolerance and hatred for any spirituality outside their own caveman mentality. It’s obvious to me that islam is not a true religion of god, it’s a doctrine of hate from muslims’ evil hearts. This whole Christmas issue is just one of a thousand different ways islam seeks to undermine and destroy our cultural traditions and nation(s). It may seem fairly harmless to not wish others well in their religious traditions. But this “harmless” bigotry is what gives birth to all manner of murder and violence against us, 9/11 most notable. Hate and intolerance permeates the muslim experience throughout, and this issue is one more example of it. So this isn’t just about a silly religious difference, it’s about muslims destroying the security and peace of our nation by nurturing the hatred and bigotry their “religion” teaches.

    Ya know, for many centuries tweaking someones nose was a grave insult that often resulted in a duel and death. A small, fairly harmless act like that was seen as a show of disrespect and contempt so serious that it demanded immediate retribution. These little nose tweaks by muslims against us are a grave insult, because they are backed by a doctrine of murder and hate against us. Our whole nation needs to back Trump in his effort to battle the Nazi-like doctrines that muslims love as divine truth. And those that won’t, well they need to leave.

    • Dave says

      Jan 5, 2017 at 4:10 am

      And your going to have to defend yourself!! Your going to have to defend your family!!!
      Your going to have to defend your neighbor!!!
      Your town your country.
      Muslims only understand supreme violence your going to have to learn to speak their language.

  4. eur says

    Jan 4, 2017 at 9:42 am

    Islam and Muslims are destroying Europe, they do not need isis, al-qaeda, boko haram … they just need to practice Islam, that’s all.

  5. Angemon says

    Jan 4, 2017 at 10:16 am

    OK, so this guy is “opposed to extremism” but forbids seasonal greetings because it goes against his religion. And people don’t smell the giant, drunken rat in the room? Really?

    • Dave says

      Jan 5, 2017 at 4:13 am

      He wants to kill you!!!
      Get it?

  6. ploome says

    Jan 4, 2017 at 12:56 pm

    http://web.archive.org/web/20010202091000/http://www.islaam.com/articles/obligation_towards_disbeliever.htm

    Obligation of a Muslim Towards a Disbeliever
    Shaykh `Abdul `Aziz ibn Baz
    From “Answers to Common Questions From New Muslims”

    Fourth, one should not give them the greetings of peace first. However, one responds to their greetings. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Do not give the greetings of peace first to the Jew or Christian.” [Muslim] He also said, “If the people of the book give you the greeting of peace, then say, ‘Wa Alaikum (and upon you).”‘ [al-Bukhaaree] Therefore, a Muslim does not greet a non-Muslim first. But when a Jew, Christian or other disbeliever greets him, he replies, “And upon you also,” as the Prophet (peace be upon him) has ordered. This is from the rights of conduct between a Muslim and a disbeliever. He also must be neighborly toward his non-Muslim neighbor. If your neighbor is good to you, you do not harm him and you may even give him charity if he is poor or give him a gift if he is rich. You may also advise him concerning what is good for him. All of this may lead him to want to learn about Islam and become a Muslim and because neighbors have very great rights. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “The Angel Gabriel kept advising me concerning the neighbor until I thought he was going to inherit [from his neighbor].” [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] Allah also says in the Quran, “Allah does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly with those who fought not against you on account of religion and drove you not from your homes. Verily, Allah loves those who deal with equity” [al-Mumtahinah (60):7].

    It is recorded in an authentic hadith from Asma bint Abu Bakr that her mother, who was a polytheist, visited her and asked for her assistance – this was during the time of the peace treaty between the Prophet (peace be upon him) and the disbelievers so she went to the Prophet (peace be upon him) to ask him about that and he told her to keep the ties of kinship with her and be righteous towards her.

    Fifth, a Muslim should not participate with them in their greetings and festivals. However, one may give them condolences upon the death of someone if he finds some legal benefit in doing so. He may say to them, “May future bring good to you,” or something of that nature. He may not say, “May Allah forgive him,” or, “May Allah have mercy on him,” if the person who died was a disbeliever (see Quran 9:113). That is, one may not make prayers for a dead disbeliever although one may ask for guidance for those who are alive and so forth.

    nothing new

  7. Champ says

    Jan 5, 2017 at 3:28 am

    Most imams in France and Belgium forbid Christmas/holiday greetings

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Such piety! …mohammedans think that everyone is suppose to *obey* their demands. What rubbish.

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