This is because a murderer kills the body, but someone who commits shirk, associating partners with Allah in worship, is supposedly killing the soul.
“Australian Salafi Scholar Abu Ousayd: Saying ‘Merry Christmas’ Is Worse Than Congratulating A Person For Murder, Adultery, Drinking, Gambling,” MEMRI, December 16, 2022:
Australian Salafi scholar Wissam “Abu Ousayd” Haddad said in a December 16, 2022 lecture that saying “merry Christmas” is “more severe and hated by Allah” than congratulating someone for drinking alcohol, committing murder, committing adultery, or gambling. He added that this is an act of disbelief that sparks Allah’s anger. The lecture was posted to the YouTube account of the Al Madina Dawah Centre, which is located in Sydney, Australia. For more about Abu Ousayd, see MEMRI TV Clips Nos. 9643 and 9483.
Wissam Abu Ousayd Haddad: “Congratulating them [on non-Muslim festivals] is more severe and hated by Allah than congratulating someone for drinking alcohol, for committing murder, or committing adultery, and so on. Many of those who have no respect for this religion fall into this error. They do not realize the ugliness of their actions. A person who congratulates for sin, is [committing] a bid’a [forbidden innovation] or an act of kufr [disbelief], and would be liable to the anger of Allah.
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“It is worse to say to somebody ‘merry Christmas,’ than to say to somebody who was committing fornication, drinking alcohol, gambling, doing all those things that are major sins… It would be better – not that you should do it…
“It would be better to say to somebody ‘happy drinking,’ than to say to somebody ‘merry Christmas.'”
Ade Fegan says
and believing that islam is about peace, is like believing the crocodiles don’t have teeth
wpm says
It might be better for the whole western world if Merry Christmas offends them so strongly that they stay in countries that do not celebrate Christmas .I will agree to not visit or move to Islamic shitholes they can stay out of my country that people can say Merry Christmas to non-Christians and not have their throats cut because of it. Hindu ,,atheist , Jews and others are not threating violence over Christians and secular people celebrating Christmas .Jihad ,slavery ,murder ,grand thief of services ,sexual slavery all ok in the Islamic book of lies ,saying Merry Christmas crushes the Islamic soul very strange cult like “religion of peace”?
wpm says
Merry Christmas to all believers and non-believers in Christ may you find peace in the new year!
commonsense says
Thank you.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Merry Christmas to everybody – particularly those who celebrate it! 🎄🎁🎈
BTeboe says
All I can say about this is that Islam understands murder as it is part of their ideology. Saying Merry Christmas is just another way to justify killing an infidel.
Walter Sieruk says
Congratulating someone who commits murder is what jihad-minded Muslims do ,many times over , to dangerous death inflecting jihadists.
commonsense says
+1
Gre3at says
Peace of shit community preach again 🤔💥
Fitna says
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.
Muslims, go back, we don’t want you here.
mg says
And a Merry Christmas to all you Christians. I’m Jewish and it’s not my belief system. And as far as that goes, the muslim Jihadists who congratulate ‘martyrs’, or people who have died homiciding peoples, slaughtering peoples are indeed accomplices to murder. Such as this ‘scholar’
commonsense says
+1
tim gallagher says
It is so futile for non-Muslims to try to get along with Muslims. It seems to me that only Muslims have these vicious, completely intolerant attitudes towards non-Muslims and their belief systems. We, in the western world, can get along with Buddhists, Hindus and all others, and with atheists and agnostics, but what a waste of time to think that Muslims are ever going to try to get along with non-Muslims. Keep islam out of all non-Muslims countries. Their poisonous attitude towards non-Muslims makes them an enemy in all non-Muslim countries. As for this “scholar” he seems to be the usual uneducated fool talking the usual primitive islamic garbage that should not exist in the modern, civilised world.
Keith O says
As a non Christian, I agree with you Tim.
The thing that I find more than amusing is that as much as I detest Christianity and everything it stands for, I am not expected to modify my behaviour to conform with them.
On the other hand, we have the islamists who order us to become just like them and if we don’t, then we are intolerant, racist, blah, blah, blah.
tim gallagher says
Well, that’s the problem, Keith O. Islam has no concept of tolerance and just live and let live. From what I read in the Koran, the book is completely full of hatred for non-believers and calls for Muslim to go out and kill the non-believers. I don’t think that this attitude exists in the other religions. It is not in Chrisstianity, Buddhism and other religions as far as i can see. As we stupidly keep letting Muslims into all our countries, it is only importing trouble because, once they have built up their numbers, then they are bound to try to impose islam on everybody. And islam is just primitive garbage. It seems so stupid to me to let islam into any non-Muslim country.
Hide says
Once upon a time, there was the a beautiful country. The finest country in the world. It had a faith called Christianity, it allowed others to practice any faith they wanted without fear. But another faith, unhappy with freedom, tried to tear down But unhappy with freedom, tried to tear down Christianity as a reward. Why.
Keith O says
Once again Tim, you’ve hit the nail on the head.
Speaking from inside knowledge, the other half follows Tibetan Buddhism, They are very peaceful and whilst their teachings are full of wrathful deities, they people themselves and their way of life is peaceful, compassionate and loving.
Us Pagans have no written knowledge and everything is passed down word of mouth. We also are very peaceful,,, until someone messes with our family, our women, our children or the innocent/vulnerable. Then it’s, hold my beer!
That ethos is why, combined with the old digger in me, that I will always oppose something as inherently evil as Islam.
tim gallagher says
Thanks for the comments, Hide, Keith O and commonsense. What you say, Hide, about what islam will do, given the opportunity, to any non-Muslim country, is spot on. Just to be honest, Keith O, I have to say, and have said before here at Jihad Watch that I am a Christian, not a particularly good one, and sometimes I am a believer in no religion at all, but most of the time I am a Christian believer. On the other religions, I see a great level of tolerance in religions such as Buddhism, tolerance and letting people live the way they want to live (peacefully) seems to be very much encouraged in Buddhism. Among the very pleasant Buddhists I have met is my current doctor who is a Buddhist from Bangladesh and is one of the nicest people I have ever met. I do meet some Muslims who seem OK, but islam seems to me to be the most intolerant of religions by far. I was just thinking again about what this “scholar” says. Saying Merry Christmas is like congratulating someone for murder. It makes no sense. These Muslim “scholars” really do seem to have no brains whatsover and talk nonsense, but very nasty nonsense..
James Lincoln says
tim gallagher says,
“These Muslim “scholars” really do seem to have no brains whatsover and talk nonsense, but very nasty nonsense..”
YES!
Muslim “scholars” – pretty much universally – engage in propaganda about islam.
The only true scholars are non-muslims like Robert Spencer, etc., who tell the truth about islam.
tim gallagher says
I couldn’t agree more, James. The term “scholar” should not apply, except very sarcastically, to these Muslim lying, knuckle dragging propagandists. Fearless truth tellers such as Robert Spencer, and others like him, definitely are the true scholars.
commonsense says
Amen, Tim.
Friend says
Merry Christmas to all people arround the planet. Intollerant people have to know they cannot forbid humanity to live. When and if they find out that fact even for them life will become much more sencible and quality better to live. Glory to the God on heaven and earth ground. Hallelujah. Amen.
Scotsman48 says
He said Merry Christmas TWICE, how nice of him and he really must be a blast at a party.
Its written that he is an Australian Iman but if he is born there then his education is rather of low quality as he has a hard time reading English so tell me where he is from cause he no Aussie…Mate…
The arrogance of pricks like this guy who come to a Christian Nation and sets himself up as the man that tells Aussies just how evil they all are whereas if I went to an islamic Nation, and I have been in Six and lived in One, and said we non muslims should not say ramadamadingdong or Eid or any other islamic festival and they would call me islamowhatever.
In both Malaysia and Brunei it is ILLEGAL for a non muslim to use the name allah as they say that is only a word that can be used by muslims and in these two Nations they do not speak Arabic..
commonsense says
+1