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I’ve introduced a new category for FriendlyChristian.com: In The News.
For all you current events/news junkies, this one is for you!
Religious leaders in England agree: Hands off Christmas!
Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims joined Britain’s equality watchdog Monday in urging Britons to enjoy Christmas without worrying about offending non-Christians.
Sikh spokesman Indarjit Singh said: “Every year I am asked ‘Do I object to the celebration of Christmas?’ It’s an absurd question. As ever, my family and I will send out our Christmas cards to our Christian friends and others.”
Their sentiments were echoed by British Muslim leaders, who were also forthright last week in condemning Sudan for jailing a British teacher for letting her pupils name a teddy bear Mohammad.
Muslim Council of Britain spokesman Shayk Ibrahim Mogra said “To suggest celebrating Christmas and having decorations offends Muslims is absurd. Why can’t we have more nativity scenes in Britain?”
Muslims encouraged to “take over Nigeria by going to war against Christians.”
Elder Saidu Dogo, the secretary of the northern Nigeria chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), recently told Compass Direct that Muslim leaders are encouraging their followers to “take over Nigeria by going to war against Christians.” And as a result, many believers in this nation are being threatened, abducted, or murdered.
Noting that other Muslim leaders also preached attacks against Christians during Ramadan,
Elder Dogo is pleading for the Nigerian government to protect Christians. He is asking they act quickly to forestall what he and other Christian leaders say is a systematic effort to wipe Christianity out of northern Nigeria.The Rev. Joshua Magaji, assistant secretary of the Kaduna state chapter of CAN, said the killings were meant to provoke Christians into angry retaliations and trigger another religious crisis in the state. Tens of thousands of deaths have been the result of religious violence in the past three decades and violence has broken out several times since the imposition of sharia (Islamic) law in 2000.
“We thank God that Christians in the state have restrained themselves from avenging the killing of these two, and we would like to appeal that they continue in this spirit,” Magaji said.
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I greatly dislike the phrase “Muslim leaders” or “Community leaders” because nobody elected them. They are, for all intents and purposes, everyday citizens who live in a community of a high demographic of a particular religion. They are self-elected “leaders” and speak only for themselves.
Having ranted about that for no good reason I must also applaud the kick in the teeth that they’ve given political correctness gone mad. Long may it continue.
Thinking on this a little further how would you react to a headline that said “Christian troops urged to kill Muslims in Iraq”?
It’s factually correct while being misleading in that pertinent information is missing. Any general worth the name will also use their enemies weaknesses against them. This could mean attacking at night or when all the enemy soldiers are at prayer. From a tactical point of view it makes no difference if the prayer is to Allah or Jehovah as long as they are not combat ready….the troops not Jehovah.
The Christians in Nigeria aren’t exactly stellar either:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2224553,00.html
Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live, dontcha know.