O Yes
O No
Did you know that the word Christmas does not exist in the Bible (the holy book
of Christians)?
A monk chose Jesus’ birthday date in 530, that is, 6 centuries after the birth of Jesus. Do
you know that the birth of Jesus marks the beginning of the Gregorian calendar? Do you
know how the Gregorian calendar is different from the Islamic and the Chinese
calendars?
Non-Muslims ornate evergreen trees during Christmas time. The tradition comes
from the pagans who used to worship trees a long time ago. Christmas day was actually
the celebration of their god of light called Mithra. The Bible speaks about the decoration
of trees by the pagans. The Bible criticizes this practice because trees are cut out and
worshipped instead of God.
Here again non-Muslims mix up religious and non-religious events.
36) How many celebrations do non-Muslims have all year round? About:
O 35
O 5
O 16
37) How many of these celebrations are recognized as religious holidays?
O 5
O 3
O 16
38) How many celebrations do Muslims have?
O 1
O 3
O 2
39) The Muslim celebrations:
O Begin something
O End something
O Do not begin or end anything
If they begin or end something, what is it?
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40) Non-Muslim celebrations end or begin something?
O Yes
O No
If yes, what is it?
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Muslim Eids (celebrations) are celebrated after the end of two great events in the
Muslim life: the end of the fasting month of Ramadhan, and the end of the pilgrimage to
Mecca known as Hajj. These celebrations show that Muslims are happy because they
have done their duty towards Allah Ta’alah (Almighty). Muslims feel deeply moved at
the end of the eids because they did a great effort and this effort was full of prayers and
love for Allah.
Muslims celebrate their Eids by giving alms to the poor and visiting each other
with greetings of peace. These celebrations are peaceful.
Muslims begin the day of each celebration by a prayer in group and follow by
asking forgiveness to people they know. If the fast or the pilgrimage was good and
accepted by Allah, their sins are forgiven.
41)
What do non-Muslims usually do during their celebrations?
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