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meidei wrote:What about Israel? If I am not mistaken, Hanukkah ended already[.]
IpseDixit wrote:In Israel Christmas is celebrated by the Christian Palestinian minority
I highly doubt that Muslims do celebrate the birth of the Prophet Jesus, first because...
Well, I dunno. Lots of Hindus celebrate Christmas (basically as a secular holiday, from my understanding), even very conservative ones! And in Kerala, at least, it's pretty common for people to celebrate each other's religious holidays. I've heard of Christians (my own parents, no less) feasting on Vishu and Hindus fasting during Ramadan.
But meidei, from what I'm getting it's a kids support society in Cyprus, so you should be better informed about why and how your neighbours celebrate Christmas. Would you tell us?
IpseDixit wrote:Well, I dunno. Lots of Hindus celebrate Christmas (basically as a secular holiday, from my understanding), even very conservative ones! And in Kerala, at least, it's pretty common for people to celebrate each other's religious holidays. I've heard of Christians (my own parents, no less) feasting on Vishu and Hindus fasting during Ramadan.
I think that for this to happen you need to have two religions with a similar number of followers (in a given area) or at least quite a considerable minority, which isn't the case in many Muslim countries (with a few exceptions).
vijayjohn wrote:5-year(-ish) bump!IpseDixit wrote:Well, I dunno. Lots of Hindus celebrate Christmas (basically as a secular holiday, from my understanding), even very conservative ones! And in Kerala, at least, it's pretty common for people to celebrate each other's religious holidays. I've heard of Christians (my own parents, no less) feasting on Vishu and Hindus fasting during Ramadan.
I think that for this to happen you need to have two religions with a similar number of followers (in a given area) or at least quite a considerable minority, which isn't the case in many Muslim countries (with a few exceptions).
No, you don't. My sister-in-law's Hindu pro-BJP dad celebrates Christmas every year. He's from Muzaffarnagar. Only 0.5% of the population is Christian.
IpseDixit wrote:It just feels weird that you felt the need to reply to a 5-year-old post of mine I guess.
voron wrote:Every year the deeply religious part of Turkey holds a campaign against celebrating Christmas with slogans like 'It is a violation of our values and traditions and desecrates our religion'. They can be rather aggressive:
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