[EDITED: Dec. 13, 2008 3:56 PM]
Before I begin, let me reiterate that I do not have any qualms with Muslims in general. What I do have a problem with is Barack Hussein Obama persistently lying about not being one.
Obama has surfed into the White House on a wave of lies. But I guess the color of his skin is more crucial to his supporters than honesty and integrity.
But back to the very un-Christmas card: in all my days I’ve never seen a black & white Christmas card. The words stark, bland, dull and boring are some of the adjectives that came to mind when I saw it.
But I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, some Muslims do have a particularly detestable regard towards anything Christmas-y. According to a Muslim lawyer, Christmas is the “celebration of evil”.
‘In the world today many Muslims, especially those residing in Western countries, are exposed to the evil celebration [of] Christmas,’ he raged in a sermon broadcast on the internet.
Decorating the house, purchasing Christmas trees or having Christmas turkey meals are completely prohibited by Allah. [LINK]
The cleric then goes on to explain why Christmas is so offensive to him:
How can a Muslim possibly approve or participate in such a practice that bases itself on the notion [that] Allah has an offspring?
Every Muslim has a responsibility to protect his family from the misguidance of Christmas, because its observance will lead to hellfire.
‘Protect your Paradise from being taken away – protect yourself and your family from Christmas.’ [LINK]
This might explain why Obama and his family do not exchange gifts for Christmas, and why they are repairing to the sunny island of Oahu where they will remain ensconced in an expensive beach side rental mansion for the duration of the holidays — far away from any semblance or hint of Christmas.
Having said all that, I must say that I was astonished to read some of the comments yesterday from SR family members who had no clue that Obama plans to deliver a major presidential speech from an “Islamic capital” [LINK]. One reader even emailed me to berate me for not providing a valid source.
Silly me for thinking she could have looked that information up for herself instead of emailing me.
Reports of Obama’s plans to “reboot America’s image” by delivering a “major speech” in an Islamic capital [LINK] has been all over the news for weeks.
In an interview published Wednesday in the Chicago Tribune, Obama said such a speech would take advantage of “a unique opportunity to reboot America’s image around the world and also in the Muslim world in particular.”
Mr. Obama began defining how he intends to do that this week by discussing his plans to deliver a major speech in an Islamic capital, perhaps within the first 100 days of his presidency. [LINK]
Maybe I’m the only one who thinks that an American president delivering a speech in a Muslim capital in this post-9/11 era should not be a top priority — unless that president is a practicing Muslim, then that explains everything.
