Muslims celebrate Christmas? Apparently so:
Council president Ikebal Patel says Jesus is a prophet of Islam, and Muslims in Australia do enjoy and celebrate the Christmas period.
“In Islam, Christmas is a time for relaxing with family, for exchanging gifts,” he said.
“It’s also a time when you really reflect on the past year and I think its a time when you take your children into the shopping mall and have Santa put them on their laps and you take photos.”
Mr Patel has invited Rev Nile to have a coffee with him and learn more about Islam.
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Didn’t you know, we also celebrate Easter…
I guess Mr Patel has just finished reading Jeremy Seal’s “Santa: A Life” and has learned the real St Nicholas lived and died in a village just outside the town of Beyt Lahm in the occupied West Bank.
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