It doesn’t matter of course that no one in America has ever been inhibited from celebrating Christmas when, where or how they want. It only matters that when they go shopping they hear “Have a happy holiday” sometimes rather than “Merry Christmas”, and that means people want to kill Christmas.
Please follow along this short story —
A family of Christians took a Christmas trip to Egypt to see the pyramids and other wonderful sites there. Everywhere they went whether shopping, touring, eating, etc. people told them “enjoy the birth of the prophet” (which is celebrated by Muslims typically around Christmas). Even though the country is about 10% Christian, no mention of Christmas is ever heard. And the only place they might have seen a Christmas tree was in the lobby of their hotel, but it was so small and out of the way, most people never saw it.
This same family goes back to Egypt for another vacation 10 years later. This time in a few places they hear “Have a happy holiday.” So… should Muslims take this as an attack on Islam? Or is it simply a courtesy to the small minority of non-Muslims who also live there?
You decide!
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