A Christian complains about prohibition of Muslims celebrating or congratulating people at Christmas

Question

Praise be to Allah.

You seem to have misinterpreted the condemnation
of celebration of Christmas as a matter of disrespect for Christians. In reality,
it is out of respect for Allah and Jesus and the teachings of our Prophet Muhammad,
peace be upon them. It is an integral part of our faith to reject celebrations
that have not been prescribed and/or that have a basis in falsehood, as inevitably
they lead to misguidance and alterations in faith, as has happened with Christianity.
There is nothing “radical” or “fringe” about this. It is
our basic right to protect our faith and practice from distortion and falsehood.
Surely no one has a right to condemn us for this.

Do you think Encyclopedia Britannica is rational
and honest? Please read what they have to say about Christmas:

Excerpts quoted directly from http://www.britannica.com
:

The word Christmas is derived from the Old English
Cristes maesse, “Christ’s Mass.” :

( There is
no certain tradition of the date of Christ’s birth. Christian chronographers
of the 3rd century believed that the creation of the world took place at the
spring equinox, then reckoned as March 25; hence the new creation in the incarnation
(i.e., the conception) and death of Christ must therefore have occurred
on the same day, with his birth following nine months later at the winter solstice,
December 25).

…

According to a Roman almanac, the Christian festival
of Christmas was celebrated in Rome by AD 336…

( The reason why Christmas came
to be celebrated on December 25 remains uncertain, but most probably the reason
is that early Christians wished the date to coincide with the pagan Roman festival
marking the “birthday of the unconquered sun” ) (natalis solis
invicti); this festival celebrated the winter
solstice, when the days again begin to lengthen and the sun begins to climb
higher in the sky. The traditional customs connected with Christmas have accordingly
developed from several sources as a result of the coincidence of the celebration
of the birth of Christ with the pagan agricultural and solar observances at
midwinter. In the Roman world the Saturnalia
(December 17) was a time of merrymaking and exchange of gifts. December 25 was
also regarded as the birth date of the Iranian mystery god Mithra, the Sun of
Righteousness. On the Roman New Year (January 1), houses were decorated with
greenery and lights, and gifts were given to children and the poor. To these
observances were added the http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/idxref/0/0,5716,266282,00.htmlGerman
and Celtic
Yule rites when the Teutonic tribes penetrated into Gaul, Britain, and central
Europe. Food and good fellowship, the Yule log and Yule cakes, greenery and
fir trees, and gifts and greetings all commemorated different aspects of this
festive season. Fires and lights, symbols of warmth and lasting life, have always
been associated with the winter festival, both pagan and Christian. Since the
European Middle Ages, evergreens, as symbols of survival, have been associated
with Christmas… [end quote]

So as any rational person can see, there is no
sound basis for Christmas, nor did Jesus (peace be upon him) or his true followers
celebrate Christmas or ask anyone to celebrate Christmas, nor was there any
record of anyone calling themselves Christians celebrating Christmas until several
hundred years after Jesus. So were the companions of Jesus more righteously
guided in not celebrating Christmas or are the people of today?

So if you want to respect Jesus, peace be upon
him, as Muslims do, don’t celebrate some fabricated event that was chosen to
coincide with pagan festivals and copy pagan customs. Do you honestly think
God, or even Jesus himself, would approve or condemn such a thing? If you say
approve, then obviously you are not interested in the truth.

We ask Allaah, the One, Singular God, with no partners
or sons, the God of all creation and mankind, to guide us all to the path of
guidance and sincerity.