A question about Islam??

First of all let me say I am honestly curious and I do not mean to offend anyone in any shape form or fashion


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I just had a few some may view as simple questions about the islamic faith.





1) Do Muslims celebrate holidays like Halloween and Thanksgiving?? (I am pretty sure Christmas is out of that one)


2)If I wanted to send a friend (who is a muslim) would a gift like a flower arrangement or foodbe acceptable and what would be proper and what wouldn%26#039;t be??





The situation is this I am a Christian and I have a very dear friend who is a Muslim and if I am able to I would like to send her something for the fall season. Any advice or ideas would be greatly appreciated.


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A question about Islam??

FlowersBirthday FlowersSympathy FlowersFor question (1), we don%26#039;t celebrate those holidays, esp not out of faith..For me, I am aware of these holidays but I don%26#039;t celebrate them..I do, however, wish my non-muslims friends who are Christians or who celebrate these holidays a Happy Christmas/Thanksgiving/Halloween...





(2) It is thoughtful of you to do that, and I don%26#039;t find it wrong..There%26#039;s nothing to be worried about on flowers or flower arrangement, but however, if you want to send food, make sure it is halal..The best way of finding out if it is halal or not is that you can find a Halal label somewhere on the food item or ask the vendors themselves..





You can refer to


http:// en. w i k i pedia.org/w i k i/halal (without spaces when u paste into the browser..i cant put the link here as there%26#039;d be error..)


to find out what can be eaten or not so that you can be assured that your friend can eat what you have sent over without any doubts..
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Reply:They do not celebrate any Christian or American holidays. They have their own holidays.





They like helping the poor. You could give to a charity in their name. I suggest World Vision because they help feed orphans. Orphans are important to Muslims because Mohamed was one.
Reply:If your friend is an American muslim, then yes, send flowers for thanksgiving as it is an American celebration. Muslims do not celebrate Halloween, they have their own festivals. Most people in the Middle East, whether they are Muslims or not, just like a good celebration. In the past, it was always the custom for people of different faiths to celebrate with each other. So, if you say, were a Muslim and had Christian and Jewish neighbours (in say Damascus, Baghdad or any other city) , then you would visit the Christian neighbours for a celebration at Christmas and Easter, you would all visit the Jewish neighbour at Rosh Hashanah, and they would all visit you for the Pilgrimage Eid (festival) and the Fasting Eid (festival) which are two of the Islamic Festivals. It is Ramadhan now and on around the 13 October it will be Eid and you could send a card to your Muslim friend.


I live in Kuwait and people still celebrate different faith religions with their friends. Kuwait may sound a very conservative country but you should see all the shops decked out for christmas, halloween AND St Valentine%26#039;s day.
Reply:If someone%26#039;s religion is so confusing, foreign, and hyper-sensitive, just err on the side of sanity and find better friends.


That%26#039;s my advice, and you%26#039;ll never get better advice.
Reply:Many Muslims celebrate the national/cultural holidays of the countries where they live. Contrary to popular misbelief, Muslims do, indeed celebrate Christmas. Jesus is understood to be a very important prophet, He is called Messiah, and He is believed to have been born of the Virgin Mary without sin.www.poetry.com