He is, of course, conflating secular American Christmas celebrations with Christianity. Still, it’s likely that he wouldn’t approve of the celebration of Christmas even if there were no mention of Santa Claus, Christmas trees, elves, reindeer, mistletoe, or the North Pole. Christmas, after all, celebrates not the birth of the Islamic prophet Jesus, but Jesus the incarnate Son of God, an idea that is offensive to Islam. What’s more, Islamic law forbade the celebration of Christian festivals long before Santa Claus and elves and reindeer were cooked up. Islamic law forbids the subjugated People of the Book (Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians) to make public display of their religious festivals. The dhimmis “are forbidden…to ring church bells or display crosses…recite the Torah or Evangel aloud, or make public display of their funerals or feastdays” (Reliance of the Traveller, o11.5 (6).)
“Orlando Imam Abu Usama At-Thahabi: Christianity Is a “Pagan Religion”; What Does the Birth of Jesus the Son of Mary Have to Do with Santa Claus, Little Elves or Mistletoe? Don’t Let Your Kids Watch Christmas Movies,” MEMRI, December 20, 2024:
In his December 20, 2024, Friday sermon at Masjid As-Sunnah in Orlando, Florida, Imam Abu Usamah At-Thahabi warned his congregants against celebrating Christmas, calling modern Christianity a “pagan religion.” He stated that modern Christians, including the relatives of those who have ‘reverted’ to Islam, are “pagans,” claiming: “They think they are believers, but they are not.” At-Thahabi further questioned the relevance of Christmas symbols like Santa Claus, Christmas trees, elves, reindeer, mistletoe, and the North Pole to the birth of Jesus, the son of Mary. He also cautioned congregants against allowing their children to watch Christmas-themed movies, such as Sonic and Mufasa.
Abu Usama At-Thahabi is a U.S.-born imam who used to serve as the imam of the Green Lane Masjid in Birmingham, England. He has recently returned to the United States.
The Istanbulian says
Keep running around that rock and kissing it as you throw stones at a pillar
Noah Andeark says
muslims love their rocks. As you said, they pray to and kiss the hug ones, a little smaller and they throw them at women who show leg, and the tiny ones they use to wipe their butts.
somehistory says
Wish I could just boot his ugliness and evil right out of my home State.
Recently, there was an archeology article about the finding of the tomb of the man known as St. Nicolas. A very kind man who gave gifts to poor children. Those who found the tomb, moved the man’s remains to the cemetery next to the church where he was known to serve a congregation.
The article stated that he was believed to be the one who *inspired* the idea of a Santa Claus.
This mizlum scum is like all of the others….a know-nothing who is arrogant enough to believe he knows everything.
The evidence is that Jesus was born earlier than December, but the exact date is not given.
Many celebrate the holiday known as Christmas (Christ +mas) because it is a feel-good season; a time of thinking of others and what they might like; a time for family members who have moved away to return home and strengthen their bonds. A lot of those ones have no faith in Jesus; some will even deny His existence.
But, if mozlums were anything like Christians, they’d just mind their own business because celebrating the day doesn’t do any harm to mozlums. Unlike the things that mozlums do in worshiping their false god and fake prophet by lying, stealing, destroying, raping and murdering.
E T says
Some, They have no idea the power of God Almighty. I pity them. Merry Christmas to you, you wonderful lady.
somehistory says
What a nice comment, E T. Thank you very much. And the same to you and your family.
BTeboe says
There is absolutely no love in Islam, and you don’t get to count the love of killing, raping, and subjugating anyone who isn’t an Islamist.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Somehistory
Robert touches on the St Nicholas guy to some length in his Byzantine book “Emperor of God” The person on whom Santa is based on is very much real
Also, Merry Christmas to you & everyone else
somehistory says
thank you for that information, Infidel. I don’t have much opportunity to read actual books as it is really hard on my eyes with their many problems. so, I had no idea that Mr. Spencer wrote about St. Nicholas.
The archeology article had photos, which I appreciated.
A long time ago, I read that the coal for the ‘bad’ kids was really just that the family needed the coal for heat more than the kids needed other things..
My mother always provided fruit and nuts as a tradition built on this priest’s giving food.
thank you for the Christmas wishes and the same to you.
James Lincoln says
somehistory says,
“This mizlum scum is like all of the others….a know-nothing who is arrogant enough to believe he knows everything.”
Yes.
Mature and well-balanced people realize when they “don’t know” – and seek help and guidance.
Condor says
It would be an interesting debate between Sam Shamoun and Abu Usama At-Thahabi. Muhammad is in Hell and his God is Satan! Abu just might flee back to England…
Nadir Ahmed says
Sam Shamoun is a coward on the run.. he has ran away from my topics, like scientific errors in the Bible.
somehistory says
Stupid ideas about the Bible won’t get you anywhere here. Either posters don’t read and believe, or we who do believe, know there are no “scientific errors in the Bible.”
Unlike the book of demon filth from satan the devil and worshiped by devout mozlums; such as flat earths and something of mud puddle nonsense and camel waste products.
Oh, and the fake prophet meeting an angel in a cave and getting his evil way about everything he wanted to do….if he ever even existed as the mass-murdering, raper of little children, lying sack of feculent waste, sex-mad slave trader, who long ago became food for worms.
Mike says
Allah is only the true God, if he is also the God of the Ten Commandments and the Two Chief Commandments, given to Moses, David, Jesus and other prophets.
Otherwise, he is the false, demonic god named Hubaal, who is not worthy of worship by anyone.
noah says
allah the moon-god was invented by the pedophile rapist mohammed the pig-faced dog.
Noah Andeark says
I loved how the pig-faced dog mohammed wrote the terror guide the koran. It was following sex with, then later a meal of momo’s favorite pig or “dad” as he called it. But momo didn’t know about proper cooking of pork, and had some “intestinal distress”, which manifested itself into the pooping of the koran into the arabian sands.
I got a bunch of the terror guides from the terror org CAIR. I take them to the range where I use Israeli made IMI ammunition to blow the thing to dust. Then I use the paper shreds to line the bird cage.
allhahu’s snackbar and Merry Christmas to ya muzzer!
rubiconcrest says
Beautiful Islam isn’t it?
When will Muslims see this political movement for what it is and reject it?
Wellington says
Islam sure produces a lot of Grinches. Put another way, Islam is such a downer. What a drag it is to have to deal with it. Eff Allah and Merry Christmas.
tgusa says
“Christianity is a ‘pagan religion, they think they are believers, but they are not”
Yeah well…at least Christianity isn’t a cult of tight ass sob’s that dictates even down to which direction you wipe your asses like your cult does.. Within the confines of the Ten Commandments and taking in to consideration Psalms and Proverbs we Christians are pretty easy going and tolerant compared to this guys cult.
As Bruce Willis says in that Christmas holiday classic Die Hard… Yippee-Ki-Yay, (mfer).
And a Merry Christmas to all of you out there including that jackass.
Andrew Blackadder says
Heres a simple question for that stupid looking black dude..
Which Book is the oldest?.
1) The Bible.
2) The Torah.
3) The Gita.
4) The Quran.
Simple question that even this fool could answer.
Imagine the outcry if a Christian Minister were to stand up and say the exact same words against the religion of piss…Oh wait a minute I remember something about a Christian Minister saying something like that and what happened too him.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Gita is not really a book. It’s a part of the epic Mahabharat, which itself comes some millennia after the Ramayan, as well as the Vedas. For Hindus, the Vedas would be the oldest book
JDow says
Any religion believing in Jinns and magic cannot by definition be a monotheistic religion. So his ugliness can get down off his pedestal and STFU.
{o.o}
FYI says
Well,his face is going to have to turn WHITE…
“And for those whose faces have been WHITENED in the mercy of allah they dwelll forever”
Koran 3 :107
otherwise k:3:106 “if your face has been blackened”..you are DOOMED
Noah Andeark says
allah the moon-god was invented by the pedophile rapist mohammed the pig-faced dog.
Troybeam says
Kick him out of the country, close all mosques and return to the 1952 immigration law that kept Islam out of America.
somehistory says
Yes.
Chuck Kimberl says
Spot on.
Chuck Kimberl says
I graduated from Winter Park High School (the old one) before scum like this was gleefully imported into our country. This old dog would have never hunted back then.