Festive Note - Nativity Plays

[olivierfouquet2000]

Heidy

> > > 1.  PC.  Yes, indeedy.  Though the Christmas Nativity play is 
> rooted
> > > in the Judeo-Christian tradition...
> > 
> > Actually, no.
> > 
> > I don't want to sound mean, and I'm really trying not to sound 
> sarcastic 
> > but...
> > 
> > It's firmly rooted in Christian tradition. Given that, as a rule, 
> Jews 
> > don't celebrate Christmas, there's nothing "Judeo-" about the 
> > tradition.
> > 

June :

> No offence taken at all and I stand happily corrected.  What I was 
> after was to make the distinction between that and Islam and Hindu 
> faiths.  If I used Judeo-christian as a term it was to make the 
> point that Christianity is a descendent faith of the senior Judaism.
> 

Now me :

And to continue in the same vein, Islam considers Jesus as the greatest of the prophet 
before Mahomet and firmly defends the virginity of Mary, calling her the saintest of all 
women.There is a whole surat in the Coran describing the encounters between Mary 
and the archangel Gabriel. 

It is not at all uncommon (in fact quite common) for muslim mothers to bless their 
children with the love of "God, Mahomet and the Holy Virgin." Besides, there is a 
turkish saying that goes "If you sin, God will forgive you. If he doesn't, then Meriem (ie 
Mary) will ammend for you."

So Nativity Plays are not at all alien to the original muslim faith.

All the best,

Olivier