Netizens give Zakir tongue lashing over “prohibition of wishing Merry Christmas”

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ISLAMIC preacher Dr Zakir Naik who is best known for his controversial remarks has practically added fuel to the fire by advising Muslims not to wish “Merry Christmas” to those who are celebrating the religious festivity.

On Friday (Dec 23), Zakir posted a photo caption on his Twitter page which is meant to insinuate that “if a Muslim wishes Merry Christmas, then he/she is admitting that God/Allah is the biological father to Jesus/Isa”

Deservingly, the preacher was snubbed by netizens with user @SharaadKuttan greeting him, “Merry Christmas, Mr Zakir. May you embrace the spirit of love & compassion, and discard your habit of fostering hate & separation”.

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Muslim World League head disagrees with Zakir Naik over “prohibition of wishing Merry Christmas”

ONE now wonders if Zakir Naik, the controversial Islamic preacher who is banned in his own birth nation, has issued his own fatwa (a formal ruling or interpretation on a point of Islamic law given by a qualified legal scholar) when he advised Muslims against wishing “Merry Christmas” to those who are celebrating the religious festivity recently.

Or to sarcastically put it, to mislead Muslims in his host country to the extent that it can disrupt the peace and harmony among the multi-ethnical, multi-cultural and multi-religious Malaysians.

This is because his narrow-minded view runs afoul with that of Muslim World League head Sheikh Dr Mohammed Al-Issa who holds the view that Islam does not prohibit Muslims from exchanging Christmas greetings with Christians.

Al-Issa particularly reiterated that there was no text in Sharia law that disallowed Muslims from extending greetings to Christians.

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