Re: Celebrating Easter
It isn’t so much as double standards as a lack of awareness. Traditions like Mehndi etc have been part of the culture for so long that most people don’t realise they are Hindu based traditons, and even if they do they don’t want to let go because, let’s face it, it is all the wedding culture we have. People simply don’t want to sit in a masjid, sign the nikah and go home.
The problem most people have with Christmas and Easter is that they are by definition religious holidays of another religion (like we have Eid), so that has never been part of the culture here as it is seen as a strictly Christian thing. They are defining characteristics of Christianity. We don’t celebrate Holi or Diwali or Hanakkah for the same reasons, these are distinct religious holidays. When something has never been practiced in your family, why would you, as a Muslim, want to go out of the way to be part of their celebrations?