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Some people believe attending Easter/Christmas celebrations is haram, others believe it is perfectly fine.
There is overwhelming majority who does not think anything about these celebrations. They dont declare it haram, they dont buy christmas tree or easter eggs. They just dont give it too much thought. They go about their business just like any other day. If its a holiday, enjoying with family is not a bad idea too.
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True.
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Its true that two wrongs dont make a right and what D6C said is also true. Most people dont even give it much thought and end up treating those days like a family day. This goes for me too...we dont necessarily celebrate these holidays. I also wouldnt condemn or look down on someone who does though.
However, why is it that our voices only seem to rise in response to non-desi traditions like these? How come we dont understand this when it comes to what we're already doing wrong? Why the double standard?
It seems like if we do things white people do, its wrong. But if those same things were part of desi culture, its okay. Islam is not even in the picture here.
Its not really about religion because if that were the case we wouldnt do half the things we do. Its just about white people...dont do what they do.
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hmmm I don’t know about that, I’ve seen people getting worked up over sarees because its Indian attire 
We must live with all these double standards I’m afraid.
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LOL...Ive seen that too.
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well in our home, its pretty simple, since we don't celebrate christmas so no christmas trees, we don't celebrate easter so no easter egg hunts. when you have kids, you got to keep it simple and not add to their confusion regarding the do's and dont's of certain cultural and religious symbols that we are not a part of.
as a parent its my responsibility to teach them the significance and specific reasons behind these cultural/religious norms, instead of letting them become a part of a mindless copycat culture.
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Its true that two wrongs dont make a right and what D6C said is also true. Most people dont even give it much thought and end up treating those days like a family day. This goes for me too...we dont necessarily celebrate these holidays. I also wouldnt condemn or look down on someone who does though.
However, why is it that our voices only seem to rise in response to non-desi traditions like these? How come we dont understand this when it comes to what we're already doing wrong? Why the double standard?
It seems like if we do things white people do, its wrong. But if those same things were part of desi culture, its okay. Islam is not even in the picture here.
Its not really about religion because if that were the case we wouldnt do half the things we do. Its just about white people...dont do what they do.
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?
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Well, I eat Easter eggs that is the most I celebrate. :-\
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i heard if you eat scrambled eggs on easter, you'll go to hell. can someone confirm this? i may have sent some people to hell..
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Depends whether the egg was born out of wedlock or was it an illegitimate egg 
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egg is legit, but only has a mom. its odd i know, but thats how they roll...
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thats a tough one…let me call some copy-paste scholars to answer that question 
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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?
It is a double standard. People know where they came from and where these customs came from...yet they choose to ignore. People know where Basant came from YET they go out of their way to celebrate it in Pakistan. They want to celebrate a Hindu holiday but still hate the entire country. Why? What does that say about us? What about Mother's Day? Valentine's Day? Heck, what about birthdays?! Pakistanis even have their own version of godh bharai, did you know that? Aap karo to sahi aur hum karein to ghalat.
Riz, this entire debate has - at the core - nothing to do with religion at all. Because IF our primary concern was to teach our children religion then we wouldnt teach them half the things we do about Pakistani culture. It is what it is. It has more to do with the big bad white man and imitating them will send us to Jahannum. Makes me wonder how on earth we manage to lift our fingers when they're so burdened with other things?
No one goes out of their way to celebrate anyone's traditions by the way. If it happens at school or work, what is the issue with it?
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Harram harram kullun haram. 
-Moulana UF Googlvi
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I just bought 8 easter eggs for €2.00, they were on sale 
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^ are these small eggs or big eggs? 
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Medium
omnomnomnom
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Only 8 medium eggs for 2 euros. You have been dhokafied :o
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Jee nahin 
they were €1.99 each before they were on sale 
I’m sucha desi!
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Jee haaN 
or either your place is expensive…
20 euros ke 20 anday mil jatay haiN,
khair sanu ki