Re: Halloween and other occasions
I agree, each religious occasion is important to people of that faith. And when I say differentiating, I mean that a Muslim kid should know that according to Islam, Eids are a lot more important and a part of their religion and Halloween and other occasions cannot be equated to them on the whole. Am sure Christian kids would never bother celebrating Eid and would never think that Eid is more of an occasion to celebrate than Christmas, same for a Hindu kid for whom Diwali and Holi should obviously be more important.
The reason i opened this thread was, because I met one or two families who didnt do anything for Eid this time, no dressing up or even visiting anyone and last night I saw all their kids dressed up totally excited for Halloween. Not very tasteful IMO.