What to do if you don't want your kids celebrating Halloween?

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Re: What to do if you don’t want your kids celebrating Halloween?

@Chicken_Biryani

Sorry guys dont take me wrong, firstly the costume party doesnt have to be the same time as Halloween , upto us when we keep it through the year , or skip it all together .. the theme can be kept a positive theme , for example, at the nursery recently they had a theme , where kids were to dress up on an activity day and the theme was flowers ..similar activity was done a few weeks before then , theme being Alphabets !

Halloween has a deeper meaning to it, its not only about dressing up.

A mere dressing up is an exciting activity for the kids and to remain in line with religion , we keep it as positive as possible but do not make it a ritual with deeper or pagan roots ..

Similar example is Qurbani , if you do it on Eid Adhaa , it take a different kind of significance .. if you do it another time of the year , its a different meaning all together ..

**Khatti, Halloween is not only about dressing up, its about belief in witchcraft, evil, etc etc , I made a whole post in that other thread in All views .. many people dont feel comfortable becoming part of that event for religious reasons. If today my community leader announces a fancy dress show for kids, I wouldnt mind becoming a part of it , coz it is not a religion based event .. and neither are believers asked to refrain from taking part in such community building activities.
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the only reason i see it as an alternative is to let little kids know that we are not against their activity but against celebrating a certain event .. and its by no means a compensation for missing out on Halloween .. its an alternative , more Islam friendly way of enjoying with friends and family alike ..

Honestly, the origins of Halloween and the modern day version are greatly open to interpertation. And this is where I respectfully disagree with you. Halloween is NOT a religious based event. It is not endorsing tenants of Christianity..nor by participating in trick or treat activities does one commit shirk. I completely understand and respect yours or anyone else’s decision to not participate in it (as others have pointed out, many christian people do not as well), but I just don’t understand (and I’m not referring to you in particular so please don’t get offended!) how people are so against halloween but will still celebrate a birthday, mayoon, mehndi, dholki, basant etc when theire is clearly NO mention or endorsement of it in Islam.

It seems we all pick and choose according to our comfort levels I guess.