Islamic ruling forbidding Muslims to participate in Christmas celebrations or mark the holiday is troubling Egypt's Christians. The call …. came from Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradawi, an influential firebrand cleric criticized in the West for his controversial rulings.
.... The Egyptian-born Al-Qaradawi denounced the purchasing and selling of Christmas gifts, including Santa Claus dolls, Christmas trees and turkeys for Christmas dinner as "Christian and Western." Sales of Christmas gifts in Egypt have gone down by nearly a third this year because of the edict, according to one news report. [AINA] Read more
