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Friday, December 28, 2012

Muslims launch anti-New Year propaganda


Islamists in the Russian republic of Tatarstan are urging Muslims to refrain from celebrating the ‘pagan festival’ of New Year claiming it is ‘shirk’ – an unforgivable sin.
Kazan (Image from photokzn.ru) 
As the country prepares to celebrate one of its most favorite holidays, Wahhabis have launched an anti-New Year campaign in the Central Russia’s republic, which has a large Muslim population.
Through slogans that appeared in the capital, Kazan, and posts on social networking services, Islamists try to convince believers that New Year is a pagan holiday and those who celebrate it are idolaters.
In their view, all the symbols of the holiday – Father Frost and his granddaughter the Snow Maiden, a decorated fir tree and a party (even if it is alcohol-free) – are not appropriate either, writes Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily.
Opponents of the celebration stress that it is absolutely unacceptable for men and women – particularly those who are not married – to gather for a feast at the same table.
Meanwhile, heads of some companies in the republic demand that their employees – including non-Muslims – stop decorating their desks with small firs or tinsel on the eve of the holiday. They claim that it insults their religious beliefs.
The anti-New Year propaganda campaign was welcomed by Tatar nationalists, who urge ethnic Tatars to spend December 31 as just an ordinary day. Or, even better, to use the occasion to earn some cash driving gypsy cabs while non-Muslims drink alcohol celebrating their “dirty feast.”

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