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Veiled woman to deliver Channel 4's Xmas message
BillieTheBot
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6210324.stmA veiled Muslim woman will deliver this year's alternative Christmas speech on Channel 4, the broadcaster has said.
Khadija, a Zimbabwean-born British citizen who has been wearing the full veil - or niqab - for 10 years, has been given the slot.
The message will reflect a year in which the wearing of religious clothing and symbols have "dominated the news agenda", said a Channel 4 spokesman.
Good on C4!
*awaits the response of the Daily Express*
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Doesn't make sense to me.
Yeah but that is becoming a joke. Celebrating Christmas is a British Christian celebration, it's just another day to them and we'll have to listen extra heard if anyone bothers watching it because you can't see her mouth to understand better what she is saying!
The word 'alternative' should give you a clue here......
Yes but you would think it would be "alternatives" that actually celebrate Christmas.
Don't be such a moron.
Past people doing it have included Marge Simpson
Its not a serious thing.
Wheeling out Brenda and standing her in front of a plastic tree isn't very Christmassy either, folks.
Millions of people who celebrate Christmas are of other religious denominations, or of none at all. Christmas can mean different things to different people, and you do not need to be a Christian to wish peace upon others, love the neighbour etc etc.
As for Channel 4, it is simply a stunt. Though one with a political message. It is a nice antidote to the bullshit we have had to put up with from some people in this country of late, not least the Nazi-racist Daily Express and its thinly-disguised campaign to have the veil banned in Britain.
Just IMO
Christmas is a holiday in the Christian calendar, on the 25th December, which celebrates the birth of Jesus.
Are you thinking of presents instead?
I would allow Muslims to take the equivalent amount of time off at Eid, Hindus at Diwali, etc, but Christmas is for Christians.
It's not a case of the "true" meaning- it is the only meaning.
So are you saying this Muslim should not be allowed to do this speech because she does not celebrate Christmas?
If you don't believe in it you shouldn't be celebrating it, though. It's as stupid as me celebrating Eid by getting a big barrel of beer and some pork chops for tea.
How can a "true" meaning change?
The "true" meaning of the winter celebrations is the solstice, it was hijacked by the Christian faith. Accept that and perhaps we can avoid the usual hyperbole about "winterval" etc ad nauseum
Countless heads of State, Presidents and Prime Ministers will deliver a traditional Christmas messages. Most of them will not be officially associated with the Church, and indeed some of them will not even be Christians, or even if they are will be talking about non-Christian issues. Do you think it's wrong for them to deliver a Christmas message then?
So you are suggesting I shouldn't send cards to friends, have family reunions, office parties, exchange presents with loved ones and friends, try to be extra kind to others, wish peace upon my fellow men and gather together for a nice meal if I am not a Christian?
How do you work that one out, exactly?
Anyways, seeing as office parties, greeting cards, Xmas trees and decorations and exchanging presents have absolutely nothing to do with celebrating the birth of the son of God either, I trust you refuse to participate in any of those activities.
Isn't part of being a christian respecting other people and listening to what they have to say rather than writing them off before you've listend.
I am neither christian nor muslim yet I feel qualified (and have the degree to prove it) to comment on both.......
DO you go to Church at christmas?
It's got nothing to do with equal rights - it's got everything to do with laughing at Christmas traditions - and good, if the evidence of what Christians believe from this thread is that everyone who doesn't worship their god should be excluded from a national celebration.
I am neither pagan nor christian. I celebrate christmas as a time for giving and being with the family, which I think is a good enough reason.