Comments for Paul Salahuddin Armstrong http://paulsarmstrong.com Director, scholar and broadcaster... Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:15:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Valentine’s Day in Islam? by Paul Salahuddin Armstrong http://paulsarmstrong.com/2012/02/13/valentines-day-in-islam/#comment-709 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:15:41 +0000 http://paulsarmstrong.com/?p=2144#comment-709 Of course, I couldn’t agree more! :)

]]> Comment on Valentine’s Day in Islam? by Sal Jamaludin http://paulsarmstrong.com/2012/02/13/valentines-day-in-islam/#comment-708 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:58:46 +0000 http://paulsarmstrong.com/?p=2144#comment-708 a person should show his/her love and affection for someone everyday instead of once a year.. well that’s my opinion though.. why wait until valentine’s day to tell or show someone how much you love or appreciate them.. :)

]]> Comment on Valentine’s Day in Islam? by Paul Salahuddin Armstrong http://paulsarmstrong.com/2012/02/13/valentines-day-in-islam/#comment-706 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:07:00 +0000 http://paulsarmstrong.com/?p=2144#comment-706 Happy Valentine’s Day, Daayiee!

]]> Comment on Valentine’s Day in Islam? by Daayiee http://paulsarmstrong.com/2012/02/13/valentines-day-in-islam/#comment-705 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:37:27 +0000 http://paulsarmstrong.com/?p=2144#comment-705 Paul, Happy Valentine’s Day.

]]> Comment on Valentine’s Day in Islam? by Paul Salahuddin Armstrong http://paulsarmstrong.com/2012/02/13/valentines-day-in-islam/#comment-704 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:22:29 +0000 http://paulsarmstrong.com/?p=2144#comment-704 Like anything, it depends upon a person’s intention… What if Eid al-Fitr falls on 14. February? Should we avoid celebrating it? Obviously not, as our intention would be to celebrate Eid. Our modern Valentine’s Day is not a religious festival, even if a previous incarnation of it was. Indeed, it probably owes a greater debt to Geoffrey Chaucer than any of the saints named Valentine. Author, Idries Shah wrote about how Chaucer himself was influenced by Sheikh Fariduddin Attar, who wrote the Conference of the Birds (Mantiq-ut-Tair). Thus contrary to popular belief, the actual original influences of today’s Valentine’s Day, may well in fact have been Islamic! The day is an opportunity to send messages of love, although you are right, this can and would be better if done everyday. Nevertheless, having a day specifically dedicated to love, is surely no bad thing!

]]> Comment on Valentine’s Day in Islam? by isafakiri http://paulsarmstrong.com/2012/02/13/valentines-day-in-islam/#comment-703 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:26:54 +0000 http://paulsarmstrong.com/?p=2144#comment-703 Amen. it is actually haram in Islam to make a big deal about anything like celebrating a cultural occasion, taking issue with matters that don’t concern you. the very idea that valentine day mothers day teachers day memorial thanks giving threatens someone’s faith in GOD is an insult to faith. if it’s that vulnerable, it’s not faith, not Islam, not anything. thanks for the kind words. God loves love so i know god loves this day in some small happy way. and blesses it just like god blesses any kindness.

]]> Comment on Valentine’s Day in Islam? by Saira http://paulsarmstrong.com/2012/02/13/valentines-day-in-islam/#comment-702 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:28:24 +0000 http://paulsarmstrong.com/?p=2144#comment-702 I agree!

]]> Comment on Valentine’s Day in Islam? by Ummz http://paulsarmstrong.com/2012/02/13/valentines-day-in-islam/#comment-701 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:47:12 +0000 http://paulsarmstrong.com/?p=2144#comment-701 with due respect to you,according to wikipedia “Saint Valentine’s Day, commonly shortened to Valentine’s Day, is a holiday observed on February 14 honoring one or more early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine”
Do you think Muslims should still celebrate this day?
I believe everyday should be reserved for the loved ones.

]]> Comment on Happy Mawlid 2012 by Blogger Pakistani http://paulsarmstrong.com/2012/02/05/happy-mawlid-2012/#comment-682 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:33:12 +0000 http://paulsarmstrong.com/?p=2115#comment-682 Eid Milad un Nabi علیہ الصلوۃ والسلام Mubarak….

]]> Comment on Is Christmas Haram? by Sahibzada Syed Shahrukh Kamal Gillani http://paulsarmstrong.com/2011/12/26/is-christmas-haram/#comment-641 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:07:56 +0000 http://paulsarmstrong.com/?p=2081#comment-641 Assalamo Alaikom brother!

I do agree with Paul to this extent that he’s living in a Europe country and he has to attend those function for social purposes. It’s not bad to attend the functions of even the non-Muslims but the thing I disagree with is the 25th December as a birth of Prophet Jesus son of Mary (peace be upon them).
If a person is called to function, there’s no harm in attending it but if you go yourself and greet them the thing which is not true in itself, what it’s like? It’s just like wishing Pakistanis Independence Day (14th August) on 23rd March (which is Pakistan Day but not Independence Day). Christmas was a pagan function, related to sun, which was associated to the birth of Prophet Jesus (pbuh) in the time of Constantinople. If you read Bible, when he was born, shepherds were out (at night) with their sheep. Can you ever imagine a shepherd going out with his sheep in winter nights? I don’t guess so. And well, December is not like Ramadan which comes in winters as well as summers.

I hope you can understand my point.

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