Christmas fatwa
Muslim leader Jussuf al-Karadawi, 83, has issued a fatwa on Christmas calling on the Islamic world to ban the festival. The preacher - who heads the influential Islamic Research Centre in Doha, Qatar - said in a seasonal message:"Arabs and Muslims should not allow the celebration of Christmas. "Christmas trees should be not be sold and crosses should be removed from church steeples. Even the word Christmas is an offence.
Muslim leader Jussuf al-Karadawi, 83, has issued a fatwa on Christmas calling on the Islamic world to ban the festival. The preacher - who heads the influential Islamic Research Centre in Doha, Qatar - said in a seasonal message:"Arabs and Muslims should not allow the celebration of Christmas. "Christmas trees should be not be sold and crosses should be removed from church steeples. Even the word Christmas is an offence.