The 'alternative' Christmas message on channel 4 will be given by a Muslim woman wearing niqab this year ...
http://www.gulfnews.com/world/United.../10087666.html
I have never watched this programme, so I don't quite know what channel 4's intentions are.
It seems the Muslim Council of Britain are not sure about it either:
The Muslim Council of Britain said that it did not wish to react to the planned broadcast on Channel Four. "It is not worthy of comment," said a spokesman.
I must say that it surprised me that a devout Muslim woman (I am assuming - rightly or wrongly - that she is a devout Muslim by the way she dresses) should want to have anything to do with giving a Christmas message.
That must take some courage!!
Peace glo
Here I stand.
I can do no other.
May God help me.
Amen.
Come, let us worship and bow down •
and kneel before the Lord our Maker
[Psalm 95]
they dont actually give a christmas message, they just talk about the year for them. i dont think she'll go on it and finish by saying "I wish everyone at home a merry christman and a happy new year!"
Make Dua for your Brothers and the Angels will make Dua for You!
Happy moments, Praise Allah
Difficult moments, Seek Allah
Quiet moments, Worship Allah
Painful moments, Trust Allah
Every moment, Thank Allah
If Allah brings you to it, He will bring you through it
I came across this reader's letter in today's Independent.
I am not sure whether the author is a Muslim woman or not.
C4's veiled woman does not speak for British Muslims
Sir: Your article "Veiled Muslim to deliver C4's Christmas message" (6 December) quotes Allen Jewhurst, the producer for Chameleon's alternative Christmas message describing the veiled woman as "an everyone who can articulate the views of British Muslims".
Given much of Chameleon's programmes, I am not in the least bit surprised that his research team should suggest that this individual can in fact represent the views of the ethnically, politically, and economically diverse slice of society that is labelled "British Muslims". Considering that less than 1 per cent of Muslim women in Britain actually wear a niqab, who on earth can deduce such a pitiful figure as being representative of such a group?
Yet again, British Muslims are being misrepresented in the media, portrayed only in their most extreme incarnations, rather than as the vast and overwhelming majority of British citizens they are; dressing in contemporary clothing, contributing to the economy, society and culture of their country, pursuing relationships with people of all cultures, nationalities and faiths, and respecting and cherishing the (albeit diminishing) freedoms and rights that living in a modern British secular society affords them - one of which is increasingly under threat: the right to practice their religion freely and without persecution or prejudice.
When will the British media stop giving a voice to these extreme elements and foolishly and irresponsibly conferring upon them a status they do not hold amongst the community they are imagined to represent?
I don't think she will have a free speach. If she is a niqabi and teacher she will consult her imam. I am sure she will try her best to speak whats proper to say and don't give to speech some bad aspects.
I will not watch it because here we can't catch the channel 4. Also, if its right in the night of Christmas are less people watching the tv. Here we are buzy with dinner and midnight church sermon followed by a night walk upto house.
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