Reasons Why I think We Shouldn't be Celebrating Halloween

In our nation's bid to become more 'Westernized' (read: night clubs, concerts etc), we are basically copycatting their every move. We are plagiarizing the Westerners. There is no integrity in that. Its almost like when Little Johnny's been copying his friends test answers all afternoon, and when his friend puts down 'I don't know' as an answer to a question he doesn't know, Little Johnny puts down on his, 'Neither do I'.

In one of our latest attempts on plagiarism, he are now adopting Halloween. The talk all over is about the October 31st celebration. Spooky indeed!

Now there are tons of reasons why this beautiful nation of ours shouldn't be celebrating such. Here's some of mine. But first, read a brief description and an article of what Halloween is all about.

Valentine's Day, anyone?

1. It has roots to the Christian holiday All Saint's Day. Now I know some Muslims out there are celebrating.
2. Historically, it was probably from the Celtic festival Samhain/Samuin, which roughly means 'Summer's End'. I don't believe we have such a season here. Adding to that, wearing ghost costumes, the undead, evil spirits etc just doesn't sound right. Again, Muslims, listen.

3. Halloween was brought to the US by Irish immigrants back in the days. That's why they celebrate it over there. Who brought it here? The TV?

After this, to become even more western, we might want to consider celebrating Saint Patrick's Day, the 4th of July, or even Groundhog day.

Of a Broken Heart.....NAH!!

Ya right! It would most likely take a hell of an effort to make me heart broken..haha..

Well, I was wondering what I should write about to kick start my 'blogging career' again, and then since it was valentines day, i thought i should just give this a topic a go.

Here goes nothing.

Valentine's Day is put out as a 'traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other; sending Valentine cards or candy. It is very common to present flowers on Valentine's Day. The holiday is named after two men, both Christian martyrs named Valentine. The day became associated with romantic love in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished'. I got that from wikipedia.

From what i know, this celebration has become so common in the world we live now (the U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately one billion valentines are sent each year worldwide). The sad part is the fact that it's also starting to become synonym amongst us Muslims. Come on people, we know better than that.

For crying out loud, Feb 14 was originally a day to remember and honour a priest of his sacrifice in spreading Christianity during the Roman Empire. Valentine died on Feb 14 after being tortured and sentenced to death by the Roman King himself. Why in the world, should we honour that?

'For Christians, Valentine is a symbol of true affection between God and mankind. This is why Christians make February 14 as a day for love and affection to commemorate the death of the priest.'

We Muslims, encouraged to live with love and affection among the Ummah, according to Islamic guidelines. Such affection is forever and should not be observed only on a certain day. The Prophet, PBUH, said: "You cannot enter paradise unless you become a total believer and you won't become a total believer unless you love each other."

Sure, some might say what hurt can it bring to give your girlfriend some flowers and candy on a day when everyone else is doing basicly the same thing. Well, firstly, there isn't even actually the bf/gf relationship in Islam. And then again, all these silly things would just lead to 'maksiat'. Those who would prefer to be more romantic with their partners would certainly go the extra mile and probably drag them to go beyond the limit and even engage in promiscuous activities.

And finally, to wrap things up, the main reason why I think that we should not celebrate this occasion is becasuse Allah has stated clearly,'Say: O ye that reject Faith!.............I shall not worship what you worship. Neither will you worship what i worship. You have your own religion and I have mine.' -Quran 109-

If that doen't summon things up, I don't know what will.