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The brothers and sisters, obviously, as Sheikh Yasir Rajas had mentioned a few weeks ago

when we did the Wednesday conversations, as the environment around us is an environment

of a holiday that, obviously, explains the large number of kids in the masjid today at

the time of Allah, but I mean that it's an opportunity for us to have discussions.

And obviously, when it's Christmas season, there are multiple layers of that discussion.

One layer of that discussion is to look at the origins of a holiday, right?

And to see where it actually rises from.

Another layer of that discussion is how do Muslims reconcile not celebrating Christmas with their

professed love for Isha'i Islam, for Jesus' peace be upon him.

And then, of course, the discussions about how Muslims can maintain their identity while still

being friendly and good and kind to their neighbors while still preserving their own religion

and their own identity.

And the conversations that start to arise about, well, what does Isha'i Islam mean to you?

You don't celebrate Christmas.

You can explain that historically, logically, you can sort of go through the different

reasons, but what is your version of Christ?

What is your love of Jesus' peace be upon him?

And how do you reconcile your belief in him and not attribute certain things to him?

And so, in the spirit of these conversations that we have with our co-workers and our friends

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