I asked the following question "Isn't gift giving in Eid (to children especially) an adaptation of the Christmas ritual?" about five or six days ago. Someone reported it today because he/she did not like it.
This is how things go in this section for some people, if they don't like the question, they report it!
Can I know how it was offensive?
Why it was reported?
2007-12-26 13:41:14 · 23 answers · asked by Avenny [snowberry] 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Ramadan
I also added that I liked the ritual and was not against it. I was just wondering about the origins.
2007-12-26 13:51:32 · update #1
Perhaps you should be asking why some people CHOOSE to be offended.
Very often, someone says they are offended by something but the truth is that they are lying.
There may have been no one offended, but one person who generally feels them selves to be of little or no consequence in the world sees an opportunity to gain something for themselves, and acts on it.
It does not matter how tiny or insignificant that something may be, but they make a deliberate choice to pretend they were "offended", as they know what will likely result, and that gives them a feeling of importance when they observe the negative fallout that descends on the other person, who may very well be entirely innocent.
As to the subject matter of your original question, all people who follow Islam are Muslims and all are supposed to follow the basic precepts within the religion, but not all Muslims follow all the same secondary practices, as they belong to many different sects.
Some sects within Islam do as you suggest, but not all of them. Your naysayer may belong to one of those that does not follow that practice, but it appears that individual exhibited their own failure to practice tolerance.
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2007-12-26 14:01:34 · answer #1 · answered by Ef Ervescence 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I find no offense to that, but I'm pretty sure there are some people here solely for reporting. I had a Q reported and deleted when I wished everyone a happy Eid and asked what they were going to to for this day, and what the non-Muslim friends who were viewing were going to do for their holidays. Apparently I was chatting. I disputed it, but disputing doesn't help, they just send you a stamp memo (the repetitive stuff) and send you a link to the Y!A guidelines. This was the first Q I've ever had deleted.
Who knows with online people. There are some truly strange ppl out there that get to be themselves to the fullest when anonymously online...
2007-12-26 22:09:13 · answer #2 · answered by hayaa_bi_taqwa 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You didn't deserve to get reported, but it was such an extremely ignorant question, someone misinterpreted it as an insult. Why would giving children holiday gifts be an adaptation of your custom? Eid-ul Adha is a lunar holiday so it changes its date every year. It just happened to be around Christmas this year. Children will get presents whenever the holiday is.
I'm not a Muslim and I have learned this on my own.
2007-12-26 22:05:53 · answer #3 · answered by Snow Globe 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is not offensive. I got to tell you there are very narrow minded people here, muslims or christians. If the one who reported was muslim, I appologize from you.
THere are some very bad christian here too, I asked muslims where I can find last sermon of Mohammad, two christians replied with all kind of insults that was unrelated or pure garbage, one said toilet and the other went through dictionary and every bad word he could find addressed it to mahammad. I wish all can learn to tolerate and respect others
So I hope u agree with me that I had to report them both, but you didn't say anything offensive. I don't even report offensive posts but when someone insults like those two, they deserve to be reported.
2007-12-27 00:15:24 · answer #4 · answered by Ahmad 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not offensive at all. But I guess it is one's right to report you, silly but one's right. Now if Yahoo actually takes the reporting seriously, then that is a problem as there is absolutely nothing wrong with your question.
2007-12-27 16:41:22 · answer #5 · answered by lou 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wish could tell you!
I find no offense at all. I may not like the question, but that doesn't mean that anyone could ask it.
Some people find offense in everything.
I validate the original question as a good one.
2007-12-26 21:46:07 · answer #6 · answered by alpla 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't find the question remotely offensive, but gift-giving is not comfined to Christmas. There are birthdays, anniversaries, Get Well, Housewarming, and those are just our culture. So maybe it's origin is significant for some other reason.
2007-12-26 21:48:18 · answer #7 · answered by janeebananee 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
not at all sister, ur question isnt offensive. gift giving can be anytime. its not adapted from the christmas ritual
2007-12-26 21:52:01 · answer #8 · answered by Human 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your very stupid almost all of christianities rituals are taken from pagan traditions and Judaism.
The reason christianity adopted Pagan rituals and holidays like christmas and easter was to intice pagans to convert and make them feel more confortable.
Christianity at heart is actually a pagan relegion with many gods and godesses.
You have christianity people who pray to jesus,god,marie and like 200 different patron saints for different saints like the pagans did. This is what is happening today.
Your relegion is pagan to the bone.
2007-12-27 02:27:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
I didn't see it at all. Maybe there was additional comments aside from that question that were offensive.
It's not a big deal sis. We all get q's and a's deleted sometimes, it's just YA.
2007-12-27 06:58:12 · answer #10 · answered by ~~∞§arah T∞©~~ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋