I can envision this becoming an advice column for liberals eager to learn proper protocol in all matters Islamic. I can even recommend a name for it: “Ask Dr. Naik.”
That’s Zakir Naik in case you’re wondering, and according to his Twitter bio, he is “a medical doctor by professional training” and is “renowned as a dynamic international orator on Islam and Comparative Religion.”
It is this latter area in which he presumably lacks professional training that he offers his advice on religion:
Will this presidential election be the most important in American history?
Wishing ‘Merry #Christmas‘ to #Christians is Worst Evil, Worse Than Fornication or Murder.
Astagfirullah… (Please Share)
— Dr Zakir Naik (@DrZakirNaikFC) December 25, 2016
It seems a tad extreme, but he has other tweets on the topic, including one that points to his official fan club on Facebook.
Please avoid it my dear #Muslim brothers and sisters.. It’s a big sin…. Please RT this and spread the message… pic.twitter.com/DdtKSIZeMw
— Dr Zakir Naik (@DrZakirNaikFC) December 25, 2016
I appreciate that this in no way prevents Christians from wishing each other a Merry Christmas (or wishing Jews a Happy Hanukkah and so on), but shouldn’t liberals, who profess to champion inclusiveness and oppose the building of walls between cultures, be at least put off by this?
(h/t Daily Post)
