Sister Jabou, You wrote: My personal view is that Malamin Johnson sent that posting to the list as information to the muslims on ths list concerning the celebration of non-muslim holidays, and maybe I am wrong about that, but that is how i saw it. You hit the nail right on the head. For some reason(s) unknown to me, some of us are still confusing leaving in harmony with non-muslims and actually participating in other religious holidays/celebrations. If I had received the article I sent from someone else, I wouldn't jump and take a swipe at it right way. I will find out more about this issue by asking around, reading the Qu'ran and Hadith before I make a statement based on ignorance. I made a statement that I will repeat again, In Islam we do not innovate, we just follow the Qu'ran and hadith. We can't pick and choose what we like and discard what we don't like about Islam. I wouldn't be surprised at all if this current topic gets taken out of context or out of focus. Looking forward to the rest of your postings on Islam. Regards, MJohnson _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>