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Religion of Peace update: Red Cross bans Christmas, says "we must not upset Moslems" [UPDATED: Red Cross issues denial]
Every year, we hear several stories of Christmas being watered-down for fear of offending someone (e.g. employees told they can’t say “Merry Christmas” and must instead say “Happy Holidays”). But the dhimmis at Britain’s Red Cross have actually banned Christmas, out of fear of the mere possibility of offending the Religion of Perpetual Outrage.
Christmas has been banned by the Red Cross from its 430 fund-raising shops.Staff have been ordered to take down decorations and to remove any other signs of the Christian festival because they could offend Moslems.
The charity’s politically-correct move triggered an avalanche of criticism and mockery last night – from Christians and Moslems.
Christine Banks, a volunteer at a Red Cross shop in New Romney, Kent, said: ‘We put up a nativity scene in the window and were told to take it out. It seems we can’t have anything that means Christmas. We’re allowed to have some tinsel but that’s it.
‘When we send cards they have to say season’s greetings or best wishes. They must not be linked directly to Christmas.
‘When we asked we were told it is because we must not upset Moslems.’
Mrs Banks added: ‘ We have been instructed that we can’t say anything about Christmas and we certainly can’t have a Christmas tree.
‘I think the policy is offensive to Moslems as well as to us. No reasonable person can object to Christians celebrating Christmas. But we are not supposed to show any sign of Christianity at all.’
Labour peer Lord Ahmed, one of the country’s most prominent Moslem politicians, said: ‘It is stupid to think Moslems would be offended.
‘The Moslem community has been talking to Christians for the past 1,400 years. The teachings from Islam are that you should respect other faiths.’
He added: ‘In my business all my staff celebrate Christmas and I celebrate with them. It is absolutely not the case that Christmas could damage the Red Cross reputation for neutrality – I think their people have gone a little bit over the top.’
Well, I’m glad we agree that Britain’s Red Cross is cowardly. And it’s good to know that a moderate Muslim says it’s ok for Christians to celebrate Christmas. That’s a relief. I wonder what on Earth could have made the Red Cross leadership think that Muslims would be intolerant of all other faiths?
It couldn’t possibly be because of stories like…
- The “no-go” zones across Britain, created by Islamic extremists, where it’s too dangerous for non-Muslims to enter
- The UK blogger jailed for offending Muslims
- Or a Rabbi attacked by Muslim teenagers screaming “Allah Akbar”
- Pakistani Muslims beating and severely burning a Christian for evangelizing…to other Christians.
- Or the British Muslim cleric who claimed the U.S. & Britain will either be conquered through violence or overthrown by Muslims from within
- Or the Pakistani cleric who want to impose Islamic law’s stoning and beheading on Britain and said Muslims have the right to nuke British infidels
- How about when Muslims burned valentines in protest of Valentines Day
- Or this one where Muslims killed a Christian teenager for courting a Muslim girl.
- Or Ethiopian Muslims attacking a Christian church, using machetes to murder and dismember Christians
- Or demonstrations by members of the Islamist Thinkers Society with signs saying “Muslims against democracy and western values.”
- In Thailand, Muslims beheaded two Buddhist men and crucified another Muslim
- What about when Muslims said the Pope must “convert or die”
- Maybe the Red Cross’ dhimmitude could be attributed to the fact that
1/3 of UK Muslim students back murder for religion
Yeah, I can’t imagine where the Red Cross could have possibly gotten the idea that Muslims would be offended by Christmas. Must be another case of Islamophobia, huh?
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UPDATE: This sounds like a repeat of what happened in the UK last year, where a school canceled Christmas in favor of Muslim Eid celebrations.
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UPDATE: This spineless appeasement by the Red Cross is part of a much larger pattern of British dhimmitude.
Astonishingly, it is tolerating – and even encouraging – the relentless incursion of Islamic religious law. Yet this is inimical to British values – and not just because it denies the human rights of women, homosexuals or anyone who wants to renounce Islam.Fundamentally, it does not recognise the superior authority of the law of the land, against which it therefore asserts itself.
But it is a fundamental principle of a democratic society that there must be only one law for all. And yet in Britain today, blind eyes are being turned to Sharia courts meting out not just family law judgments that oppress women, but even criminal sanctions, too.
In addition, there has been in this country an enormous growth of Islamic banking – despite the fact this serves as an umbrella for the financing of Islamic terrorism and is a vehicle for putting yet more pressure on British Muslims to subject themselves to Sharia law.
Almost every week, more examples surface of the way in which British culture is giving way to Islamic practices. As a recent BBC Panorama programme demonstrated, some Muslim schools are teaching their pupils to hate ‘unbelievers’ – all under the nose of Ofsted.
And a growing number of education authorities serve halal meat to all pupils – without even informing the public of this minority faith practice. London hosts three Muslim TV channels — all with ties to fanatical Islamic organisations or regimes.
In short, Britain is being steadily Islamiscised – and the establishment appears paralysed like a rabbit caught in the headlights.
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UPDATE: In their blog, the Red Cross claims they haven’t banned Christmas as reported.
It turns out that these people have stumbled across an article that appeared in the Daily Mail in 2002 and now forms part of the paper’s online archive. Unfortunately, the article isn’t dated on the Mail’s site, which had led some people to believe this was a current news story – although references in it to Sangatte, the Calais refugee camp that closed in 2002, do serve to date it. We denied the gist of the piece strongly at the time.Christmas is a major UK holiday and time of celebration, which is shared by people of all faiths and those of no faith. Many of our shops and offices are decked out in festive decorations around this time of year – we also sell a range of Christmas cards and gifts in our shops, both high street and online.
It’s true that you won’t find explicitly religious items or displays, relating to any faith, in any of our shops, at Christmas or any other time. But this certainly doesn’t amount to a ban on us celebrating or mentioning Christmas, or any other holiday. And it’s absolutely nothing to do with “offending non-Christians” or to serve any other sort of politically correct agenda.
The point is that the Red Cross is not a political or religious organisation. This neutrality is one of our fundamental principles and governs everything we do in the whole Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
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They should change their name to the Red Cresent for the word 'cross' must certainly offend?
Actually, the Red Crescent already exists. But from the look of this story, it will soon replace the Red Cross in dhimmified Britain.
According to the Red Cross, their emblem was created without religious connotation and it is said to have been derived from the flag of Switzerland. Regardless, intolerance by Turkish Muslims forced the creation of the Red Crescent in 1929.
Hi, this is Gloria from the American Red Cross headquarters.
The story you are referencing about the British Red Cross removing Christmas decorations because of a fear of offending Muslims is outdated and incorrect. From the British Red Cross blog:
"Yesterday, we started getting some comments on our Facebook page from people angry with us for ‘banning Christmas’, which we haven’t, and the story now seems to be spreading on some American websites.
It turns out that these people have stumbled across an article that appeared in the Daily Mail in 2002 and now forms part of the paper’s online archive. Unfortunately, the article isn’t dated on the Mail’s site, which had led some people to believe this was a current news story – although references in it to Sangatte, the Calais refugee camp that closed in 2002, do serve to date it. We denied the gist of the piece strongly at the time.
Christmas is a major UK holiday and time of celebration, which is shared by people of all faiths and those of no faith. Many of our shops and offices are decked out in festive decorations around this time of year – we also sell a range of Christmas cards and gifts in our shops, both high street and online.
It’s true that you won’t find explicitly religious items or displays, relating to any faith, in any of our shops, at Christmas or any other time. But this certainly doesn’t amount to a ban on us celebrating or mentioning Christmas, or any other holiday. And it’s absolutely nothing to do with “offending non-Christians” or to serve any other sort of politically correct agenda."
More is here: http://blogs.redcross.org.uk/uk/2010/12/how-the-red-cross-didn%E2%80%99t-steal-christmas/
Hope this helps,
Gloria
Gloria,
Thanks for your response, I've updated the post with the Red Cross blog statement.