m42
09-04-2008, 04:31 PM
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — When Hala al-Masaad invited her girlfriends over to celebrate her 18th birthday with cake and juice, the high school student was stepping into an unusual public debate. Is celebrating birthdays un-Islamic?
Saudi Arabia's most senior Muslim cleric recently denounced birthday parties as an unwanted foreign influence, but another prominent cleric declared they were ok.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,417041,00.html
"Birthday parties are an innovation ... and people are in no need of innovations."
Yay! Let's all live in the dark ages!
Think the Saudi's will ever revolt?
Saudi Arabia's most senior Muslim cleric recently denounced birthday parties as an unwanted foreign influence, but another prominent cleric declared they were ok.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,417041,00.html
"Birthday parties are an innovation ... and people are in no need of innovations."
Yay! Let's all live in the dark ages!
Think the Saudi's will ever revolt?