; Hell-o-ween

I seem to always have something to say when it comes to Halloween every year. One of the many pet peeves I share with many sisters is when Muslims not only acknowledge this holiday but participate and ANTICIPATE attending related events.

I don't understand why some think it's alright to celebrate Halloween but Haram to celebrate Christmas & Valentine's or vice versa. Don't they all fall under the same category?

Halloween is a highly commercialised Pagan holiday called Samhain which is pronounced as "Sow-ween"

I have tried speaking about it to a handful of sisters but most just push it aside and say "We're not celebrating halloween, we're just attending the party" Lol what. When I try to explain to them that acknowledging a celebration that is out of the religion may fall under shirk or haram, they give me the "Are you a fundamentalist?" look.

If there are some of you who mistake for it to be a CULTURAL celebration like Chinese New Year then I'm telling you it's not. If you must know ( I have mentioned this before in my Halloween-related post a year ago), some Christians don't even celebrate halloween for they do not acknowledge for it to be a part of Christianity.

So Muslims, are we saying that this is part of Islam?

A'qilah Saiere