should you give Muslim neighbours a Christmas card?

[grannyinapram]

YABU
you shouldn't as they don't celebrate
YANBU
you should or else its excluding them

@jomaIone

Do they give you a card for Ramadan or Eid?

My current Muslim neighbours don’t but my old neighbours (also Muslim) gave us some food as a gift. It was so kind of them and delicious. Not adding anything to the thread I know but it’s a fond memory. We gave in return so I guess it depends on local custom/ neighbour relationships.

I've had colleagues who were Muslim and they would join in the office Secret Santa, and give cards, indeed pin up cards they had received. Jesus is an important prophet in Islam and revered, so to celebrate his birth with friends, neighbours and colleagues who are not Muslim is not a problem, I've found. It's also nice to be included!

I think it depends on your relationship with them. I mean I don,t really give my neighbours cards anyway. But I have given poeple of other faiths christmas cards and recieved them from people of other faiths.

I always did it for Muslim colleagues and they were happy to have them, in fact a couple reciprocated

I have colleagues from all faiths - Muslim, Jewish, Sikh, Hindu - and everyone chooses to join in the team secret Santa, exchange cards and generally enjoy the season. It is completely optional with no connotations if you don't want to join in - one year a colleague had been bereaved and didn't feel like celebrating so opted out, and a Jehovah's Witness colleague (who has now left) also didn't get involved, but most people do. I would send the card and not worry about it. I wouldn't send a religious card though, I always buy winter scenes or snow globe type things because I prefer them.

One of our neighbours does send us a card the other doesn't. I am not offended either way and would give them to my teachers and other friends at school. As an adult I do not send xmas cards, I send Eid ones to family.

We do give food to one of the neighbours at eid, to share our joy. It isn't reciprocated at xmas and that is their choice.

Some Muslim people might put up trees and do presents, my cousins do. We have a lovely xmas meal planned and enjoy this time of year but no Xmas trees or presents at our home, our kids have been told santa doesn't come to us because we have Eid.

Do people not realise that plenty of British people (including Muslims!) who aren't Christian celebrate Christmas??

I didn't know I needed to check all my neighbours' religious affiliations before I gave out cards! If I know someone is a JW I wouldn't give a card. But if I didn't know and gave a Christmas card to someone who doesn't celebrate Christmas, I am sure they would cope.

My husband has a Muslim colleague and friend that we give a card to but they give us a card too. Some Muslims are quite into some of the Christmas bits. We had Hindu friends who put up a tree and everything. If you want to why not?

I would have voted YANBU - except for the 'else you are excluding them'.

Yes, we always do. I generally try to make sure it’s a non-religious Seasons Greetings type card just in case.

I always did when I had Muslim neighbours.

They used to buy Christmas hampers and share the contents among their non-Muslim neighbours so most of us non-Muslims gave them cards at least. I used to bake them a cake which was always appreciated. My Muslim neighbours were really great neighbours.

Sri Lanka at Christmas was the most decked out Christmas thing I've ever seen in my life. Christians make up about 7% of their population.

All cultures like to enjoy themselves, a significant portion of the world is celebrating at that time, I'm amazed to think people think it's not like that

Christmas is a time of reaching out, whether family, friends or neighbours. We all sure need it this year!

Beautifully put

It would take an unusual personality to be offended by a kindly meant gesture, and certainly I never had any complaints from my mainly muslim clients ... although I took care with the kind of cards I sent

Anyway, if you get to know them better there's a chance they'll share some of their own celebratory food - and the food's brilliant

My Muslim neighbours always send me a Christmas card and I always send them one

I would otherwise you're discriminating against them because their muslin, even in this tiny way

Too much overthinking here.

If you are friendly with someone and you normally send Christmas cards, send them a card. I went to school with girls of all religions and races, and we all exchanged Christmas cards without anyone batting an eyelid.

DP is a Muslim, and still reminds me of the year that I didn't buy him a Christmas present.

My Muslim neighbours kids all had Santa hats on yesterday, so I can't imagine that a card would cause offense. I'd probably go for seasonal rather than overtly religious, that's all.

When I was at school I would give cards that had something like polar bears or penguins on and said ‘Happy Holidays’ or ‘Season’s Greetings’ to children that were Jewish, Muslim or Hindu. I usually got similar cards back. Polar bears are fairly inoffensive, unless you’re a seal.

I would probably stick to seasons greetings to be on the safe side, but yes it’s a nice thought. I’m a Muslim and we’ll also normally give our neighbours food on Eid (cards just haven’t been established as a tradition). I also know of Muslims who celebrate Christmas properly so it really is a spectrum.

I wouldn’t be offended to be given a card or gift fir Eid or Hanukkah or Diwali and I don’t think people of other religions are generally more bigoted than me to be offended by a genuine gesture of friendship.

Christmas is haram for Muslim people

Shit, I best tell my brother-in-law he can't come on Christmas day then!

A lot of my neighbours are Muslim and we usually receive cards from 2 or 3 other households, not to mention many of my kid's classmates.

I don'tknow any muslins, so they have Mary and Jesus, but don't believe he's the son of God, how do he figure in Islam then, geniune question, I have no-one to ask.

The little shop in my village was once owned by a Muslim family, and they gave some customers a Christmas card, as in always those that were always shopping there, and they accepted Christmas cards from the customers too. I don't think it's an issue at all.