Muslim Cleric: Saying ‘Merry Christmas’ Is Worse than Fornication, Alcohol, or Murder
"You cannot say, 'Merry Christmas,' not even if an alien came and he told you, you cannot even say it to him, and say, 'He’s just an alien. I’m never going to see him again. He’s not going to tell anyone.'
No 'Merry Christmas' – not from a Muslim and not from a non-Muslim. It’s not part of our religion – period! It is the concept that God was born on the 25th of December. That’s a [polytheism] and [heresy] as you can get.
When you say, 'Merry Christmas,' you are saying, 'Congratulations on your false religion, congratulations on your false understanding of life.' You are congratulating them on the most evil of [polytheism] and [heresy].
And as Ibn Qayyim said, this is worse than fornication, drinking alcohol, and killing someone, because you are approving of the biggest crime ever committed by the children of Adam – [polytheism]."