Riyadh, Nov 14 : Saudi Education Ministry has warned international schools from marking non-Islamic occasions, such as Christmas and New Year, the media reported on Monday.
The ban includes forbidding those schools from providing holidays on such occasions or changing the dates of exams to suit them, Xinhua news agency reported.
The ministry directed all schools to stick to the academic calendars for exams and holidays.
The ministry warned of legal steps against violated schools that could reach to termination of the license.
Saudi Arabia is a Sunni-conservative state that follows Islamic rules in all walks of life.—IANS
ISLAM BEING THE LAST AND PERFECT RELIGION HAS SERIOUS RESPONSIBILITIES.
CONSPIRACIES ARE BEING HATCHED AGAINST ISLAM FROM THE BEGINNING ITSELF
LOOK AT CHRISTIAN COUNTRIES ,THEY DO ALL FORBIDDEN ACTS AND LEGALLY PROPAGATE IT.
THEY ARE NO MORE TRUE CHRISTIANS.THEY USE CHURCH ,CHARITY ORGANISATIONS ,SCHOOLS FOR SABOTAGING ISLAM AND MUSLIMS ,
LOOK AT CHRISTIAN COUNTRIES HOW THEY CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS FULL BOOZING AND ILLLICIT SEX ,ALL AGAINST CHRISTIAN TEACHINGS AND BIBLE
I would like to know views of Indian muslims on this who criticize BJP for making India a hindu rashtra & advocate secularism.
TRY TO BE GOOD HINDU,DONT BE SECULAR.GOD HAS MADE YOU HINDU .READ VEDAS AND FOLLOW IT PROPERLY
GO TO GOOD HINDU SCHOLARS AND FOLLOW THIS.
BHAGAVAD GITA
The most popular amongst all the Hindu scriptures is the Bhagavad Gita.
Consider the following verse from the Gita: “Those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own natures.” [Bhagavad Gita 7:20]
The Gita states that people who are materialistic worship demigods i.e. ‘gods’ besides the True God.
UPANISHADS:
The Upanishads are considered sacred scriptures by the Hindus.
The following verses from the Upanishads refer to the Concept of God:
“EKAM EVADVITIYAM”
“HE IS ONE ONLY WITHOUT A SECOND.”
[CHANDOGYA UPANISHAD 6:2:1]1
“NA CASYA KASCIJ JANITA NA CADHIPAH.”
“OF HIM THERE ARE NEITHER PARENTS NOR LORD.”
[SVETASVATARA UPANISHAD 6:9]2
“NA TASYA PRATIMA ASTI”
“THERE IS NO LIKENESS OF HIM.”
[SVETASVATARA UPANISHAD 4:19]3
The following verses from the Upanishad allude to the inability of man to imagine God in a particular form:
“NA SAMDRSE TISTHATI RUPAM ASYA, NA CAKSUSA PASYATI KAS CANAINAM.”
“HIS FORM IS NOT TO BE SEEN; NO ONE SEES HIM WITH THE EYE.”
[Svetasvatara Upanishad 4:20]4
THE VEDAS
Vedas are considered the most sacred of all the Hindu scriptures. There are four principal Vedas: Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samveda and Atharvaveda.
Yajurveda
The following verses from the Yajurveda echo a similar concept of God:
“NA TASYA PRATIMA ASTI
“THERE IS NO IMAGE OF HIM.”
[YAJURVEDA 32:3]5
“SHUDHAMA POAPVIDHAM”
“HE IS BODYLESS AND PURE.”
[YAJURVEDA 40:8]6
“ANDHATAMA PRAVISHANTI YE ASAMBHUTI MUPASTE”
“THEY ENTER DARKNESS, THOSE WHO WORSHIP THE NATURAL ELEMENTS” (AIR, WATER, FIRE, ETC.). “THEY SINK DEEPER IN DARKNESS, THOSE WHO WORSHIP SAMBHUTI.”
[Yajurveda 40:9]7
Sambhuti means created things, for example table, chair, idol, etc.
The Yajurveda contains the following prayer:
“Lead us to the good path and remove the sin that makes us stray and wander.”
[Yajurveda 40:16]8
Atharvaveda
The Atharvaveda praises God in Book 20, hymn 58 and verse 3:
“DEV MAHA OSI”
“GOD IS VERILY GREAT”
[Atharvaveda 20:58:3]9
Rigveda
The oldest of all the vedas is Rigveda. It is also the one considered most sacred by the Hindus. The Rigveda states in Book 1, hymn 164 and verse 46:
“SAGES (LEARNED PRIESTS) CALL ONE GOD BY MANY NAMES.”
[Rigveda 1:164:46]
. Brahma means ‘The Creator’. Translated into Arabic it means Khaaliq. However if it is said that Brahma is Almighty God who has four heads with each head having a crown,
Describing Almighty God in anthropomorphic terms also goes against the following verse of Yajurveda:
“NA TASYA PRATIMA ASTI”
“THERE IS NO IMAGE OF HIM.”
[YAJURVEDA 32:3]
Vishnu means ‘The Sustainer’. Translated into Arabic it means Rabb. popular image of
Vishnu among Hindus, is that of a God who has four arms, with one of the right arms holding the Chakra, i.e. a discus and one of the left arms holding a ‘conch shell’, or riding a bird or reclining on a snake couch. Muslims can never accept any image of God. As mentioned earlier this also goes against Svetasvatara Upanishad Chapter 4 verse 19.
“NA TASYA PRATIMA ASTI”
“THERE IS NO LIKENESS OF HIM”
The following verse from the Rigveda Book 8, hymn 1, verse 1 refer to the Unity and Glory of the Supreme Being:
“MA CID ANYAD VI SANSATA SAKHAYO MA RISHANYATA”
“O FRIENDS, DO NOT WORSHIP ANYBODY BUT HIM, THE DIVINE ONE. PRAISE HIM ALONE.”
[Rigveda 8:1:1]10
“DEVASYA SAMITUK PARISHTUTIH”
“VERILY, GREAT IS THE GLORY OF THE DIVINE CREATOR.”
[Rigveda 5:1:81]11
Brahma Sutra of Hinduism:
The Brahma Sutra of Hinduism is:
“EKAM BRAHM, DVITIYA NASTE NEH NA NASTE KINCHAN”
“THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD, NOT THE SECOND; NOT AT ALL, NOT AT ALL, NOT IN THE LEAST BIT.”
Thus only a dispassionate study of the Hindu scriptures can help one understand the concept of God in Hinduism.
The real concept of GOD in hinduism says that GOD is only one but present everywhere. Hence hindus worship living entities because it has presence of supreme soul. So hindus are following Vedas correctly.
However, the islamic definition of GOD is incomplete & hence cannot answer following questions:
1) What happens when human being dies?
2) Does Islam consider human body as material constitution?
3) What every human being has different fate. why somebody is poor by born, somebody is rich, somebody is good looking & somebody is bad looking?
4) How much is the life of this universe?
Please answer the above questions in Islamic context. I have posted these questions several times but no muslim could answer them. This proves that Islam provides preliminary knowledge & advanced questions cannot be answered.
Saudi has no christian or Hindi so no need to give holiday for their festival
This move of the Saudi Arabian govt is an awful violation of the basic principles of Islam propounded in Quran. Quran very clearly tells Muslims to respect all religions and their practices. During the lifetime of prophet Mohammad when he was the head of the Islamic state of Madina, he practiced this equality and respect towards the then Jewish and Christian communities who lived there. He respected their religious observances vand holidays vand let their synagogues and churches thrive. Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and a few other Muslim countries are theocratic Sunni Muslim countries that are harsh towards religious minorities and even Shia Muslims.
There is no muslim country who practice Islam fully.Saudi arabia is no exception.On the contrary I feel it is becoming more and more non islamic day by day.I as a muslim regret for this move of them.
Mr Jamell Azam ,Whatever you have said to a hindu is very good ,but what about a muslim.Didn’t you heard ,charity begins at home.If we the muslim would have been good the world shouldn’t have been like this.
Are we following quran.Are we following Ahadees? Then you first say muslims to follow their religion.