'Ulema allow Say Merry Christmas Must say the Creed (there is no God but Allah to prey , and Muhammad is the messanger of Allah) Again'

'Ulema allow Say Merry Christmas Must say  the Creed (there is no God but Allah to prey , and Muhammad is the messanger of Allah) Again'

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, TEBET-Congratulation to Christmas has always been a controversy among scholars and the public.

One of the cons opinion as expressed by the Coordinator of the Society of Jakarta KH Endang. "Scholars who allow Muslims to say Merry Christmas to be the creed anymore," he said, Tuesday (23/12).

Context, Kiai Endang quip former Muhammadiyah chairman Shafi'i Maarif and caregivers Ponpes Tebuireng KH Salahuddin Wahid who nicknamed Gus Solah.

Prohibition Christmas greeting, he said, already in the fatwa Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) issued Buya Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amarullah (Hamka) on March 7, 1981. In the fatwa, Muslims who congratulated Christmas haraam.

In the fatwa also contains restrictions on the use of Christmas attributes. Up to now, the fatwa has not been revoked.

In addition to telling creed anymore, Chairman of MUI Din Shams asked to deepen the Islamic religion again. "Ask the people who understand," he said.