Dengan kata lain, sekiranya kita turut merayakan perayaan, penganut2 agama lain ini akan berlembut hati dengan orang Islam sekaligus melembutkan sikap dan pandangan mereka terhadap orang Islam dan Islam itu sendiri.
Dari pemahaman TUlang Besi, sekiranya perayaan itu semata-mata mahu merayakan perayaan agama lain, hukumnya haram. Namun, sekiranya perayaan itu bertujuan melembutkan hati penganut agama lain kepada Islam, maka mengikut Dr Ghaith, hukumnya adalah harus.
Tak sabar rasanya nak tunggu Dr Yusri Mohammad menggelarkan Dr Ghaith sebagai pengikut PLURALISME AGAMA.
Tulang Besi
Muslims can take part in non-Muslim festivals - paper
Dec 23, 2010 at 13:56
DUBAI - Muslims can take part in religious festivals of other faiths if the purpose of their attendance is to attract non-Muslims to Islam, a senior Saudi scholar said in remarks published on Thursday in the run-up to Christmas.
Dr Ghaith bin Muhammad al-Sheikh al-Mubarak, member of the Council of Senior Ulema (scholars), said by attending festivals of other faiths Muslims could help to “pacify their souls”, according to local daily the Saudi Gazette.
The scholar said when a Muslim rejects an invitation to attend such a festival it could alienate non-Muslims and divert them from the right path, the newspaper reported.
Saudi King Abdullah earlier this year issued a decree stating that only members of the Council of Senior Ulema were allowed to issue fatwas.
The limitation was imposed following a number of fatwas by individual clerics that caused disputes and dissent among Muslims, decree said.
