Merry Christmas

So here we go...

In the news:

Well I saw an interesting article on the internet this morning. Apparently, a Kuwaiti fundamentalist is saying that Muslims shouldn't wish Christians a merry Christmas. Well I knew this was coming. Why? Because there are to many lunatics out there who think they speak with authority. They (as in this case of this Kuwaiti) speak out against other faiths even when they clearly don't understand their own. Through out history it has been documented that Muslim clergy have not only wished Christians a merry Christmas but have encouraged other Muslims to do so as well. Further, this goes against everything that Islam teaches about good will towards the People of the Book. By wishing people a merry Christmas as Muslims we affirm our respect for the Prophet Jesus and his virgin birth to his beloved mother Mary. So to all: Merry Christmas.

At the movies:

The best movie I saw this weekend was the Chow Young Fat movie "Curse of the Golden Flower". This movie revolved around the idea of loyalty and betrayal. The movie has a great action scenes as most of Chow Young Fat's movies do. It a was movie full of rich details and subtle nuances. This movie is definitely a movie worth seeing. I would give it 4 stars out of 5.