Christmas through Muslim Eyes

How better to honour the birthday of Jesus than by spreading peace and goodwill?  The Christian Muslim Forum is looking for Muslim writers and bloggers for a social media campaign to be run this December.
“Christmas through Muslim Eyes” will be your chance to share your thoughts, ideas and experiences of a festival that dominates British culture.

Your readers may be people who are completely unfamiliar with Islam. This is your opportunity to build friendship by showing what you think of a festival that is very important to them. We are looking for articles of between 300 to 1000 words to be published on our website.  We welcome entries of all types, whether spiritual, reflective and academic or funny, entertaining and personal.

Before you start writing, remember that there are in reality two types of Christmas in Britain today.

There is the faith-based celebration, focusing on Jesus and the Holy Family, found among practising Christians worldwide.  Then there is the Christmas of western popular culture, with its emphasis on gift giving, parties, decorations, good food and nostalgic films. This means that you have a lot of subjects to choose from. You may wish to write about something completely non-faith based, such as a favourite Christmas cartoon.