To all my politically incorrect Christian friends at AIM,
from Handel: Joy to the World!
Merry Christmas !!!! What’s merry about it, when there are so many politically correct people and organisations out there.?
Humbug !!! 
As usual the loony lefties are at it again. If we were a Muslim country.. fine, but to take issue with one of the holiest days in the Christian calendar, in a country founded on Christian-Judaeo beliefs, is beyond ridiculous.
This year’s absurdity comes from the Red Cross UK. Now if this were Mecca, or maybe down town Dubai or even good old Riyadh? I could understand……..but the British Isles ?
On Dec 14th. officials at the Red Cross charity's London HQ, confirmed that Christmas is barred from the 430 shops, which contributed more than £20million to its income last year.
How absurd !
But …Oh the hypocrisy!!!!!
British Red Cross leaders have, however, not extended the ban to their own profitable products. Items currently on sale include Christmas cards featuring angels and wise men and Advent calendars with nativity scenes.
The spokesman said: ‘The Red Cross is trying to be inclusive and we recognise there are lots of people who want to buy Christmas cards which they know will benefit us.’
'The Red Cross is a neutral organisation and we don't want to be aligned with any political party or particular philosophy,' a spokesman said.
'We don't want to be seen as a Christian or Islamic or Jewish organisation because that might compromise our ability to work in conflict situations around the world.'
HELLO ??? …………………
The RED CROSS is a neutral organisation.?
What’s the cross for?
Do they know for that very reason the Muslim world uses the ‘Red Crescent’
and Israel uses Magan Dovid Adom within Israel 
or Internationally 
He added: 'In shops people can put up decorations like tinsel or snow which are seasonal. But the guidance is that things representative of Christmas cannot be shown.' (source)
Christine Banks, a volunteer at a Red Cross shop in New Romney, Kent, said: ‘We put up a nativity scene in the window and were told to take it out. It seems we can’t have anything that means Christmas. We’re allowed to have some tinsel but that’s it.
‘When we send cards they have to say season’s greetings or best wishes. They must not be linked directly to Christmas. ’When we asked we were told it is because we must not upset Muslims.’ Mrs Banks added: ‘ We have been instructed that we can’t say anything about Christmas and we certainly can’t have a Christmas tree.
Now it appears in that in the UK, the home of Muslim extremism…
Some shopping precincts throughout the UK have banned the Salvation Army and other Christian groups from singing carols to shoppers , in case they offend other religions. (source)
Meanwhile back in the Land of OZ
Santa has been banned from a kindergarten 
A Victorian kindergarten has banned Santa and his sleigh, holly or any mention of a religious holiday this Christmas, as part of an effort to be inclusive of all religious and cultural groups, reports the Herald Sun.
"We are just trying to take an open approach to the holiday season," said spokeswoman of the Montessori Marvels Preschool in Greenvale, Marlene Guclu.
"We run a non-denominational, non-religious program," said Guclu , herself a Christian.
One parent, called Anna, rang up radio station 3AW to complain about a kindergarten in Greenvale, which she did not name.
"My son is getting really frustrated because I'm singing one song, and he's singing the other," she said. "They sing carols but they change the words. It doesn't have to be about religion."
But Ms Guclu said Christmas could still be discussed one-on-one with children.
"We want all families to feel welcome, of all nationalities," she said. (source)
May all my friends at AIM have a peaceful and holy Christmas, with a happy & health year to follow.
G-d be with you all
Australians celebrate and revere Anzac Day on April 25th each year in remembrance of our brave soldiers who fought in two great world wars to secure our freedom. Every Australian identifies with the slogan “lest we forget” and in services held around the country people reflect on the battles and men who died to secure our freedom. Yet across the world in France, there is one remarkable battle which helped form the Europe we know today and allowed the development of civilization based on Judeo Christian principles. This one famous battle has become known as the battle of Tours and effectively stopped the Muslim advance into Europe. After the death of Mohammed in 632AD, Muslim armies exploded out of the Arabian peninsula to conquer much of the Middle East, expanding across north Africa. From there they crossed into Spain in 711AD and eventually controlled much of al-Andalus by 715AD. It was the victory at Tours by Charles Martel that stemmed the tide and eventually the Muslim marauders were expelled from Spain in 1492 when the last outpost at Granada fell to King Ferdinand of Spain. 
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was born, lived, fought and won battles against religious and social oppression in the 17th century Bharat or India. He was a shining star in the Indian firmament and is renowned as a champion of the downtrodden and depressed masses. He was and continues to be an icon for the classes and masses alike and is seen as a rallying point for peasants oppressed by foreign rulers, Pathans and Moghuls alike. Sexually exploited women found in Shivaji Raje a protector, a benefactor and flocked to his Hindavi Swaraj to find solace and feel liberated under his saffron flag. 
Perhaps some readers might be interested to know that January 28 is considered a feast day among Catholics – actually 2 feast days are celebrated on the same day – one is of ST Thomas Aquinas, the great medieval theologian and philosopher who adapted Aristotle to the western Judeo-Christian worldview. . It is also the feast day of a lesser known person – St Peter Nolasco, the great ransomer of captives from the Muslims.
How often in conversation with a Muslim, do they quote Spain as the crowning achievement of Islam, where Muslims, Jews and Christians lived in harmony for about 800 years?
Why do Muslims insist that Jerusalem is their Holy City?
There is a very strongly entrenched view among majority of Westerners today that the three main monotheistic religions Judaism, Christianity and Islam share one common God and therefore despite the obvious differences, the core foundation of these three religions is the same. 
