Are Holidays like Christmas and Easter pagan or Christian? Is Halloween a Pagan Festival? Can Muslims Celebrate Christmas or Valentine day? Dr Abdullah Hakim Quick is our guest on today's show , Dr Quick was born in the United States of America and accepted Islam in Canada in 1970. He pursued his study of Islam at the Islamic University of Madinah in Saudi Arabia where he graduated and received an Ijaza from the College of Dawah and Islamic Sciences in 1979. He later completed a Masters Degree and a Doctorate in African History at the University of Toronto in Canada. His thesis was an analysis of the early life of Sheikh Uthman Dan Fodio, a great West African Scholar, Mujaahid and social activist. Shaykh Abdullah has served as Imam, teacher and counselor in the USA, Canada and the West Indies. For three years he contributed to the religious page of Canadas leading newspaper. He has traveled to over 55 countries on lecture, research and educational tours. Presently he is a Senior Lecturer at The True Dawn Institute (Islamic Training & Development) in Cape Town and a member of the Muslim Judicial Council, Cape Town, South Africa. Shaykh Abdullah is also the Director of the Discover Islam Centre (Cape Town) and Ameer of the Dawah Coordinating Forum of South Africa. Dr Abdullah Hakim Quick's website: http://www.hakimquick.com The Topic: Are Holidays like Christmas and Easter Pagan or Christian? Following us on http://twitter.com/#!/thedeenshow facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Deen-Show/207242941103 SUBSCRIBE http://www.youtube.com/user/TheDeenShowTV Our DVDS http://www.thedeenshow.com/TDSdvds.php Our website http://thedeenshow.com/index.php
