What is the real story of how Christmas began? What does Prophet Jesus (Isa) have to do with Christmas? What does the Sun God have to do with Christmas? What is the origin of Santa Clause? How does Islam view Christmas?

1. The Real
Story of
Christmas &
Prophet Isa
Created by: Banan Obeid

2. TO UNDERSTAND THE STORY CHRISTMAS, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY, STARTING WITH THE
5 Books of Allah
Suhuf disappeared Zaboor disappeared
Injeel was changed
Torat was changed
Quran came down
last & will never
change
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3. Do I believe in the Bible & Torah?
• If a Christian or a Jew asks: “Do you believe in the Bible?”
“Do you believe in the Torah?”
YES, but the original ones sent to Moses and Jesus. Not the ones in the Church right
now.
Not the ones in the Temple right now.
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The way BI wrote the Torah is that they put their commentary/tafsir
in with the verses so over time people couldn’t tell where God’s word
ended and man’s word began. Not to mention, parts were missing.

4. There are more than 200 Christian denominations in the U.S. and a
45,000 around the World
Catholics
Protestants
Eastern Orthodox
Presbyterians
Evangelicals
Methodists
Lutherans
Unitarians
Pentecostals
Anglicans
Congregationalists
Baptists
Today, the Protestant Bible has 66 books
The Catholic Bible has a 73 books
So many Books
So many Authors (over 40)
Which words are God’s words?
A few examples:

5. WHere did Christianity Come from?
How did it start?
•The story started in Europe: Conquest of Palestine:
Many years after Prophet Musa died, and many Prophets were sent to Bani Israel, the
Romans took over Palestine.
• Bani Israel now lived with the Romans under the rule of the Roman Emperors.
• .

6. The Romans were PAGANS
They worshipped many Greek Gods/ Nature Gods and Idols). Ex:
Aphrodite- Goddess of Love
Zeus- God of War/Thunder
Appollo-God of Music
Poseidon- God of Water
Roman’s goal was to conquer the World so they needed to worship as many Gods as they could.
If they had all the Gods on their side, then they would win all the wars and rule over everyone.

7. But the people believed that
Isa was tortured and crucified
on the cross.
Bani Israel started to lose the teachings of Prophet Musa. Their priests started changing his book- playing with the rules and charging
people to enter the Temple…making money off their position. Making the halal haram- more strict means closer to God… a way to justify
the real haram they were doing. (It’s like talking about nail polish when you’re selling alcohol)
So, Allah sent them Prophet Isa with a new Book, the Injeel, which had the same teachings as the original Torat.
The priests didn’t like that. Isa (AS) stopped them from cheating the people and changing Allah’s words.
This is the first time Bani Israel reject a Prophet sent to them (parallel to Muhammad rejected by his own ppl)
The people of Bani Israel started to tell lies about Prophet Isa (their own Prophet) to the
Roman Emperor and they tried to get him killed. Allah saved Prophet Isa and raised him
to the Heavens – someone was killed in his place - possibly the evil traitor (Judas) who
tried to get him killed, in his place.

8. Years later, the Roman Emperor and a man named Paul changed Isa’s Book after they thought they’d killed him.
Paul never even met Isa, but a few years after Isa was raised to Heaven, Paul told people:
One day when I was walking a road to Damascus, Jesus’s spirit
came to me and told me what to write and what to teach you.
I’ll teach you what Jesus wants. Jesus died for all of your sins.
PAUL CREATED CHRISTIANITY and taught the version of Jesus that he wanted.
I saw a blinding bright light.
God came to me and sent
his son to me.

9. As we said, Bani Israel lives in what is now the land of the Romans –a land of Pagan Gods and Goddesses- many celebrations.
But now here are these people- a minority- who now follow the teachings of Paul and now call themselves Christians –
a new religion- and they want to worship Jesus and gain more followers.
There was one celebration – the SATURNALIA that was the inspiration for Christmas
So what does all this have to do with CHRISTMAS???
We want to have
a celebration
for Jesus too!.
Let’s make it similar to
the Pagan beliefs so
we can get more converts!

10. What’s this Pagan celebration about?
What were they celebrating?
The Sun God Saturn
What inspired the birth of this God?

11. In Europe, people who lived in Northern countries faced very harsh winters.
Short days and long nights.
Many people died because they didn’t have central heat and they would freeze.
They believed the sun was the origin of life since it brought light and warmth, so they worshipped a Sun God named Saturn.
They would light fires in the winter, make idols of the Sun God, and do rituals to try to get the Sun to come back and make it warm again.
Did You Know??
Days of the week, months and planets are named after Pagan Gods. EX: Sunday means the Day of the Sun.
Monday means the Day of the Moon.
The planet Saturn is named this Sun God.

12. Because December 25th is the day that the days start to get longer
again, and the sun is out for a longer time, they chose
that day to be the Sun’s Birthday.
They celebrated by giving each other gifts.

13. This Sun God was married to a Moon God.
Together they had a baby son that was sent down to Earth as a human.
So there were 3 of them.
So the celebration of the Sun God on December 25th was replaced by the celebration of Jesus on December 25th.
This where the Pagan beliefs started to merge with the Christian beliefs. The
Emperor took this idea of 3 and used it to describe Jesus. He said Jesus was 3 in
1. The God, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Pagans already believed in nature spirits so
this idea became accepted. This is how the “trinity” was born.

14. This was a way to force Pagans into Christianity.
When the Europeans later travelled to America, and all
over the World, they took that practice with them and
taught it to others.
The fake birthday of Jesus became December 25 even
though everyone knows Jesus was born in the Summer.
Even the way they portray Jesus is incorrect.
He was a Palestinian man of Jewish decent, yet they draw
him as a light skinned, blond-haired, blue-eyed man, which
does not fit his description. They wanted to portray him as
European – an image used to cause slaves to submit to the
white man’s superiority This is your God… a “white man”
Trinity was a lie
Birthday was a lie
Description was a lie.
What else was a lie??

15. Santa Clause of course!
Christians teach their children that a 300 lb. man will fly to
every house in the World in one night and bring gifts to the
children by coming down their chimneys.
Where did the idea of Santa Clause come from??
The image of Santa was taken from a statue of the Sun God Saturn.
Saturn can be seen – a man with a long white beard sitting on a sleigh, being pulled by snakes with wings…sound familiar?
Where did they get the
name Santa Clause/
St. Nicholas from??
The Pagans believed in an evil devil named St.
Nicholas. He had red fur and a throne in the
North Pole. People used to tell their kids, don’t
go outside at night, or else St Nick will kidnap
you and put you in his bag.

16. Christmas carols have taken the concept of
All-Seeing, All-Knowing from God and given
it to Santa Clause- a fictitious character born
from the Pagan concept of a mix of a Sun
God and an evil Devil.
Beware of Christmas SONGS:

17. How did the tradition of the Christmas Tree start??
The Pagans believed the evergreen tree was holy – had special powers- since it was the
only tree that survived in the cold.
So, they used to put them in their homes with a light on top to represent the Sun God.
They would hang reefs(mistletoe) on their front doors, believing this would protect their
homes and give them longer lives.
For hundreds of years, people gathered around these trees in the Winter, and did
ceremonies.
This is the origin of Christmas. It has nothing to do with Jesus.

18. So why don’t Muslims celebrate Christmas?
Don’t we love Jesus too?
We have two Suwar in the Quran dedicated just for Prophet Isa’s (AS) mother and her family.
Maryam (AS) is mentioned
30times in the Quran and
Isa (AS) 25times.
Isa (AS) received the Injeel to continue the teachings of Musa (AS).
So Muslims are the only REAL followers of Isa. WE are the only ones who are following his teachings the way he taught them.
Bani Israel focused on laws and lost the spirituality behind them(Maghdoobi 3alayhim)
Christians kept the spirituality, but lost the law (Daleen- sincere but misguided)

19. Allah is saying the two prophets are the same to Allah….creations of dirt.
Well, In the Quran Isa is mentioned 25 times, Adam is mentioned 25 times.
Before this Ayah, Isa is mentioned 6 times, Adam is mentioned 6 times.
After this Ayah Isa will be mentioned 18 times, Adam will be mentioned 18 times.
َ‫ل‬َ‫ث‬َ‫م‬ َّ‫ن‬ِ‫إ‬
‫ى‬َ‫س‬‫ي‬ِ‫ع‬
ِ‫ل‬َ‫ث‬َ‫م‬َ‫ك‬ ِ َّ
‫ٱَّلل‬ َ‫د‬‫ن‬ِ‫ع‬
َۖ‫م‬َ‫د‬‫ا‬َ‫ء‬
‫ه‬َ‫ق‬َ‫ل‬َ‫خ‬
ِ‫م‬ ‫ۥ‬
‫ه‬َ‫ل‬ َ‫ل‬‫ا‬َ‫ق‬ َّ‫م‬‫ث‬ ٍ۬
‫اب‬َ‫ر‬‫ت‬ ‫ن‬
‫ون‬‫ك‬َ‫ي‬َ‫ف‬ ‫ن‬‫ك‬ ‫ۥ‬
(
٥٩
)
SO EVEN NUMERICALLY- THEY ARE EQUAL !!

20. When Allah sends Angel Jibreel to tell Maryam she is having a baby, he says the child will be NOBLE…
There’s no way Isa could have been undressed and hung a cross in public- that is a very ignoble position to be in.
‫ر‬ِ‫ش‬َ‫ب‬‫ي‬ َ َّ
‫ٱَّلل‬ َّ‫ن‬ِ‫إ‬ ‫م‬َ‫ي‬ ۡ
‫ر‬َ‫م‬‫ـ‬َ‫ي‬ ‫ة‬َ‫ك‬ِٕ‫ٮ‬ٰٓ‫ـ‬َ‫ل‬َ‫م‬ۡ‫ٱل‬ ِ‫ت‬َ‫ل‬‫ا‬َ‫ق‬ ۡ
ۡ
ِ‫ك‬
ٍ۬‫ة‬َ‫م‬ِ‫ل‬َ‫ك‬ِ‫ب‬
‫ى‬َ‫س‬‫ي‬ِ‫ع‬ ‫يح‬ِ‫س‬َ‫م‬ۡ‫ٱل‬ ‫ه‬‫م‬ۡ‫ٱس‬ ‫ه‬ۡ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬
َ‫م‬َ‫ي‬ ۡ
‫ر‬َ‫م‬ ‫ن‬ۡ‫ٱب‬
‫ا‬ ٍ۬‫يه‬ ِ‫ج‬ َ‫و‬
ِ‫ة‬ َ‫ر‬ ِ‫خ‬َ ۡ
‫ٱۡل‬ َ‫و‬ ‫ا‬َ‫ي‬ۡ‫ُّن‬‫د‬‫ٱل‬ ‫ى‬ِ‫ف‬
َ‫ين‬ِ‫ب‬َّ‫ر‬َ‫ق‬‫م‬ۡ‫ٱل‬ َ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ َ‫و‬
(
٤٥
)
This term in Quran is always used to describe people in Jenna…
So Isa was brought close to Allah by being raised up to Him.
َ‫ين‬ ِ‫ح‬ِ‫ل‬‫ـ‬َّ‫ص‬‫ٱل‬ َ‫ن‬ِ‫م‬ َ‫و‬ ٍ۬‫ل‬ ۡ‫ه‬َ‫ڪ‬ َ‫و‬ ِ‫د‬ ۡ‫ه‬َ‫م‬ۡ‫ٱل‬ ‫ى‬ِ‫ف‬ َ
‫اس‬َّ‫ن‬‫ٱل‬ ‫م‬ِ‫ل‬َ‫ڪ‬‫ي‬ َ‫و‬
(
٤٦
) :
That he will speak in the cradle, and also in old age
Isa was raised up in his 30’s so this refers to when Isa returns before the Day of J when he’s thousands of years old!
**Amazing point: Every prophet was confirmed by the one that came after him…but Muhammad doesn’t have any
coming after him, so when Isa comes back one day, that’s when he will confirm Muhammad, so he doesn’t lose that
honor that every other Prophet had!!
ONE WORD: KUN…. Goes against all rules of Nature.
Jesus isn’t God,
nor was he
humiliated on
the cross.
This info isn’t found in the Bible.

21. * The Christian religious holidays have nothing to do
with facts or the teachings of God.
* They are fantasies based on PAGAN worshipping.
* They are fantasies based on Greek Gods.
Some Muslims don’t know this, and they put-up trees in
their homes…
But do you know what the tree represents?
The tree represents superstition- a way to push away evil away and
protect you.
This is a type of SHIRK….
It’s like believing in good luck charms
I just want to be American!
I want a tree too”
Allah and His Messenger gave us all the protection we need.
The words of the Quran and Duaa.