Pope, Queen among Thousands Sent ‘Islamic’ Christmas Cards

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Dr Mohammed Fahim, of the Qur'ani Murkuz Trust in east London, has sent his specially designed cards to everyone from the Queen to the Pope in a bid to highlight Jesus's role as a prophet in his faith.

The cards are printed with scenes of Quds (Jerusalem) and verses from the Quran about Jesus's (AS) miracles and Mary's virgin birth.

"Almost 10 years ago I decided to design a set of special Christmas cards talking about Mary and Jesus from the Quran. I print about 4,000 cards every year," he said.

"I send them to the members of the Royal Family, members of the Houses of Parliament, churches, neighbours, colleagues at work, the Pope and all the EU leaders - amazingly I receive so many responses and interesting comments.

"I am pleasantly surprised and honoured that Her Majesty the Queen, the Prime Minister and the Pope respond to my card every year."

Dr Fahim said Muslims believed in Jesus's miracles as well as his second coming.

He said: "Muslims believe in all the prophets and messengers of God without making any distinction between any of them - as stated by God in the Quran.

"So if they believe in Mohammed and Jesus, why do they celebrate the birth of Mohammed and not the birth of Jesus? To celebrate I mean to emulate, to study the lifestyle of these messengers, the great sacrifices they made and the legacy they left behind."

The religious leader also hopes his work will help dispel misconceptions about Islam as well as encourage more Muslims to celebrate and study the Christmas story.

Source: news.sky.com