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<blockquote data-quote="texan" data-source="post: 1053477" data-attributes="member: 38206"><p><strong>Brussels replaced its popular Christmas tree exhibit this year at the city center due to concerns</strong></p><p> <strong>that it may offend the local Muslim population.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.therightperspective.org/2012/11/10/brussels-bans-offensive-christmas-tree-for-muslims/" target="_blank">The Right Perspective</a> reported:</strong><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>Government officials in Brussels, Belgium banned Wednesday a popular Christmas tree exhibit out</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>of concerns that the local Muslim population found it “offensive.”</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>An “electronic winter tree,” will take the place of the traditional Christmas Tree and Nativity</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>scene at the city center of Grand Place, reports <a href="http://www.brusselnieuws.be/artikel/debaets-%E2%80%98kerstboom-weg-wegens-verwijzing-naar-kerstmis" target="_blank">Brussels News</a>.</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>City councilwoman Bianca Debaets believes a “misplaced argument” over religious sensitivities has</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>moved Brussels to put up the light sculpture. She points to the fact that it display not be referred</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>to “Christmas” in any way to make her point.</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong><strong>“I suspect that the reference to the Christian religion was the decisive factor”</strong> in replacing the tree, she</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>told reporters. <strong>“For a lot of people who are not Christians, the tree there is offensive to them.”</strong></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong><strong><img src="http://i1154.photobucket.com/albums/p525/yoseft/brussels-christmas-tree.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="texan, post: 1053477, member: 38206"] [B]Brussels replaced its popular Christmas tree exhibit this year at the city center due to concerns that it may offend the local Muslim population. [URL="http://www.therightperspective.org/2012/11/10/brussels-bans-offensive-christmas-tree-for-muslims/"]The Right Perspective[/URL] reported:[/B][INDENT][B]Government officials in Brussels, Belgium banned Wednesday a popular Christmas tree exhibit out of concerns that the local Muslim population found it “offensive.” [/B] [B]An “electronic winter tree,” will take the place of the traditional Christmas Tree and Nativity scene at the city center of Grand Place, reports [URL="http://www.brusselnieuws.be/artikel/debaets-%E2%80%98kerstboom-weg-wegens-verwijzing-naar-kerstmis"]Brussels News[/URL]. City councilwoman Bianca Debaets believes a “misplaced argument” over religious sensitivities has moved Brussels to put up the light sculpture. She points to the fact that it display not be referred to “Christmas” in any way to make her point. [B]“I suspect that the reference to the Christian religion was the decisive factor”[/B] in replacing the tree, she told reporters. [B]“For a lot of people who are not Christians, the tree there is offensive to them.” [IMG]http://i1154.photobucket.com/albums/p525/yoseft/brussels-christmas-tree.jpg[/IMG][/B] [/B][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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