"Who would have guessed that the man responsible for the latest craze among Muslim youngsters would be an Orthodox Jewish grandfather from Manchester?"
Who indeed? And yet there it is: what's more is the inspiration is from the Christian Advent calendar. Practical interfaith dialogue if you ask me. I suspect that this kind of interfaith borrowing may become more prevalent. As will the backlashing remarks from purists condemning the 'non-kosher'/ haram/ unChristian origins of such things.
But a good idea is a good idea whatever the origin. And yet we will see the genetic fallacy rolled out a good many times, mark my words.
The Ramadan countdown starts here …:
29 August 2007
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