A day or so ago I read a very interesting article by Dr Bilal Philips explaining why Muslims should NOT say Happy New Year....
http://www.bilalphilips.com/celebrating-the-new-year/
In summary, Muslims shouldn't wish anyone happy new year as it is essentially a throwback to paganism and the worship of a false god. Perhaps you think this is "extreme"....I looked up where we get the word "January" from, it is derived from the Roman God "Janus", the supposed god of doors and gateways. See the following tweet from the British museum.
Apparently, the Romans celebrated the New Year with wild parties and orgies. At the same time as I noted this I noticed serval headlines on 1st January 2016 referring to the embarrassing culture of people being "wasted" as the celebrated the New Year.
Don't you find it a bit odd that so many people are actually following ancient pagan rituals (without them knowing this)? Putting aside the pagan origins of the New Year's Eve's celebrations, is this really a behaviour we can be proud of? Do revellers actually enjoy getting blind drunk? Embarrassing themselves?
It may at first seem mean spirited not to wish someone a Happy New Year, but certainly I would hope people could see why Muslims do not celebrate debauchery under the label of a false god. As a Muslim I do wish everyone well but I cannot condone irresponsible celebration of at the New Year.
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