(CTV) A Muslim cleric who said wishing someone merry Christmas is a sin worse than murder claims his comments were taken out of context.
During a sermon on December 23, Sheikh Younus Kathrada, a preacher in Victoria, B.C., said that Muslims must be offended when people worship Jesus.
Sheikh Kathrada can be seen addressing worshippers in a video titled “Greeting Non-Muslims on Their Holidays,” published to YouTube by Muslim Youth of Victoria.
“If a person were to commit every major sin, murder, committing adultery, dealing with interest, all of these sins, if a person were to do all of those major sins, they are nothing compared to the sin of congratulating and greeting the non-Muslims on their false festivals,” he said.
