{"id":383048,"date":"2018-10-31T06:16:32","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T05:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/belgian-christmas-market-changes-name-to-winter-market\/"},"modified":"2018-10-31T06:16:32","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T05:16:32","slug":"belgian-christmas-market-changes-name-to-winter-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/belgian-christmas-market-changes-name-to-winter-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgian \u2018Christmas Market\u2019 Changes Name to \u2018Winter Market\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p>Some claim change was made so as not to offend Muslims<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul Joseph Watson<\/strong><br \/>PrisonPlanet.com<br \/>October 30, 2018 <!-- NO_ADS_IN_ARTICLE --><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/301018market1.jpg\" alt=\"null\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\"><strong>Organizers of a Christmas market in the Belgian city of Bruges have changed its name to \u2018Winter Market\u2019, with some claiming the switch was made so as not to offend Muslims.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">According to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hln.be\/nieuws\/binnenland\/brugse-kerstmarkt-heet-wintermarkt-maar-daar-is-niet-iedereen-blij-mee~a866a50f\/?referer=https%3A\/\/voiceofeurope.com\/2018\/10\/belgian-christmas-market-is-named-winter-market-because-it-could-offend-other-beliefs\/\">report<\/a>\u00a0by HLN, instead of Christmas-themed lighting, the market will be lit up with \u201cwinter lighting\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">Senator Pol Van Den Driessche of the country\u2019s opposition party called the change \u201cunbelievable and incomprehensible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">\u201cFrom now on we can no longer speak of the \u2018Christmas market\u2019 in Bruges, but of the \u2018winter market\u2019,\u201d he added. \u201cThis is not only a ridiculous decision, it also goes against our individuality. Bruges has a very beautiful and old tradition in terms of Christmas. Whether you are religious or not, it is part of our culture. I do not want to give in to this foolish form of \u2018tolerance\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">Some respondents to the article asserted that the change was made to avoid offending Muslims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">\u201cDo we still live in Belgium?\u201d asked one. \u201cOur norms and values are eroding, our culture is disappearing and our feasts need other names. And we must respect their Ramadan and Sugar Feast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">However, organizer Pieter Vanderyse said the change was made merely to make the market appear more \u201cneutral,\u201d adding that other Belgian cities had changed their \u2018Christmas Markets\u2019 to \u2018Winter Markets\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">This is not the first time that the Christian foundation of Christmas has been hidden in order to avoid offending Muslims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">In December 2016, the Austrian embassy\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationliberation.com\/?id=55994\">changed the name<\/a>\u00a0of its \u201cChristmas delicacies\u201d to \u201cWinter delicacies\u201d out of consideration for the feelings of Muslims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">Earlier this month, a school in Chesterfield County, Virginia\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/voiceofeurope.com\/2018\/10\/us-school-bans-christmas-carols-containing-word-jesus-in-fear-they-may-be-offensive-to-diverse-students\/\">banned<\/a>\u00a0Christmas carols containing word \u201cJesus\u201d in fear they may be offensive to \u2018diverse students\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"unnamed10\" align=\"left\">Last&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/foolish-form-of-tolerance-belgian-christmas-market-changes-name-to-winter-market.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some claim change was made so as not to offend Muslims Paul Joseph WatsonPrisonPlanet.comOctober 30, 2018 Organizers of a Christmas market in the Belgian city of Bruges have changed its name to \u2018Winter Market\u2019, with some claiming the switch was made so as not to offend Muslims. According to a\u00a0report\u00a0by HLN, instead of Christmas-themed lighting, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-383048","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383048\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}