I really must keep up

BBC Radio 3 just announced the content of its programme of Christmas Music From Across Europe for 2011

.including music from Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions

Must have been masterminded by those nice clergy (CoE and RC) at Royal Holloway College.

Well, they say you learn something new every day. Today it's that the Jewish and Islamic traditions have music which praises, and celebrates the birth of, the second person of the Blessed Trinity, the Divine Son of God, Jesus Christ Our Lord. That is despite Jewish theology saying that Jesus is not the Messiah, just a nice Jewish boy, and Muslim scholars saying that Christians are completely out of order calling Him the son of God because He isn't because Allah can have no son and to say otherwise is blasphemous polytheism.

Details, details! Fuggedaboutit. The point is, this post-modern 'diverty-n-inclusiveness' thing is really working! And, do you know, if it weren't for the BBC, I should never have known.

Hark! Can't you hear the herald angels singing for joy at Christ's birth how jolly nice we all are to each other these days? We'll, some us of. Some people obviously still need to work on the niceness thing.

Apparently the Muslim contribution to this pan-European musical celebration of the birth of the Son of God is to be an Arabic dance, insha'Allah. Aw. Sweet. The Jewish item will be a housewarming song. Soooo Christmassy! Mazeltov!

So, when will we be having a programme of Eid al Fitr Music From Across Europe including... oh, I dunno... Food, Glorious Food? (Nothing religiously controversial, you understand.) And Chanukah Music From Across Europe including, what? Roll out the barrel, maybe. 

Lovely.