Dutch Catholics want to rename Lent as Ramadan.
The Catholic charity Vastenaktie, which holds collections for the Third World all across the Netherlands during Lent, said the liturgical season leading up to Easter needed a more relevant reference point.
"The image of the Catholic Lent must be polished. The fact that we use a Muslim term is related to the fact that Ramadan is a better-known concept among young people than Lent," said Vastenaktie Director, Martin Van der Kuil, told the Daily Telegraph.
And who said fatwas against cartoonists and the murder of a film director was bad publicity.
In related crazy Euro-Christian news, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams is nuts. And besides that thinks Britain should adopt aspects of sharia law.
The Archbishop provoked the row by saying Britain had to "face up to the fact" that some citizens did not relate to this country's legal system and argued that officially sanctioning sharia law would improve community relations.
If by 'community relations' they mean stonings or 40 lashes or religious police grabbing people in Starbucks then sure, o.k.
And to think this book was scoffed at.
