MUSLIM leaders have been quick to reject an anti-Christmas message posted on the Lakemba Mosque Facebook page, saying it gives people the wrong impression.
The Lakemba Mosque Facebook page became the target of angry responses on Sunday, after it posted a "fatwa" on the social networking site saying it was a "sin" to offer Merry Christmas wishes.
The post followed a lecture during the mosque's Friday prayers in Sydney's west in which the head imam, Sheikh Yahya Safi, said followers should not take part in anything to do with Christmas, Fairfax reported.
The mosque's Facebook Page was hit with more than 100 posts, including numerous sarcastic "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year".
One Facebook user, Doug Barclay, wrote: "How do I issue a fatwa against the Easter Bunny?", while another, Brett Rann, said: "Don't pretend Islam is tolerant of other religions".
By Sunday night the feed had been deleted from the page.
Islamic Friendship Association spokesman Keysar Trad said the Lakemba Mosque post was damaging.
"When I saw it I was quite shocked ... It just gives people the wrong impression," he told AAP on Sunday.
"I'm happy that they are not sticking by those comments and that they are distancing themselves from them," he said.
Samier Dandan, the president of the Lebanese Muslim Association told ABC television the Facebook post was a mistake by a youth officer.
"We have given him a warning," he said.
The association says it arranged for a Christmas message to be written in the sky above the country's biggest mosque in response.
Looking back on the year, Mr Trad said there had been some highs and lows.
Among the lows was the violent September protest at Hyde Park in Sydney against an anti-Islamic film which resulted in 11 arrests, he said.
However, a high point came earlier this month, with Alan Jones apologising on-air for saying in April 2005 that Lebanese men were "vermin" and "mongrels".
Mr Trad said he was optimistic about 2013 and hoped Muslims and non-Muslims could create a "relationship based on mutual respect and cooperation".
"I think that is the only way forward for us as a nation."
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