CNN has an article about secret Valentine's day celebrations in Saudi Arabia. Apparently this holiday is making its way even there.
"Like Valentine's Day, all Christian and even most Muslim feasts are banned in the kingdom, the birthplace of Islam, because they're considered an unorthodox creation Islam doesn't sanction," - says the article. Muttawa - the religious police - raid the stores for roses, chocolates and anything red.
"Sheik Ibrahim al-Ghaith, chief of the 5,000-man religious police, told Al-Hayat newspaper his men were "acting upon instructions to confiscate manifestations" of Valentine's Day, birthdays and other celebrations.
"The feast of love is based on love and passion and things that are not proper for a Muslim to respond to," he told the paper."
I wonder whether this guy would ban sex altogether if he could?
Monday, February 14, 2005
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