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Ain’t Islam grand?
This is a growing trend in Muslim countries under Islamic law. Poetic, is it not? Islam bans love. Romance is un-Islamic. True that.
Officials and clerics in Indonesia have banned Valentine’s Day, saying that it is not part of Islamic culture. Last year in “moderate” Malaysia, the National Muslim Youth Association issued a fatwa the day before Valentine’s Day advising Muslim women against using emoticons in text messages, and telling them to simplify conversation when private messaging and avoid wearing fragrance. And Saudi Arabia joined the list of countries that have banned celebrating Valentine’s Day.
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Love is in the air, but not on airwaves as Pakistan bans Valentine’s Day
Reuters, February 9, 2018:
Men inflate heart shaped balloons ahead of Valentine’s day in Peshawar, Pakistan February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) issued an advisory on Wednesday warning television and radio stations against any Valentine’s Day celebrations.
“No event shall be held at the official level or at any public place,” Pemra said.
ADVERTISEMENTThe ban was introduced by Islamabad High Court last year after a petition by a citizen who said the Feb. 14 holiday was a cultural import from the West and “against the teachings of Islam”.
More than 60 percent of the population of the Muslim-majority nation is aged under 30. Many young people and commercial establishments have in recent years embraced Valentine’s Day hearts, flowers and chocolates.
But the country of 208 million has also seen a wave of ultra-religious political activism that has brought a backlash against such celebrations, which some call immoral.
Parties including the Taliban-linked Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam parties have in recent years held rallies to denounce the holiday.
“We’re Muslims. Our religion forbids things like Valentine’s Day,” said Taufeeq Leghari, who was waiting for transport close to a florist’s stall in Rawalpindi, adjacent to Islamabad.
Flower seller Salman Mahmod took a different view.“I don’t know what danger these Islamists would face if I earn a little more from selling flowers and someone can have a chance to celebrate something,” he said.
Young people are not too afraid of the ban.
ADVERTISEMENT“I will celebrate,” said 21-year-old university student Abid Ansari in Islamabad. “This is my choice.”
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