Reuters
DW: Pakistan bans Valentine's Day
A court in Islamabad has banned open celebrations of the holiday. Politicians and private citizens alike have voiced wariness over adopting holidays from other cultures.
A Pakistani court banned public and online celebration of Valentine's Day nationwide on Monday. The move came after private citizen Abdul Waheed filed a petition with the Islamabad High Court, calling the holiday un-Islamic.
Valentine's Day has become a source of contention in Pakistan in recent years. Although it is popular on social media and used for promotions, many among the country's conservative religious community have criticized the new holiday as too Western, also pointing out that is a Christian saint's day.
Indeed, some fanatics have even taken to physically intimidating young people they saw publically honoring the day.
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WNU Editor: Who would have thought that Islam/Pakistani culture was so vulnerable to outside influences.
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Coming to a neighborhood near you...
LMFAO,
The Kenya Muslim Usurper had 8 years to take your guns, impose sharia, lock you up in FEMA camps, smuggle in 100 million Muslims, give away US islands to Russia, ban gold, build reeducation camps, declare Martial Law and impose his Third Term, etc,
None of that happ
Those of us in the reality based world don't fear the imaginary "creeping sharia threat", that seems to keep you up at night.
Says the guy who lives out in the sticks... Your geographic isolation is noted.
LMAO,
15 min. to town, 3 mosques, 4 Sikh Temples, one Mayhar Arar Center for Human Rights.
LMFAO
Not getting 36 mpg are you 15 minutes from town. I use the Georgia overdrive as well, it really slows you down.
It's all downhill to town.
BTW, Flynn's resigned.
Only 35 pages to go/s
You know, the MI 6 dossier on Trump, 35 pages! Tough crowd.
ha ha ha ha ... MEDIEVAL PEOPLE !!
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