Muslims Advised Not To Celebrate Valentines

Posted on February 14, 2006

Happy Valentines to all you romantics. Thought some of you might find it interesting that St. Valentine was an enemy of Islam, and Muslims are being advised not to celebrate it.

KUALA TERENGGANU, Feb 13 (Bernama) — Muslims in the country, especially lovers, have been advised not to celebrate Valentine’s Day tomorrow.

State Islam Hadhari Development Committee Deputy Chairman, Muhammad Ramli Nuh said celebrating the Day could be regarded as recognising the enemies of Islam because Valentine or Valentinus took part in planning and attacking Cordoba, once a well-known centre of Islam in Spain, causing its downfall.

He was speaking to reporters after opening the seminar on Understanding of Tasawwuf Nusantara at Universiti Darul Iman, Malaysia, here, today.

Muhammad Ramli said although not many couples celebrate Valentine’s Day in the state, the state government wished to remind that the celebration should not be held including in hotels.

He reminded hotel managements to be sensitive to the religious beliefs of the people.

For more on the heart of Islam this Valentines, see All Things Beautiful and The Anchoress has a Valentine’s Roundup.

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6 Responses to “Muslims Advised Not To Celebrate Valentines”

Joe on February 14th, 2006 12:56 pm

Well, I guess Valentine’s Day makes me a hopeless romantic AND an enemy of Islam. Darn…and I was having such a good day, too!
LomaAlta on February 14th, 2006 1:29 pm

Well, well, well. I guess I won’t shed any tears about radical Muslims opting themselves out of another of life’s pleasures.

Any way to start a worldwide rumor that having children is a Zionist invention?

Seriously, Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone!
DeltaFox on February 14th, 2006 3:54 pm

Happy Valentine’s Day to some great guys at StopTheACLU!!

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nadom on February 14th, 2006 9:58 pm

Did you not know that love itself is an enemy of islam. Now on the other hand if you had a holiday tht promoted hate I dont see that they would object.
eteraz on February 14th, 2006 11:15 pm

this seems to me one tiny little hamlet somewhere in malaysia.

i say, who cares?

oh, but wait, all muslims are one and the same!!!!
eteraz on February 14th, 2006 11:17 pm

the other amusing thing is that this is a sufi tariqa.

sufis are the antithesis of wahhabis.