VALENTINE'S DAY IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD - EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT SEEMS OK WITH IT - NOT SO IN OTHER COUNTRIES

PAKISTAN
At least three students were wounded Friday in a clash at a university in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, following a dispute over Valentine's Day celebrations in the deeply Muslim country, police said.

Students from the left-leaning Pakhtun Students Federation were marking the international day of romance with red balloons and cake when they were attacked by students from the rival Islami Jamiat Tulba (IJT) group.
 
The IJT, the student wing of Pakistan's hardline Jamaat-e-Islami party, had been celebrating "Haya ("Modesty") Day" in response to Valentine's Day which they oppose as un-Islamic.
 
Dozens of students threw rocks in the scuffle, leading to gunshots being fired by both sides and three rooms in a student dormitory being set on fire.
 
Valentine's Day is increasingly popular among younger Pakistanis, many of whom have taken up the custom of giving cards, chocolates and gifts to their sweethearts to celebrate the occasion.
 
But Pakistan remains a deeply traditional Muslim society where many disapprove of Valentine's Day as a Western import.

Read more
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/9/94251/World/International/Pakistan-students-wounded-in-Valentines-Day-clash.aspx


EGYPT
Photo gallery of Egyptians celebrating Valentine's Day
The pro-secular military regime allows Egyptians to celebrate romance. 
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentMulti/94257/Multimedia.aspx


INDONESIA
Muslim government issues restraining order against celebrating Valentine's Day
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/02/indonesia-celebrating-valentines-day-is-against-islam-restraining-order-issued-against-celebrating-it


MALAYSIA

Valentine's Day leads to abortion says government Muslim values watchdog

In 2011, authorities arrested nearly 100 Muslims in a crackdown on Valentine's Day.

They were detained for "khalwat", or "close proximity", the crime of being alone with a member of the opposite sex other than one's spouse or close relative.

It can bring up to two years in jail upon conviction in Islamic sharia courts that handle religious and moral offences by Muslims.

Read more -
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/10638335/Valentines-Day-leads-to-fraud-and-baby-dumping-says-Malaysias-Islamic-watchdog.html


SAUDI ARABIA
Valentine's Day is banned.
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/02/saudi-arabia-religious-police-ban-valentines-day

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