Dukhtaran-e-Millat ["Religion of Peace"] Activists Burn Valentine's Day Cards in Kashmir

ExpressIndia ^ | 02/10/2006 | AP

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Srinagar, February 10: Nearly two dozen black-veiled Muslim women stormed gift and stationery shops Friday in Kashmir, burning Valentine's Day cards and posters to protest a holiday they say imposes Western values on Muslim youth.

No one was hurt in the half-dozen or so incidents, and police cordoned off the area to prevent the women from marching through Srinagar's main shopping district to continue their ransacking.

The women were from the Kashmiri Islamic group Dukhtaran-e-Millat, or Daughters of the Community, Kashmir's only women's separatist group, whose members are also known for their fiercely conservative social views.

"We will not let anyone sell these cards or celebrate Valentine's Day," said Asiya Andrabi, the group's leader, as she held a burning poster in her hand. "These Western gimmicks are corrupting our kids and taking them away from their roots."

She said that the raids were carried out "not to harm anyone but to make them realize that this is against Islam's teachings."

The protesters dispersed after chanting religious slogans. Mohammad Sarwar, though, was furious as he looked over the goods tossed around his small stationery store.

"They barged in, grabbed cards and posters and burnt them outside. Most of the cards were not even Valentine cards. It is difficult to do business with such threats looming overhead," he said.

Valentine's Day has become increasingly popular in India over the past decade. But it has also become a cultural flash point, opposed each year in India by conservative Hindu and Muslim groups who see it as a reflection of growing permissiveness.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Searched; didn't see it posted.

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[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Ping

[martin_fierro]

Nearly two dozen black-veiled Muslim women stormed gift and stationery shops Friday in Kashmir, burning Valentine's Day cards and posters to protest a holiday they say imposes Western values on Muslim youth.

Missing chocolates were strangely unaccounted for.

[CarrotAndStick]

Something on these lines was carried out by an extremist Hindu political party, the Shiv Sena. Guess what happened next? Valentine's Day sales topped in the city where they were elected!

After that, they had to back down. They lost subsequent elections, and the party split into various factions. The youth of India answered.

[beaver fever]

Brussels Hedghogs were hardest hit

[Larry Lucido]

I guess the "Be my 9-year-old wife" line of cards didn't go over too well, huh?

[etcetera]

She said that the raids were carried out "not to harm anyone but to make them realize that this is against Islam's teachings."

And the line she quoted from the Koran to support this action was...

[CarrotAndStick]

6 year-old, more accurately.

[madconserv]

"not to harm anyone"? No it doesn't harm the store owner, he didn't lose a cent when his cards and posters got burned up! Are these loveless b!!ches gonna pay him for the damage?NOOOOOOO.

[CarrotAndStick]

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

[endthematrix]

"These Western gimmicks are corrupting our kids and taking them away from their roots. "

[papertyger]

Durka, Durka, Cupid, Jihad?

[madconserv]

Thats it! Maybe Cupid can save the day? Start shooting those arrows into the Islomofacists.

[papertyger]

Yeah, Cupid triggering his suicide vest of love prolly wouldn't play well...

[madconserv]

Either obey the effects of Cupid's arrow or die.

[madconserv]

Load these up with Cupids arrows!

[winner3000]

Radical muslims must have such a short lifespan if everything makes them angry. What a miserable, joy-less bunch of people!

[madconserv]

They get joy once in awhile.

[ncountylee]

Radical muslims must have such a short lifespan if everything makes them angry. What a miserable, joy-less bunch of people!

Forget the radical, just read any CAIR whine.

[WarEagle]

This is more loony-tunes than the Taliban and kite flying.

When was the last time you heard a Muslim talk about love? Peace? Kindness?

All I ever remember hearing a Muslim talk about, either on TV or face-to-face, is what their religion forbids.

[kanawa]

[voice of india]

"These Western gimmicks are corrupting our kids and taking them away from their roots."A muslim mom and her kid
muslim women for peace

[agere_contra]

6 year-old, more accurately.

You and Larry are both right, depending on how you define marriage. The marriage was arranged when Aisha was six, consummated when Aisha was nine.

Always fun to ask a Muslim "so...why do you worship a paedophile?"

[LibLieSlayer]

These ragheads need to keep it up so the world will truly know them. They are defeating themselves, and world opinion is turning against them.

I love it how the PC police here hate it when we use the term ragheads. It reminds me of a great Charlie Daniels line, "This flag ain't no rag"!

LLS

[jmcenanly]

If I'm not mistaken, the weapon of choice seems to be an AK-47, developed in the Soviet Union.

So when it comes to a choice between love and war, we know which side these guys are on.

[VOA]

From the offices of The GEICO Neanderthals:

Dear Muslimas,
Next time, use spellcheck.