SAUDI ARABIA: RED ROSES SOLD OUT DESPITE BAN

AKI ^ | 2/13/07

[Valin]

Riyadh, 13 Feb. (AKI) - Defying the official ban of the kingdom's religious authorities, young Saudis have been buying up the traditional red roses for Wednesday's Saint Valentine's day, according to Saudi daily al-Watan. Florists have indicated that because of huge demand the price of red roses leapt in the space of a few days from five to 12 rials (1.30 to 3.20 US dollars). The paper reported on Monday it was almost impossible to find red roses in cities across the kingdom. The religious police have organised special anti-Valentine patrols to prevent Saudi youth celebrating what they consider a product of dissolute Western customs.

In recent years, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdelaziz al-Sheik, intervened with a fatwa or religious edict banning the celebration of the event, describing Saint Valentine's Day as "the feast of the pagans" and writing that "any Muslim who believes in Allah and in the Day of Judgement cannot celebrate this event."

[atomicpossum]

A religion of paranoia and fear. No wonder that part of the world is so backward.

[processing please hold]

Well, I can see their point. Valentine Day is about love. islam is about chopping off heads. The two really don't go well together.

[Buck W.]

Perhaps we can make everyone in the kingdom happy by holding public stonings of women on Valentine's Day.

[kittymyrib]

"Anti-Valentine patrols"...everything you need to know about Islam. Instead of the Valentine message of, "Give me your heart", Islam says, "I'll take your head."

[Lx]

What if you love to chop off heads?

[processing please hold]

What if you love to chop off heads?

Paradise on earth?

[KarlInOhio]

Islamic Valentine's Day gift: A slightly thinner beating stick than the thumb thickness one the Koran prescribes Muslim men to use on their wives.

[Basheva]

Any woman who has fallen in love with a Saudi - or any moslem for that matter - has lost her head.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

"The religious police have organised special anti-Valentine patrols to prevent Saudi youth celebrating what they consider a product of dissolute Western customs."

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WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.

..the four Ministries between which the entire apparatus of government was divided: the Ministry of Truth, which concerned itself with news, entertainment, education, and the fine arts; the Ministry of Peace, which concerned itself with war; the Ministry of Love, which maintained law and order; and the Ministry of Plenty, which was responsible for economic affairs...in Newspeak, Minitrue, Minipax, Minilove and Miniplenty....

...the Ministry of Love was the really frightening one. There were no windows in it at all...it was a place impossible to enter except on official business, and then only by penetrating through a maze of barbed-wire entanglements, steel doors, and hidden machine-gun nests...

"1984" pages 7-8

[Augustinian monk]

But if she converts she still comes out 'ahead'

[Girlene]

Sounds like a good deal! At $3.20 for a dozen, here's 10 bucks worth.

[Constitution Day]

special anti-Valentine patrols

That would be funny if it wasn't so backward and creepy.

[Basheva]

****But if she converts she still comes out 'ahead'****

Uh...no, I think she still comes out "behind."

[July 4th]

Kind of cool. I'm surprised that all references to the haven't been purged, since after all, it's Saint Valentine's Day.

[July 4th]

Whoops. To "it", not too "the."

[Sam Hill]

Islam For Dhimmis - Celebrating Valentine’s Day | Sweetness & Light
http://www.sweetness-light.com/archive/islam-for-dhimmis-celebrating-valentines-day#comment-50398

[meowmeow]

"Anti-Valentine patrols"...everything you need to know about Islam

God bless Western decadence.

[RedRover]

Happy Valentine's Day, Girleen!

Love ya,
Red

[RedRover]

Good grief! Correction...

Happy Valentine's Day, Girlene!

Love ya,
Red