Muslim activists burn Valentine's Day cards
Nearly two dozen black-veiled Muslim women stormed gift and stationery shops Friday in Indian 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 among young people in this tradition-bound nation.
Jammu-Kashmir is the only Muslim-majority state in Hindu-majority India , but fundamentalist voices have not been heeded here in the past. Past efforts by hard-line groups to enforce Taliban-style moral codes have been largely ignored by Kashmiris, reports the AP
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Muslim activists burn Valentine's Day cards
Muslim activists burn Valentine's Day cards
[quote="Admin"]Besides it would not have looked good if he had battered her...
For a guy this is always a lose lose situation.[/quote]
yeh i feel sorry for guys
in such situation they're damned in they do and damned if they dont
but if i was being beaten up by a religious fanatic-i'd want my parnter to intervene
Muslim activists burn Valentine's Day cards
[quote="MuslimSisLilSis"]
but if i was being beaten up by a religious fanatic-i'd want my parnter to intervene[/quote]
And just how exactly do you expect him to do that.
He cant touch the other women, let alone hit them.
Re: Muslim activists burn Valentine's Day cards
Mohammad Sarwar, though, was furious as he looked over the goods tossed around his small stationery store.
lol i bet he was gutted
Muslim activists burn Valentine's Day cards
[quote="Seraphim"][quote="MuslimSisLilSis"]
but if i was being beaten up by a religious fanatic-i'd want my parnter to intervene[/quote]
And just how exactly do you expect him to do that.
He cant touch the other women, let alone hit them.[/quote]
he can try to seperate them
what kind of man sits and watches whilst his wife unfairly gets beatn up by a religious fanatic?
Muslim activists burn Valentine's Day cards
In saudia the holy religious police also dont touch ladies. mashaALLAH. now thats a halal job!!
Muslim activists burn Valentine's Day cards
[quote="MuslimSisLilSis"][quote="Seraphim"][quote="MuslimSisLilSis"]
but if i was being beaten up by a religious fanatic-i'd want my parnter to intervene[/quote]
And just how exactly do you expect him to do that.
He cant touch the other women, let alone hit them.[/quote]
he can try to seperate them
what kind of man sits and watches whilst his wife unfairly gets beatn up by a religious fanatic?[/quote]
And how do you suppose he seperate them without getting involved? As any man will tell you if we interfere in a girl fight they will hit him and not every man is capable of taking such a hit from a girl without decking her.
Muslim activists burn Valentine's Day cards
[quote="Med"]In saudia the holy religious police also dont touch ladies. mashaALLAH. now thats a halal job!![/quote]
Saudi Arabia's religious police stopped schoolgirls from leaving a blazing building because they were not wearing correct Islamic dress, according to Saudi newspapers.
About 800 pupils were inside the school in the holy city of Mecca when the tragedy occurred
One witness said he saw three policemen "beating young girls to prevent them from leaving the school because they were not wearing the abaya".
The Saudi Gazette quoted witnesses as saying that the police - known as the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice - had stopped men who tried to help the girls and warned "it is a sinful to approach them".
The father of one of the dead girls said that the school watchman even refused to open the gates to let the girls out.
[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1874471.stm]BBC[/url]
only a heartless monster wud approve of the above :evil:
Muslim activists burn Valentine's Day cards
[quote="MuslimSisLilSis"]
only a heartless monster wud approve of the above :evil:[/quote]
it seems in certain parts of the world the willingness to display virtue over-rides common sense.
Muslim activists burn Valentine's Day cards
[quote="Seraphim"][quote="MuslimSisLilSis"]
only a heartless monster wud approve of the above :evil:[/quote]
it seems in certain parts of the world the willingness to display virtue over-rides common sense.[/quote]
good point
sadly such behaviour is more common then you'd think 😢
Every son of Sayyidina Adam alayhis salaam is a sinner, and the best of sinners are those who repent.
MashaALLAH it is encouraging that Sayyidah has freed women from the clutches of Aapas (Madames) and from the hands of politicians. May ALLAH grant her high reward for being a true daughter of Ummul Mu'mineen Aisha radhiyallahu anha.