"200 arrested in Mina for celebrating Valentine's Day"

Submitted by Adam Greaves (United Arab Emirates), Feb 17, 2004 at 23:53

I would suggest you all look at the article in today's Arab News, which is a Saudi English language daily, entitled "200 arrested in Mina for celebrating Valentine's Day".

This articles gives an excellent insight into what goes on in the birthplace of Islam.

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=39700&d=18&m=2&y=2004

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