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Re: Valentine's day
Reader comment on item: Hating Valentine's Day
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Submitted by Omar Kaj (Nigeria), Feb 20, 2007 at 12:43

JoJo, I did not say anything about "sex" or anything related to it. I was talking about the religious and cultural backgrounds of the earliest Valentine's Day. Like I said, it is believed to be of Roman origin... the same people whose empire did nothing but destruction in both Europe and the Middle East.

And by the way, do not give me the shocks. You better have your surname changed, because you made me think you were someone I know last week.

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of course islamists hate Valentine's Day, it is about love ! [197 words]Phil GreendJun 7, 2009 23:16
Valentine is nothing but consumerism and cheap sex [79 words]Right!Jan 19, 2009 22:36
we must come out from mental slavery of west [68 words]syed mohammad aliFeb 19, 2008 07:46
↔ Culture Killer [137 words]A Fed-Up MalayAug 28, 2009 16:00
Valentines Day [97 words]T.J.Jun 27, 2007 01:42
NOT HATING BUT WHY 1 PATICULAR DAY... [440 words]merziyahFeb 19, 2007 10:59
↔ Well-said. (End) [8 words]Omar KajFeb 25, 2007 16:20
↔ SO RIGHT!!!! [16 words]SaraOct 27, 2007 12:47
↔ Would you fast on ramadhan? [129 words]Amy/Amina MyerFeb 12, 2008 14:03
↔ I don't get it [88 words]AnonymousOct 28, 2008 18:07
↔ Totally Agree [60 words]Oduniyi YunusFeb 14, 2009 03:07
Valentine beheaded [49 words]JJJosephFeb 14, 2007 20:58
What's the problem? [200 words]Neill WylieFeb 14, 2007 14:18
↔ who are you describing [25 words]TerryFeb 24, 2007 18:30
↔ Re: who are you describing [12 words]OmarFeb 28, 2007 08:37
Commercial Day [132 words]AhmadFeb 14, 2007 01:52
Educate yourself [135 words]SarahFeb 12, 2007 21:33
↔ Valentine's Day = Roman origin [96 words]Omar KajFeb 14, 2007 12:00
↔ Valentine's day [98 words]JoJoFeb 15, 2007 15:32
↔ ⇒ Re: Valentine's day [82 words]Omar KajFeb 20, 2007 12:43
↔ how pathetic.... [126 words]donvanNov 29, 2007 16:30
Nothing surprises me anymore. [31 words]KathyFeb 10, 2007 08:06
Moral Policing [330 words]XXXFeb 16, 2006 04:04
Valentine's Day Unneeded by Moslem [92 words]HusniFeb 12, 2006 21:27
↔ valentines day [140 words]sushmaFeb 14, 2006 01:16
↔ Moslems MUST and ALWAYS love other Moslems........... [100 words]TimothyFeb 19, 2007 22:01
↔ tolerating traditions [36 words]MrxFeb 22, 2007 03:45
↔ WHAT !? [187 words]TimothyFeb 22, 2007 21:51
↔ normal response [168 words]TerryFeb 24, 2007 18:23
↔ What can I say [6 words]TerryFeb 24, 2007 18:33
↔ Think [342 words]Rehman Baig MirzaApr 1, 2007 09:40
↔ Not Agree with this tradition! [7 words]Gul NabiFeb 12, 2008 21:52
↔ Valentine's day an unislamic tradition [163 words]Seeme NazirFeb 14, 2008 08:38
Valentine's Day boycot is muslim country reason. [115 words]faiz khanFeb 1, 2006 01:36
↔ Re: Valentine's Day boycott is muslim country reason. [38 words]Omar KajMar 1, 2007 13:20
↔ valentine day-islam- muslim festivals [336 words]fiazfaziliFeb 14, 2008 05:36
No problem! [183 words]NeenaDec 30, 2005 14:33
Valentine's day in Mumbai, India [359 words]K. AgarwalMar 28, 2005 17:20
↔ What will they ban next? Christmas? [18 words]SeemaFeb 10, 2009 12:55
Hating Valentine's Day [75 words]PatFeb 11, 2005 14:48
↔ valentine - and so what [112 words]meenaFeb 16, 2006 09:47
Valentine's Day [43 words]JonathanMar 8, 2004 21:40
↔ Valentine is totally against the islamic teachings [226 words]SalimMar 6, 2007 06:03
↔ Muslims [116 words]Proud to be an infidel!Jul 27, 2007 04:29
↔ reply [44 words]salimJul 28, 2007 06:58
Not so simple [319 words]Arun GuptaMar 1, 2004 21:37
Malaysian Muslim Hypocrites [174 words]Tom PetersFeb 28, 2004 04:40
↔ Behaviour of people [158 words]LeoMay 16, 2006 21:14
↔ individuality [123 words]dfwhite19438Feb 12, 2007 15:49
↔ beyond belief [116 words]TerryFeb 24, 2007 18:46
↔ accusation [87 words]mirandaNov 26, 2007 09:46
↔ Get the fact right [104 words]ConsuellaMar 30, 2009 09:31
Valentine's Day [231 words]MLJulia SalletteFeb 22, 2004 16:14
Islam is TRUTH: [89 words]YusufFeb 20, 2004 04:14
↔ Holiday Based On A Certain Christian Saint [108 words]AnneMFeb 18, 2007 17:39
What is the point? [111 words]DagmarFeb 19, 2004 16:34
In the dark [33 words]TedFeb 19, 2004 16:29
Valentine's Day [135 words]Harden ErvinFeb 18, 2004 08:24
"200 arrested in Mina for celebrating Valentine's Day" [43 words]Adam GreavesFeb 17, 2004 23:53
↔ Be more Mature [185 words]DibFeb 14, 2006 01:43
Governments and their people [19 words]Muhammad SiddiquiFeb 17, 2004 23:39
↔ no need for valentine's Day [28 words]mounirFeb 19, 2006 11:38
Opposition to Valentine's Day is not hate [164 words]Project2012Feb 17, 2004 19:17
So what? [91 words]Peter J. HerzFeb 17, 2004 18:34
↔ Commenter Peter J. Hertz has missed the point [176 words]Adam GreavesFeb 17, 2004 23:34
↔ Sorry [169 words]TerryFeb 24, 2007 19:39
Traditional Jews have problems with Valentine's day too
[w/response] [93 words]		MoFeb 17, 2004 17:01
↔ Re: Daniel Pipes replies: [56 words]OmarFeb 28, 2007 09:06
↔ Off the point [149 words]TerryMar 1, 2007 15:52
Down With Love
[w/response] [173 words]		J. Keen HollandFeb 17, 2004 16:32
Boycott of Valentine's Day in Muslim countries [92 words]A.AFeb 17, 2004 13:57
↔ VD [215 words]KalsoomFeb 13, 2006 11:40
↔ Valentine's day [15 words]hadiFeb 8, 2009 20:18
Valentine's Day - the 'Indian Reaction' [398 words]O.K. SudeshFeb 17, 2004 13:45
↔ Happy Valentine day 2007 [766 words]Mike GhosueFeb 14, 2007 11:36
Another Point to Be Made [187 words]Debbie WallsFeb 17, 2004 13:25
Valentines day and islam [73 words]Dan KatcherFeb 17, 2004 12:55
↔ ISLAM IS A PERFECT WAY OF LIFE [82 words]abdul muiizFeb 12, 2006 19:41
↔ dk [21 words]samiaFeb 13, 2006 11:55
↔ valentines day in islam? [271 words]masoodFeb 9, 2007 12:36
↔ "Some examples why Islam is not a perfect way of life" [355 words]Lactantius Jr.Feb 18, 2007 19:55
↔ Not holding my breath [299 words]TerryFeb 24, 2007 19:13
↔ Re: "Some examples why Islam is not a perfect way of life" [3166 words]Omar KajFeb 28, 2007 17:06
↔ "Is Islam peaceful and peaceloving. What do Islams most authoritative documents say?" [2748 words]Lactantius Jr.Mar 5, 2007 18:19
↔ Re: "Is Islam peaceful and peaceloving. What do Islams most authoritative documents say?" [92 words]OmarMar 7, 2007 08:11
↔ part 2 [933 words]OmarMar 8, 2007 02:43
↔ Where will we find peace? [2281 words]Lactantius JrMar 9, 2007 19:21
↔ THINK A LITTLE!!! [193 words]SaraOct 27, 2007 12:40
↔ "Give us some examples of just how peaceful Muhammad was" [43 words]Lactantius Jr.Nov 6, 2007 11:40
↔ Lactantius Jr. [202 words]abdul muiizNov 27, 2007 14:41
↔ Here we go again, the usual moslem resort [20 words]KlewNov 27, 2007 20:28
↔ Please explain [65 words]Lactantius Jr.Nov 28, 2007 04:02
↔ ramble on.... [162 words]donvanNov 28, 2007 17:02
↔ in your words [57 words]abdul muiizNov 30, 2007 02:56
↔ Please give us some examples of just how peaceful and peaceloving Muhammad was [66 words]Lactantius JrDec 19, 2007 05:38
↔ understanding! [58 words]abdul muiizDec 19, 2007 23:33
↔ still waiting [14 words]abdul muiizDec 19, 2007 23:40
↔ "Do Islam's most authoritative documents say Muhammad was a terrorist?" [2990 words]Lactantius JrJan 14, 2008 16:05
↔ Lactantius Jr "Do Islam's most authoritative documents say Muhammad was a terrorist?" [1903 words]abdul muiizJan 17, 2008 19:22
↔ Does "Islam" mean peace? was Islam spread by the sword? was Muhammad a terrorist? [170 words]Lactantius Jr.Feb 4, 2008 15:14
↔ sad [186 words]nadiaMar 3, 2008 06:13
↔ "Glad not sad" [3975 words]Lactantius Jr.Mar 9, 2008 16:19
↔ Lactantius Jr. ..............even nadia (15yrs old) knows! [23 words]abdul muiizApr 23, 2008 17:01
↔ Lactantius Jr.....bully? [184 words]abdul muiizApr 23, 2008 17:19
↔ Our dear Abdul Muiiz rabina yu3alimuhu al-lugha al-3arabiya [188 words]dhimmi no moreApr 24, 2008 07:07
↔ "Lactantius Jr.................bully?" a response [252 words]Lactantius Jr.Apr 24, 2008 17:26
↔ now we can have a productive debate, Lactantius Jr [90 words]abdul muiizApr 24, 2008 19:46
↔ response [342 words]NadiaApr 25, 2008 01:01
↔ Our dear abd al-mu3iz and his big time falsafa [217 words]dhimmi no moreApr 25, 2008 06:51
↔ "Response with corrections" [600 words]Lactantius JrApr 27, 2008 15:44
↔ "Let amicable discussion continue" [153 words]Lactantius Jr.Apr 27, 2008 15:49
↔ like i said [32 words]NadiaMay 1, 2008 04:29
↔ Dhimmi no more, you want my time, OK, hope you can handle it, " Our dear Abdul Muiiz rabina yu3alimuhu al-lugha al-3arabiy'" [530 words]abdul muiizMay 2, 2008 17:02
↔ Our dear 3Abd al-mu3iz [69 words]dhimmi no moreMay 3, 2008 08:53
↔ "knowing religion and knowing Jesus Christ" [186 words]Lactantius Jr.May 3, 2008 17:13
↔ lantatius jr , lantatius jr [30 words]abdul muiizMay 3, 2008 17:59
↔ " Our dear Abdul Muiiz rabina yu3alimuhu al-lugha al-3arabiy'" response 2 [124 words]abdul muiizMay 3, 2008 20:21
↔ Our dear 3Abd al-mu3iz you still did not answer my question [31 words]dhimmi no moreMay 3, 2008 21:28
↔ Does "Islam mean peace?" [445 words]Lactantius JrMay 6, 2008 17:35
↔ "Was Islam Spread By The Sword?" [4489 words]Lactantius JrMay 6, 2008 17:46
↔ "Let There Be No Compulsion In Religion" [1732 words]Lactantius Jr.May 6, 2008 17:59
↔ "Islam is the fastest growing religion in America and Europe" a response [564 words]Lactanius Jr.May 6, 2008 18:07
↔ dissolving your assertions [44 words]abdul muiizMay 7, 2008 16:13
↔ Does "Islam mean peace?"....abdul muiizs' response to Lanctantius Jr [141 words]abdul muiizMay 8, 2008 12:09
Islam & Valentine's Day [66 words]Mark AlexanderFeb 17, 2004 10:32
↔ Restricting valentine day is not paranoia [247 words]saima sadiaJan 28, 2006 12:53
↔ Americans' need to feel loved by everyone on earth [53 words]paul gilbertFeb 13, 2006 05:17
↔ Open Mind [16 words]Abdul RahmanFeb 15, 2006 05:09
↔ Valentine-phobia [237 words]JoshFeb 15, 2007 16:10
↔ Valentine Day Nonsense!!!! [88 words]Proud IndianFeb 16, 2007 01:20
↔ hello [25 words]SalimMar 7, 2007 05:23
↔ Valentines Day [15 words]T.J.Jun 27, 2007 02:37
↔ Anti-Valentine's Day [16 words]Qareena KarimFeb 8, 2008 10:25
↔ why should valentine? [40 words]denisFeb 10, 2009 21:57
↔ valentines day [57 words]kianiFeb 14, 2009 04:54
Valentine's Day - You Missed on This One
[w/response] [89 words]		Brian KheelFeb 17, 2004 10:20
Insight [13 words]WPLVFeb 17, 2004 09:19
The need for perspective [63 words]S. FeldmanFeb 17, 2004 09:06
↔ RE: The need for perspective [265 words]R.L.Feb 18, 2004 14:30
↔ WHAT ARE U AFRAID OF [115 words]KathyFeb 10, 2007 08:25
↔ Re: WHAT ARE U AFRAID OF [82 words]Omar KajFeb 18, 2007 02:47
↔ Repetition [80 words]TerryFeb 24, 2007 19:21
↔ Terry, have a reality check [190 words]Omar KajFeb 25, 2007 15:39
↔ P.S. ... [46 words]Omar KajFeb 26, 2007 01:52
↔ reality check [72 words]TerryFeb 26, 2007 16:45
↔ Re: reality check [307 words]Omar KajFeb 27, 2007 03:48
↔ By the way... [42 words]Omar LakMar 1, 2007 13:49
↔ what drivel [127 words]TerryMar 1, 2007 15:39
↔ End of story [72 words]TerryMar 1, 2007 18:11
↔ Re: what drivel [259 words]OmarMar 2, 2007 08:26
↔ "none of which would convince or even interest you? [104 words]OmarMar 2, 2007 09:50

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