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\nValentine Card, 1909, Shows Pagan Ties<\/p>\n
\nValentine Card, 1909, Shows Pagan Ties<\/p>\n
COGwriter<\/a><\/p>\n Many in the Islamic world have concerns about Valentine’s Day.\u00a0 This year, additional condemnation is expected.\u00a0 Notice the following:<\/p>\n ISTANBUL<\/p>\n The Mufti\u2019s Office in the Black Sea province of Rize has sent mosques in the city a text condemning Valentine\u2019s Day, which will be read by imams during their Friday sermon.<\/p>\n The special day falls on Friday this year, the Muslim holy day and the day on which imams give weekly sermons to the community. The text sent by the Mufti\u2019s Office explains that there is no Valentine\u2019s Day in Islam.<\/p>\n \u201cIn our religious ideology, there is no Valentine\u2019s Day, because you cannot assign a day for love. The love for which a day is assigned is a lost treasure. The best gift to our dear spouses is our heart, full of love and loyalty. The most beautiful bouquet is a warm heart and a smiling face,\u201d the sermon stated.<\/p>\n \u201cIn a world where betrayal and violence have been rising, how much is the fictional Valentine\u2019s Day worth?\u201d it added.\u00a0 http:\/\/www.hurriyetdailynews.com\/rize-muftis-office-to-condemn-valentines-day-in-friday-speech-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=61771&NewsCatID=393<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n In the past, I have also reported about concerns from other Islam-dominated lands such as Malaysia and Pakistan.\u00a0 But, some still observe it in the Islamic-dominated lands–which is why some have taken steps to reduce the influence of this essentially pagan holiday.<\/p>\n Although Valentine’s Day is not an actual Christian holiday (even the Church of Rome no longer officially honors it, see Valentine\u2019s Day: Its Real Origins<\/a> ), many in Islam consider it to be so. And its observance concerns them.<\/p>\n Here is one report about it:<\/p>\n Celebrating the Valentine Day is not permissible because: Firstly, it is an innovated holiday that has no basis in the Sharee`ah…Christians were aware of the Pagan roots of Valentine’s Day. The way the Christians adopted St. Valentine’s Day should be a lesson<\/strong> for Muslims. In fact, the failure to fully separate Valentine’s Day from its pagan roots explains why Islamic scholars and a number of Muslims avoid adopting traditions of non-Muslims, even though they could possibly be Islamicized…We should avoid anything associated with pagan immoral practices<\/strong> -…- Islam does not encourage flirting or suggestions of romantic relationships before marriage – Love between families, friends and married people does not need to be celebrated on a day with such un-Islamic origins (Ruling on Celebrating Valentine’s Day. http:\/\/www.contactpakistan.com\/news\/news144.htm, January 31, 2004).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Notice that the Muslims associate Valentine’s Day with Christianity (obviously the false compromising kind), paganism, and sin.<\/p>\n In other words, Valentine’s Day causes the name of Christ (through the term ‘Christianity’) to be blasphemed among the Gentiles (Romans 2:24; Isaiah 52:5)!<\/p>\n None who profess Christ should observe this February 14th “holiday”–it simply is not a Christian holiday. Its observance has caused the way of truth to be blasphemed.<\/p>\n For more information, please consider studying the following:<\/em><\/p>\n Valentine\u2019s Day: Its Real Origins<\/span><\/a> Christianity Today<\/em> suggests that Valentine\u2019s Day is good for Christians to observe. Is this true? Valentine Card, 1909, Shows Pagan Ties COGwriter Many in the Islamic world have concerns about Valentine’s Day.\u00a0 This year, additional condemnation is expected.\u00a0 Notice the following: ISTANBUL The Mufti\u2019s Office in the Black Sea province of Rize has sent mosques in the city a text condemning Valentine\u2019s Day, which will be read by imams during […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religious-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nShould Christians Observe Valentine’s Day? <\/a>This is a YouTube video about the origins of Valentine’s Day and why real Christians should not observe it.
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