PR--Call for banning Valentine’s Day celebrations in Pakistan

 

Call for banning Valentine's Day celebrations in Pakistan

Festival threat to our traditional values, corrupting minds of youth

Un-Islamic festivals part of cultural war imposed on Muslims

Western holiday seen as cultural pollution, part of Western imperialism

Islamabad: [Feb 14]

The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Tuesday called for banning Saint Valentine's Day celebrations in Pakistan terming it an immoral activity which promote social ills.

Asking someone to be their valentine will provoke the wrath of Allah as such a request would be idolatrous, it said.

Religious institutions should spread anti-Valentine's Day message while government should immediately slap a ban on the cultural pollution which is against Islam, said Dr. Murtaza Mughal, President Pakistan Economy Watch.

Talking to a delegation led by Ashfaq Ahmed, he said that the celebrations practiced since 1700 years belongs to pagans and Christians which has nothing to do with the Islam, he added.

He said that a day dedicated to romance, love and passion keep youth busy in worthless matters which is damaging for the society.

Dr. Murtaza Mughal said that Hindus, Jews and Christians would never observe any Islamic celebration but we would blindly and proudly follow western holidays which speak of our mental and social decline.

We are very slow in adopting ethics, morality, science and technology and other developments of the Christian society, he observed.

He said that Pakistan was made in the name of Islam where many Islamic values are openly violated while the state plays role of a silent spectator.

Every religion has distinct traditions, festivals and lifestyle which are their identity; we should keep our identity intact lest others spoil our new generations.

At the occasion Ashfaq Ahmed said that the growing trend of un-Islamic celebrations is part of the cultural war imposed on us which represents a dire threat to our traditional values.

The shameless festival is breaking our family system; it is part of the rampant globalization, western imperialism and exploitation by western nations, he said.