Saturday, February 14, 2004 |
11:02 - Happy Valentine's to you too
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The Ar-Rahman list has sent out a long article explaining why Muslims aren't allowed to celebrate the kufr festival of Valentine's Day.
Most of it has to do with the fact that it's a pagan Roman holiday (replete with animal sacrifices and weird processions), and celebrating it is tantamount to emulating the Romans, which is a no-no. Okay, fine.
This just brought me up short, though:
Among the ugly rituals of the Romans on this day was the sacrifice of a dog and a goat, the daubing of their blood onto two youths then washing the blood off with milk, etc… This is something that would cause revulsion in anyone of a sound nature, and it is unacceptable to the sound mind.
....Rrrrright. Animal sacrifice and blood rituals are bad. Uh huh. Got it.
I won't forget it, either.
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