“Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam. There can be no fun and joy in whatever is serious.” — Ayatollah Khomeini
“Valentine’s Day banned in Pakistan’s capital,” CBS News, February 14, 2017:
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani judge on Monday banned all Valentine’s Day celebrations in the country’s capital, Islamabad, saying they are against Islamic teachings.
The judge ruled on a petition seeking to ban public celebrations of the Western holiday, court official Niaz Saleh said. He said the order had been sent to Pakistan’s media regulator to ensure a blackout on any Valentine’s Day promotions in print or electronic media.
The ban applies only to Pakistan’s capital as the Islamabad high court has no jurisdiction beyond the city.
The regulator in a statement directed all Pakistani media outlets not to print or broadcast anything that promotes Valentine’s Day. No event shall be held at any official level and at any public place, the statement quoted a part of the court order.
Later on Monday, the government issued an order to local police to enforce the court ban. A similar order was in place last year in Islamabad.
Islamist and right-wing parties in Pakistan view Valentine’s Day as vulgar Western import….
That is a good example of how the establishment propaganda media uses “right-wing” essentially as a synonym for “anything we dislike.”

berserker says
How about a “Woman Beating Day”? That would receive enthusiastic support. I forgot, every day is a woman beating day amongst the followers of Muhammad.
Carolyne says
But think how happy the Pakistanis would be having an officially named day to beat one’s wife. It gives the beating more cache’..
A Harris USA says
berserker, love the idea… NOT… as a woman. These savages are just pigs and you can not teach a pig how to be a cuddle kitten.. Just remember, no fun in Islam… No life either, just death, rape, murder, child rape,and that is fun for them.
Maybe some idiots who think they can live in the western world should consider what is “fun” to Islam
mortimer says
There’s no freedom of expression in Pakistan. This is practically a fatwa to fanatical Muslims to attack anyone (of any faith) who gives a Valentine’s card.
mortimer says
Message of Pakistan to the world: ‘We hate love.’
john spielman says
islam replaces love with RAPE MURDER STEALING LYING…
Carolyne says
Message to the Muslims of Pakistan. I hate you!
David Scoltock says
Well they do have a point, you wouldn’t expect Sikhs or Bhuddists to celebrate valentines day or christmas.
Spencer has some interesting articles but this is just clickbait
utis says
“Not celebrating” is not equal to “forbidding,” but that holds only in a truly diverse society. Muslim societies don’t really give a care about “diversity”; “diversity” is just another word for “haram.”
David Scoltock says
Their country, their rules, Me and the missus have no plans to travel to pakistan any time soon.
Guest says
But quite a few Pakistanis live in the UK and other parts of the world and would like their rules to to become UK rules, as the muslim demographic grows. So having a look at what sharia entails and is what this site is about.
Carolyne says
To have police patrols out looking for Valentine celebrants sound pretty much like “Forbidding” to me.
Westman says
An observant person would realize that love is exactly the difference between Western society and Islam that leads to progress and democracy. Calling it clickbait in Western society is the equivalent of denying the reason for one’s existence.
When a man’s wife is a chattle possession, where is the incentive to provide anything of value, particularly the moments of tender caring that give value and pride to a woman’s life? If a “husband” evaluates her as one of several available options, all of lesser importance than the muezzin’s call, then she becomes a servant and “tilth” who is unable to steer the society toward social progress. Islam has made little intellectual progress, precisely, because it serves the desires of men and substitutes the adoration of Muhamnad and Allah in place of love for women.
Take a look through an American songbook of the 1930’s, 40’s, 50’s and read the words that celebrate love in the US. They are not the vulgar words of “Madonna” and Gangsta Rap. They underline why millions of men went to WWII and why millions were willing to die to stop the Nazis.
Take a look at the societies that make the marriage choices for their women and you will find little progress and large pockets of poverty.
I couldn’t care less that a special day of remembering my dear spouse, children, and relatives is historically related to a religion. I’m going to make certain that they know how precious they are. My “freedom” without them would be rather hollow.
In the creation of America, the founding fathers put men and women on the road less traveled – freedom of choice for both men and women – and it has made all the difference. It has permitted the transition from existing inequities to a more just society over the past 200+ years. It is no accident that the most talented people come to the US for opportunity.
The difference between Islam and other ideologies, including secularism and communism, is the crushing of personal love for women as equal partners. It is a factor behind which all divisions can be bonded during a resistence to Islam’s cancerous enchroachment.
I hope this Valentine Day is special for all JW readers.
Some words from John Lennon:
.
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life, I’ve loved them all
But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I’ll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I’ll often stop and think about them
In my life, I love you more.
Guest says
Beautifully put, Westman. “Take a look through an American songbook of the 1930’s, 40’s, 50’s and read the words that celebrate love in the US. They are not the vulgar words of “Madonna” and Gangsta Rap. They underline why millions of men went to WWII and why millions were willing to die to stop the Nazis.”
I think what has happened in the ‘left’ is that people who have been hurt in love (and who hasn’t, before hopefully finding the right person?), threw the baby out with the bathwater. ‘Ok then, if love is so fickle it doesn’t really exist and we should just sleep around instead’.
gravenimage says
Fine post, Westman.
Noel says
Westman – I hope this doesn’t seem rude, but I must take issue with one of your points.
“she becomes a servant and “tilth” who is unable to steer the society toward social progress.”
If you look at the mess called Sweden, and the West generally, caused by feminism would you say that women, given the chance, have steered the society toward social progress?
I would say not.
Westman says
I understand your point. I believe this is a result of two generations growing to maturity while never being required to sacrifice for their country; not believing the world could raise a valid threat to them. If we look at America, right after WWII, the society was thankful to simply survive through a national mobilization effort and had mutual respect for each other and an established set of values.
NATO went on too long with the US providing the guarantee that made Europe richer and allowed the selfish birthrate to seem justified.
Now we have groups who continually run down the very nations that give them the opportunity; crying out for globalism, a globalism which the totalitarian living inside them believes it can control.
I won’t be around to see it when the West is under another undeniable attack on its existence. There will be no march-in-the-street liberalism when it happens.
Carolyne says
I can detect a hint of the poetry lover in you, Westman. “Muezzin’s call'” and “The road less traveled.” Both excellent choices. I agree with your analysis of those societies which treat women as chattel.
Another “Oldie.”
“Look to your heart when there are words to say, and never leave your love unspoken.” But Muslims have no heart. They have an organ which pushes blood around, but no tender heart.
John Lennon was an excellent choice, too.
FYI says
You are all heart.You may dislike islam but muslims most certainly have hearts and they also,to quote an earlier comment you made,actually breath through their mouths.
Just like everybody else.It is thir creed that is the problem.
You mentioned John lennon.But he wrote one of the worst pieces of music ever written:Imagine,a song proclaiming how wonderful it would be to have nothing much to hope for beyond this life written with such dreary,plodding muzak that it would incite a horde of lemmings to run for the nearest cliff and end it all.
“Imagine there’s no heaven,
It’s easy if you try”
John Lennon,Imagine
To which one should reply…
“Imagine there’s no lennon,
.It seems he had to die”
GOD,from his album “God always wins.LOL”
Actually the muslim jihadists might like “imagine” because…they certainly won’t be going to any nice place when they die despite their delusional belief that paradise awaits them……
imagine all the jihadis,
it’s easy if you try
Only hell to console them,
It sure must hurt to fry
you may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
oo yeah oooo yeah
gravenimage says
David Scoltock wrote:
Well they do have a point, you wouldn’t expect Sikhs or Bhuddists to celebrate valentines day or christmas.
Spencer has some interesting articles but this is just clickbait
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Bullsh*t. Countries like India and Japan have not banned Valentine’s Day or Christmas. In fact, Valentine’s Day is celebrated quite widely in Japan.
Given his posting history, is anyone surprised that this poster does not understand the difference between choosing not to celebrate and being barred from doing so?
Jan Aage Jeppesen says
The Pakistani judge is right. Love and affection is utterly UnIslamic”
gravenimage says
This is true…
Dov Berrol says
Good. And until Islamabad re-instates the celebration of this “vulgar western import”, we in North America should ban the Muslim celebration of Eid el Adha, a vulgar Arab import where everyone gets to stone the devil and slaughter sheep in public.
DFD says
Excellent idea!!!
Carolyne says
And certainly do away with the postage stamps celebrating it. Thanks for nothing, Obama.
Irene Brekelmans says
From an intolerable society one can expect it, it is not the worst, demolishing a christmastree and light in our own country is worse.
I just wrote today that the God of the moslems is the same as mine, but you know, my God has humor and can love and enjoy things in life and let me listen to music and have fun, but I think that He would not like it if fun is, oppressing people, rape people, no respect for women, wanting to take over other countries,
forcing Halal, which is terrible for animals. He passes no judgment , you do that yourself.
I love animals very much and I once asked him about eating meat and He answered me: if you love your animals so much, don’t eat them and that was a very good answer, but then I know for a big part who and what my God is.
I try to see God in everybody, but have a very hard time now. May your God be with you.
David Scoltock says
Oliver Cromwell banned christmas and dancing, he was a protestant christian.
Nigel GFF says
Ah, the old equivalence chestnut. Less of this nonsense Mr Schlok.
Guest says
Yeah, goodie, we have another troll. But he’s going to have to work a bit harder and not just trot out all the stuff we’ve dealt with a million times!
gravenimage says
This same poster is over on the “Hating Valentine’s” thread, as well, also sneering at the idea of love.
Greyhound Fancier says
He didn’t last too long…tradition and desire for normal life reasserted itself.
Carolyne says
Torquemada killed those whom he considered to be heretics. And he was a Catholic Christian.
But as with Cromwell, that was centuries ago. Muslims operate their own Inquisition today.
Jerry says
It’s easy to see why muslims hate Valentines Day. Saint Valentine helped Christians and his holiday is a joyful celebration of love–islam hates Christians and is not at all joyful. In fact islam is quite the opposite, it is a murderous and hateful doctrine that is tearing the world apart, love and forgivness are a weakness to the muslim god. We in the west love intellectual and spiritual freedom and equality, muslims are about slavery to the hate and intolerance of allah. I speak against islam because it is the foundation for muslim violence and hate against us. Any western nation that allows muslim culture to grow is risking annihilation. Muslims value their way of life as much as we value our own–conflict is inevitable. Our Christian and democratic ideals of tolerance and equality should never include destroying ourselves. We are duty bound to defend ourselves as nature dictates. And if a good god does exist then we serve it best by defeating the immoral and demented ideology that muslims declare as sacred truth. No religion is worthy of constitutional protection if it threatens our nation or people as islam surely does. Any such religion is so obviously immoral, and so obviously a threat to our nation’s well being, that we have no choice but to seek its destruction.
gravenimage says
+1
Angemon says
B-b-b-but it’s 2017! Oh, yeah – different year, same s***…
jewdog says
Valentine’s Day is about love, which is a four letter word in Islam.
Guest says
How dare they use anime to ban Valentine’s Day? This is an insult to art
Guest says
Right? Anime is all about love!
gravenimage says
Yes–love is a frequent theme in Anime.
Carolyne says
So is violence–even Stepmother in Cinderella had evil intentions.
TheBuffster says
If they’re so Islamic that they ban Valentine’s Day, why are they using an image of a person to do it? I thought portraying people in artwork was haram in Islamic art.
SK says
This anime is actually from some kid’s DeviantArt.
I am not interested in linking you to it.
John Hawk says
No joy, fun, or humor in Islam. Just drudgery, vileness, paranoia, and misery. Thus spake the bearded buffoon, and all the faithful Muslims fell on their faces. What a way to live. Better to be a sea slug.
Aardvark says
Excellent comment, JH. Well said.
gravenimage says
Pakistani judge bans Valentine’s Day as un-Islamic
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There is no love in Islam. Everything in Islam works against love: FGM, child marriage, forced marriage, polygamy, marital rape, summary divorce for men (the “Triple Talaq”), rape and sex slavery of Infidels, wife beating, and “Honor Killing”.
Here is an excellent piece from Jaime Glazov on the Islamic hatred of Valentine’s Day:
“Hating Valentine’s — Why Islamic Supremacists and Radical Leftists Loathe the Day of Love”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/02/hating-valentines-why-islamic-supremacists-and-radical-leftists-loathe-the-day-of-love
Kepha says
What irony. A poster that should be expressing resolution uses a cutesy manga girl with a beard to make the point. Am I missing something?
gravenimage says
Muslims often use Anime images in an effort to make Islam look more civilized than it is, Kepha.
And no–condemning love does not involve “resolution”–just barbarism.
Kepha says
I still think it’s the bearded lady–nay, bearded girl–on tour in Japan.