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In Truth, Valentine's Day Is Based On A Feast Day Of The Saint By That Name
Reader comment on item: Valentine's Day in the Muslim World
Submitted by AnneM (United States), Feb 13, 2010 at 06:53
The origins of this holiday is based on a early Christian martyr or martyrs of that name, and most likely an early Church priest.
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| It seems that young people in Egypt celebrate Valentine's day [29 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 14, 2015 09:49 | 221062 | ||
| Iranian holidays [74 words] | Aria | Feb 22, 2011 20:01 | 182892 | ||
| There is no fun in Islam [26 words] | Jeff | Jan 26, 2011 13:14 | 182056 | ||
| 1 |  Think "out of box" [98 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | Jan 28, 2011 20:21 | 182056 | |
| VD valentine [54 words] | btilly | Feb 5, 2011 19:13 | 182056 | ||
| 1 | To Mr. Banerjee [332 words] | Jeff | Feb 7, 2011 13:39 | 182056 | |
| 1 | Is this quote for real? [24 words] | howard | Feb 14, 2011 16:57 | 182056 | |
| Khomeini quote [50 words] | Jeff | Feb 15, 2011 13:04 | 182056 | ||
| 3 | How sad, the entire islamic world is taught that love is evil ! ..2010 Feb. [58 words] | Phil Greend | Feb 14, 2010 02:10 | 168877 | |
| 1 |  In Truth, Valentine's Day Is Based On A Feast Day Of The Saint By That Name [24 words] | AnneM | Feb 13, 2010 06:53 | 168854 | |
| Yet another excuse for islamics to compensate their genetic-hates. [219 words] | gordon weare | Feb 14, 2009 15:52 | 150457 | ||
| Valentine's Day [42 words] | Elijah | Feb 5, 2009 13:18 | 149886 | ||
| Valentine's Day [30 words] | Paul | Feb 4, 2009 18:37 | 149826 | ||
| At last a common ground between Hindus and Muslims! [74 words] | B.N.Gururaj | Feb 4, 2009 09:54 | 149796 | ||
| 1 | valentine day [51 words] | btilly | Feb 5, 2011 19:21 | 149796 | |
| Valentine's day as pure imitation and commercialization [243 words] | Prashant | Feb 17, 2019 09:22 | 149796 | ||
| Poor man. [85 words] | Lynn | Feb 4, 2009 09:35 | 149795 | ||
| Choudary [286 words] | Gabby (Australia) | Feb 4, 2009 07:57 | 149789 | ||
| 2 | I'll be your Valentine [63 words] | Dr Albert Schadenfreude | Jun 26, 2009 19:57 | 149789 | |
| Reply to Gabby [352 words] | Gabby reply | Feb 7, 2011 16:08 | 149789 | ||
| 2 | valentine [38 words] | Amina | Feb 28, 2011 06:22 | 149789 |
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