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Valentine’s Day and Islam – the virtues of mohabbat (love)
By
Aziz Poonawalla
Happy Valentine’s Day! I am biased towards appreciating Valentine’s Day not just for it’s Gujarati origins but also because it’s my birthday. However, not all Muslims share my appreciation. Here’s a typical example: In its official Friday sermon text distributed to mosques in the Muslim-majority country, the Malaysian Islamic Development Department blamed Valentine’s Day for…
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