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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/muslims-warned-over-valentines-day.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Malaysia's government has warned that Valentine's Day could trigger indecent behaviour" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-muslims-warned-over-valentines-day.jpg" alt="Malaysia's government has warned that Valentine's Day could trigger indecent behaviour"/></a></p>
<p>Malaysian Muslims are debating whether to shun Valentine&#8217;s Day after the government warned that the celebration was a &#8220;trap&#8221; that could trigger indecent behaviour.</p>
<p>Although no laws prevent Malaysia&#8217;s Muslim majority from marking the occasion with dinner dates and roses, officials have mounted a campaign insisting that such romantic gestures might tempt young people into having pre-marital sex.</p>
<p>Deputy prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin said that the government was not trying to demean Valentine&#8217;s Day, but stressed that it was &#8220;not suitable&#8221; for Muslims, who comprise nearly two-thirds of Malaysia&#8217;s 28 million people.</p>
<p>His comments came after the government-run Malaysian Islamic Development Department, which handles religious policies, launched a publicity campaign called Mind the Valentine&#8217;s Day Trap and handed leaflets advising Muslim university students to avoid Monday&#8217;s celebration.</p>
<p>Wan Mohamad Sheikh Abdul Aziz, the department&#8217;s chief, noted that Malaysia&#8217;s top panel of Islamic scholars had issued an edict in 2005 criticising the celebration of Valentine&#8217;s Day among Muslims because it had historical links to Christianity and could lead to immoral activities.</p>
<p>&#8220;We accept and celebrate Mother&#8217;s Day and Father&#8217;s Day &#8230; to commemorate our love for our parents,&#8221; Wan Mohamad told the national news agency, Bernama. &#8220;At the same time, however, Islam would reject anything, even from the Eastern culture, if it contravenes the Islamic teachings.&#8221;</p>
<p>Preachers at mosques in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia&#8217;s largest city, also delivered anti-Valentine&#8217;s Day sermons. Some Muslims disagreed, saying it was a harmless celebration.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve given my wife flowers and taken her for dinner on Valentine&#8217;s Day before,&#8221; Khairy Jamaluddin, a prominent ruling party politician in his mid-30s, wrote on Twitter. &#8220;I am still a Muslim. If people want to do it because they feel like it&#8217;s a nice occasion, as long as they&#8217;re not committing sin, why not?&#8221;</p>
<p>In recent years, authorities have sometimes searched hotel rooms on the night of February 14 to catch Muslim couples having premarital sex.</p>
<p>According to Malaysia&#8217;s Islamic Shariah laws, unmarried Muslims who meet in private can be charged with &#8220;khalwat,&#8221; or &#8220;close proximity&#8221;, which carries fines and prison sentences of several months</p>
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