JAKIM & Valentine

Valentine’s Day, a day to show our appreciation towards love. ‘Bullshit!’ as some will retort, or else why would there be the launching of anti-Valentine’s Day campaign last Friday by The Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim).

Apparently JAKIM also invited 1,000 students from higher learning institutes to participate in the discourse, flyers and banners were hung in colleges and university.

Yes, this is how love is shown by certain plots of citizens in Malaysia.

‘Valentine’ drew some connection to St. Valentine, hence related to Christianity and JAKIM claimed that this celebration is not supposed to be celebrated by Muslims, and since Christian elements are both mixed with immoral acts (and) are prohibited by Islam that clearly contradicts the belief, Sharia and Islamic morality.

Familiar much? Dots dots dots

To suggest that Valentine’s Day is observed by Christians is unfair and misleading, what more to say that it’s immoral. How is appreciating love immoral?

… and how is Valentine’s Day which is NOT related to Christianity… IMMORAL simultaneously.

Do the math, even a market’s pork shank can do better.

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I was pleased with all the Valentine’s Day gifts everywhere, people dressed as cupids in shopping malls and clubs promoting Valentine’s Day special, or was it the stripper club?

Anyways, it was all good. Our ways of expressing love and appreciation to the ones we love.

Alas, thanks to some people Valentine’s Day will be another mundane, archetypal day in Malaysia.