by Puteri | February 12th, 2008
KUWAIT CITY — Valentine’s Day is just three days away, but one Muslim politician is heading up a committee to make sure it goes completely ignored.
Kuwaiti MP Waleed Al-Tabtabae, head of the National Assembly’s Committee Monitoring Negative Alien Practices, will chair his group Wednesday to discuss ways to repress all public displays recognizing the international day of love.
“We want to discuss measures that should be taken by these ministries to prevent such alien events from impacting Kuwaiti society and spreading corruption among the Kuwaiti youth,” Al-Tabtabae told reporters Monday.
Committee member Islamist MP Jamaan Al-Harbash said many Islamic countries ban Valentine’s Day celebrations because the holiday “spreads moral corruption.”
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Valentine’s Day spreads moral corruption? 
Come on, this is the 21st century! Not the 7th century!
Oh well. What do you expect from a country where women were given the right to vote and the right to stand for elections only in 2005?
Sorry, sweethearts in Kuwait. Maybe next century you will have better luck! 