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from: Daryl Fatwa
date: 2008-02-11 23:55:28
subject: Saudi Arabia Bans Red Roses & Scarlet ...

Imagine the fuss if Western nations banned halal food and other Islamic
paraphernalia around the time of Ramavan (sic) and other Islamic occasions.
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Religious police ban red roses
From correspondents in Riyadh
February 11, 2008 10:59pm
Article from: Reuters
 
SAUDI Arabia's religious police have banned red roses ahead of Valentine's 
Day, forcing couples in the conservative Muslim nation to think of new ways 
to show their love.
 
The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has ordered 
florists and gift shop owners in the capital Riyadh to remove any items 
coloured scarlet, which is widely seen as symbolising love, newspapers said.

[...]

Full article at "News"
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23198781-23109,00.html

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