12Feb2008 Saudi Arabia bans sale of red roses (Grd)

Guardian, 12 Feb 08

Saudi Arabia's religious police have banned the sale of red roses as Valentine's Day approaches on the grounds that the celebration of St. Valentine's Day is un-Islamic and could encourage promiscuity.

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