re: LOVE FINALLY by Irum Binte Shahid for ARY
Valentines Day is a pagan tradition. Pagan culture thrives on superstitions, prejudices, myths, and idol worship. I think it's totally stupid to blindly follow a tradition that never had any logic and was done to please an idol and spread immorality( which was ingrained in pagan culture). Islam freed us from all these evils long time back.
I would much rather stay away from pagan traditions and rituals which thrive on idol worship and defy common sense and reasoning. All of these customs i,e. hindu rakhi thingie and this valentines day stuff, they appear so attractive claiming to spread love and all that but in actuality they serve no purpose except for spreading immorality and paganism.
Even keeping the moral and religious aspects aside lets see if valentines day has served it's so called purpose of spreading love ...has it improved the status of married relationships in the west? Of course No if anything it's getting worse.
Our media is a slave of commercialism so lets not even expect anything from them. I sometimes feel may be zia was right in keeping a tight check on them. laaton ke bhoot baaton se nahi maante.