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Posts Tagged ‘banning’

Banning of the red

By Erin • Feb 13th, 2008 • Category: On the Web, Strange News

In Saudi Arabia, the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has banned the color red until after Valentine’s Day, visiting flower and gift shops to stop the sale of items that could be construed as celebrating the non-Islamic holiday. The Saudi Gazette suggests Valentine’s Day is especially targeted since it [...]