Bahrain: When my People ban the Valentine

Mohammed wasn’t so surprised to see a handwritten sign displayed at one of the busiest roads in Bahrain calling for the ban of valentine in collaboration with the recent Danish boycott calls. “Why is it that we Muslims keep mounting up the barrier between our cultures and the rest of the world? Does living in a Muslim world mean that you will have problems in integrating with civility?”, Mohammed said.

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