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Bahrain: When my People ban the Valentine

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Bahrain, Freedom of Speech

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 [1]. “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.