Don’t insert “Islam” in anti valentine sentences!

The coat of inability has one fuzzy hanger and that is called Islam.

Even with very simple issues…actually trivial issues…when we are unable or unwilling to face its reality, the most common excuse out of the pit is Islam.

Today…With all the RED stuff around us…with all the consuming puffy goods and the heart-shaped chocolate delights and the roses and the cards that people use to amend a relationship or declare an emotion or even follow a habit.

All that is overwhelming for some…some for single people (as i am positive that some single people have the sweetness in them to like valentine even if they haven’t found love yet)…for someone in a relationship but unable or unwilling to feel the freshness and childish silliness of an emotion to the extent of participating in the “love fever” or maybe people who are uptight for no apparent reason…

And those overwhelmed types are around the world… but among muslims they have a “high holy way out”…where they easily can say:” I don’t celebrate valentine, I am muslim” and go away with it.

As if valentine is a holy occasion from a different religion hence considered irreligious for muslims to celebrate.

If some get sick of all the redness…smiles…gift wraps & roses in the air -like myself- they might try to think what is the reason…it shouldn’t be religious…because this day is like mother’s day…would never be a sin in any religion…just a day…a chance to say thank you and make someone happy.

My reason is the consuming atmosphere…but to be honest if i was in love and my lover gave me a rose and some chocolate truffles i would be happy…I love chocolate …but if i was in a relationship and he made fun of the day and wasn’t even nice to me and kept saying that it was against Islam…I would instantly know that he is a liar…that he just doesn’t feel the urge inside to celebrate his love because it is simply fading or in hibernation.

Those people opposing any celebration and calling it against religion, when they are asked why they answer: Islam urges us to be sweet and loving all year long not just in a certain day and that is following non-muslim habits are bad for faith.

Well…excuse moi!!

If you should always be nice and giving gifts and being appreciative all year long to your mother…why don’t you!!

And If you should always be romantic and loving to your lover…why don’t you!!

And what about EVERYTHING in life that you imitate non-muslims in?? are those ok but a rose on a certain day to a loved one isn’t??

I call it hypocrisy!

I call it lame and weak and deceptive.

Instead of hanging your inability on religion man up and say it clearly:

- I don’t feel it.

- I lost my romantic vibe.

- I am falling out of love with my lover.

- I am single and yearning to be loved so valentine day annoys me.

- I am not interested because i am against commercializing love.

- whatever it is…name it…

But don’t contaminate Islam with your excuses…as Islam is holy and precious and deserves total respect than to hang our lameness on it…and for sure needs sincere attention regarding every major aspect in it.