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| Its all right to observe Valentines Day: Khairy |
| 2011-02-13 |
| [Straits Times] UMNO Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin has joined in the chorus hitting out at PAS Youth's plan to play moral police on Valentine's Day, saying that as long as people are not committing sin, it was all right to observe the special day. He said: 'Yes, I've given my wife flowers and taken her for dinner on Valentine's Day before. Sometimes, we even get jiggy with it. I am still a Mohammedan,' said Khairy in one of his tweets message on Friday. When asked why Mohammedans need to celebrate love and affection specifically on Valentine's Day, Mr Khairy said: 'If people want to do it because they feel it's a nice occasion, as long as they are not committing sin, why not? Of course you can do it anytime. That's not the point.' Mr Khairy cynically said the annual Jan 1 public holiday should be banned as it signifies the start of the Gregorian calendar introduced by Pope Gregory. Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen also chided moral policing on Valentine's Day, saying that it would affect tourist arrivals to the country. Dr Ng added that she had received hundreds of calls from overseas expressing alarm at PAS Youth chief Nasrudin Hassan Tantawi's comments. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Mr Khairy cynically said the annual Jan 1 public holiday should be banned as it signifies the start of the Gregorian calendar introduced by Pope Gregory. Snarky, I like this guy. He stirs the pot. |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2011-02-13 09:56 |
| #1 "We maybe not kill you this time"? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-02-13 03:55 |