" Saudi law forces Valentines underground: Each year shortly before Feb. 14, the country’s religious police mobilize, heading out to hunt for and confiscate - red roses, red teddy bears and any signs of a heart. In a country where Valentine’s Day is banned, ordinary Saudis find they must skirt the law to spoil their sweethearts. The Valentine’s Day holiday celebrating love and lovers is banned in Saudi Arabia, where religious authorities call it a Christian celebration that true Muslims should shun.

"It is about time we examined these foolish customs of the pagans now falsely labeled Christian. It is time we quit this Roman and Babylonian foolishness - this idolatry - and get back to the faith of Christ delivered once for all time.