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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- The virtue police in Saudi Arabia have ordered shops to remove roses and other items that are red to prevent the celebration of Valentine's Day Feb.14.
Shop workers in Riyadh say agents of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice visited flower and gift shops during the weekend to issue warnings, the Saudi Gazette reported Monday.
Each year on the eve of Valentine's Day, commission agents conduct raids and confiscate any red items they find.
Islamic scholars preach celebrating Valentine's Day and other non-Islamic holidays is a sin, especially Valentine's Day.
"As Muslims we shouldn't celebrate a non-Muslim celebration especially this one that encourages immoral relations between unmarried men and women," Sheikh Khaled Al-Dossari said.
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