Iran, Indonesia ban Valentine’s Day celebrations

"The influential Indonesian Council of Clerics has repeatedly declared the February 14 celebrations as an observance stemming from another faith, saying that celebrating it would be the same as promoting faiths other than Islam.

‘Not our culture’

In Pakistan, meanwhile, President Mamnoon Hussain said the Western import threatens to undermine the country’s Islamic values.

"Valentine's Day has no connection with our culture and it should be avoided," Hussain was reported by the Reuters news agency as saying on Saturday."