Saudi religious police has intensified its operations in the streets and in markets to find who is wearing red or show any sign of celebrating Valentine's Day, a party which is banned in this country. Who celebrates this holiday of love is at risk of being arrested and interrogated for several hours by the authorities of the conservative kingdom, according to rules that apply every year for this date.
In the neighborhood of Al Sulaimaniya, in Riyadh, Yanguas, a Bangladeshi salesman in a flower shop, told Efe that the religious police forced him to sign a written undertaking, which promised not to sell flowers, bears and red hearts because, as he said, "This color is exciting and belongs to Western culture." According Yanguas, one of the religious police gave a fatwa (religious edict) prohibiting the celebration of the feast of love and asked her to read it, but when he said he did not speak Arabic, he was forced to stick it in the window of the store to notify customers.
Sheriff Abu Islam Khan, another women's clothing salesman in the neighborhood of Al Sueqa in Riyadh, said authorities, by this time, requisitioning of this type of products they consider provocative and arresting those who oppose them. According to Jan, from Asia, Saudi men often give away their wives on Valentine's Day jewelry or clothing "provocative", but the police fight against anything that is red. 
In the neighborhood of Al Sulaimaniya, in Riyadh, Yanguas, a Bangladeshi salesman in a flower shop, told Efe that the religious police forced him to sign a written undertaking, which promised not to sell flowers, bears and red hearts because, as he said, "This color is exciting and belongs to Western culture." According Yanguas, one of the religious police gave a fatwa (religious edict) prohibiting the celebration of the feast of love and asked her to read it, but when he said he did not speak Arabic, he was forced to stick it in the window of the store to notify customers.
Sheriff Abu Islam Khan, another women's clothing salesman in the neighborhood of Al Sueqa in Riyadh, said authorities, by this time, requisitioning of this type of products they consider provocative and arresting those who oppose them. According to Jan, from Asia, Saudi men often give away their wives on Valentine's Day jewelry or clothing "provocative", but the police fight against anything that is red.
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