Prince Mohammed, who has vowed to return the country to "moderate Islam", has further cut back the political role of hardline clerics in a historic reordering of the Saudi state.
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Source/Credit: Khaleej Times
By AFP | February 15, 2018
Florists openly sold red roses and Valentine's Day memorabilia in cities such as Jeddah.
A prominent Saudi cleric on Wednesday endorsed Valentine's Day, long forbidden in the kingdom, calling it a "positive social event" that was not linked to religion.
The comment from Ahmed Qassim Al Ghamdi, former chief of the religious police in the holy city of Makkah, comes as 32-year-old Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pursues a far-reaching liberalisation drive that has upended years of conservative tradition.
"It is a positive social event and congratulating people for it is not against Sharia (law)," Ghamdi told Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television.
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