Photo: Samin Khan of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, right, sits with her daughter Elham in a coffee shop on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019 in Colonie, N.Y. to do an interfaith project for Valentine's Day that honored the meaning of true love or true friendship. (Picture credit: Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
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By Lynda Edwards | February 15, 2019
Saratoga Springs -- Muslims around the world enthusiastically embrace Valentines Day, even in war-battered countries where car bombs pose an everyday threat. In Iraq, crimson and pink heart balloons float over market stalls and vendors sell roses and huge scarlet teddy bears. In Kabul, Afghan vendors sell heart trinkets and chocolates.
Pakistan banned Valentine's Day last year. But sweethearts were so determined to celebrate it, police at checkpoints searched cars for heart-shaped gifts and red stuffed toys.
"Muslims, like everyone, enjoy the idea of a day dedicated to true love, which is what all humans want," said Schenectady resident Samin Khan, who grew up in Norway after her parents moved there from Pakistan.
Khan married an American man and enjoyed being his valentine.
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