Kanpur: Strangely enough valentine's day got a mention in the lecture of a maulana delivered prior to the usual Arabic Khutba at a mosque on the congregational prayer of Friday.
What he meant to emphasise at the old mosque here was that the faithful should instruct the girls to wear a proper dress and also to keep them distant from unethical recreations.
Dwelling upon the origin of this day he pointed out that it was in no way benefitting the society. There was no use in blindly following Western traditions.
It was certainly the influence of large scale publicity about this particular day that attracts young people towards this foreign culture.
