Banning Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is popular around the globe but recently one country has taken a negative view on the holiday.  That country is Pakistan.  The district Kohat in the north-eastern of Pakistan, for instance, banned the celebration of Valentine's Day for the reason that the holiday does not coincide with the Muslim faith.  The districts is governed by a religious political group and is surrounded by conservative tribal areas but despite the strong dislike of the holiday, the action has not been confirmed yet and that there are talks where the ruling was ignored due to the unpopularity of it.  In addition of the action, Pakistan's president denounced the holiday, stating it has no relation with the Pakistani culture and should be avoided.  The statement came from the belief that the holiday is a Western tradition and is conflicted with the Muslim culture.

Here we see the conflicts between culture and politics.  Who will win in the end? Due to the unpopularity of the banning, it is good to say culture is winning in this battle so far.  The people who ignore the banning in the district Kohat decide to keep the tradition, despite how much the politicians in the neighborhood are against it.  But how long this will last is solely dependent on the politicians in Pakistan. Culture verses Politics. Not to sound too morbid, but politics will win.  Politicians have all the power in the world to turn an idea into a reality.  And those that go against them can fight but they will have to one day succumb to the decisions of the politicians or else face unwanted action against them.  Take a look at the Nazi era. Many opponents were against the ideologies of the Nazis and they were put on trial and killed and many had no choice but to follow what the leads of the Nazi party wanted.

Knowing this we need to be more conscious of who we choose as the leaders in our country and to know what despite how many laws are out of our control, we have the right to vote for the nation leaders that would best suit our needs as they decide on what laws to pass and what to keep.