WEIRD FACTS ABOUT
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SUDAN

In 2009, Senior Muslim clerics in Sudan urged youngsters to boycott Valentine's Day, saying it is a Western institution that could lead couples astray.

Members of the Sudan Ulema Authority, an influential body of religious leaders, called on young men and women to ignore the event on February 14 and resist the temptation to mark it by taking romantic strolls in parks.


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