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Female students urged not to wear panties on Valentine's Day <!-- TITLE : end--> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3" height="15">
</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="3" class="bodytext_10pt"> <!-- CONTENT : start --> SHAH ALAM, Malaysia - Female students in higher-learning institutes here are being persuaded not to wear panties on Valentine's Day as an expression of true love for their boyfriends. The "no-panties promotion", being held for the first time, has apparently been gaining interest among the students, who are passing the news by word-of-mouth. Two students in their 20s from Shah Alam, known only as Ummi and Melissa, said they were aware of the "promotion."
"I feel it is personal," said Ummi with a smile. "Valentine's Day is a good time to express one's love. And, what we use or don't use is our right, our freedom. But we will do what is right. It's a new world now." Melissa claimed that there was already a large group who planned to go ahead with it. "We will know how many by Valentine's evening." State Islamic Affairs Department (Jais) director Datuk Mohammed Khusrin Munawi said: "We will not allow Muslim students to be taken in by such celebrations that deviate from the teachings of Islam."
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"I feel it is personal," said Ummi with a smile. "Valentine's Day is a good time to express one's love. And, what we use or don't use is our right, our freedom. But we will do what is right. It's a new world now." Melissa claimed that there was already a large group who planned to go ahead with it. "We will know how many by Valentine's evening." State Islamic Affairs Department (Jais) director Datuk Mohammed Khusrin Munawi said: "We will not allow Muslim students to be taken in by such celebrations that deviate from the teachings of Islam."
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