OK, Round 2! Valentine Q for anyone from Cairo or a non-western Muslim pls! Thx!?

Question

Is it inappropriate to send valentine wishes to someone i know is muslim??? I do not want to offend him; he sought my friendship knowing that I'm Christian and he's very liberal minded but I still want to do what is appropriate. Thank you!

Answer 1

Hi, do not worry about it, go ahead and send it. I am a muslim, egyptian who resides in Cairo and I can safely tell u that there is nothing offensive about it at all. V. Day is widely celebrated here, there is nothing taboo about it, people do not really relate it to any religion.

Egypt is more liberal than you might think. There are a lot of foreigners working here, a lot of tourists and around 15% of the population are christians.