Seems there are groups in India who object to Valentines Day. Just goes to show the absurdity of some folks.

But it also shows a difference between the extremists in the countryÂ’s two main religious groups.

First, the Hindus.

One Hindu group, the Shiv Sena, said its volunteers would photograph couples caught in "compromising positions".

Overt signs of affection, such as kissing and holding hands, are frowned upon in much of traditional Indian society.

Shiv Sena has warned that its activists will stake out public parks, cinemas and shopping malls in a number of cities, and photographs of couples courting will be handed over to their parents.

Mahaveer Parikh, a spokesman for another hardline group, Bajrang Dal, told the BBC from Jaipur: "We will protest with all our might. We will do anything it takes to stop young couples in a behaviour that is against Indian culture.

Silly, but benign – and odd, coming from the folks who gave us the Kama Sutra.

And then there are the Muslims.

A Muslim women's group in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir burned greeting cards and beat young couples to stop people celebrating Valentine's Day, witnesses said on Wednesday.

The separatist Dukhtaran-e-Millat (Daughters of the Nation) raided restaurants and showered blows on some couples and then burned cards during a rally in the summer capital's centre, said an AFP reporter.

The group, along with an Islamic association called the Forum Against Social Evils, regularly wage morality campaigns against movies and other emblems of popular Western culture they deem un-Islamic.

"We will not allow Western culture to take root in Muslim-majority Kashmir," chanted several dozen marchers led by Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Aasiya Andrabi.

Sad, isn’t it, that followers of the “Religion of Peace” become so violent when confronted with signs of love.

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