No Sexy Dressing - this is the headline screaming across the STAR (one of our dailies). Kelantan which is one of the states in Malaysia is controlled by an Islamic based party. That's the only state which is in their control, thank goodness!
Any women caught wearing 'sexy clothing' or is 'indecently dressed' will be fined RM500.00. The Kota Baru Municipal Council's enforcement officers will be going on their rounds to check on women whom they consider to be indecently dressed. What an important job these guys have. If they wear glasses, they have to make sure the glasses are very clean so they don't miss anything while scutinising the women's attire. They might even have to take a long time looking at the women's 'clothes' just to make sure it is revealing or indecent before they take action.
This is what you get when you vote religious nuts into power. Their reason for coming up with this rule is that the council had received many complaints from ratepayers regarding this 'clothing' issue. It seems these women are trying to attract customers by wearing sexy clothes. Those 'ugly' women in burkas and 'tudungs' are losing out in the business arena. To further strengthen their complaint, they claimed that the sexy dressing was an insult to Islam! I think that was the deciding factor. So, the brilliant solution that the council can come up with is to fine women wearing sexy clothing! This way the coulcil don't need to advice the burka business women about customer relationship, to be friendly and serve with a smile, to keep the place clean and hygenic, to sell things that people would want to buy instead of worrying what other's are wearing. And since the state is governed by an Islamic party, the decision is very Islamic!
What is going to happen to the Indian women? Their traditional sari and blouse will definitely show the mid-section of their body which includes the navel. That is the cultural dressing of millions of Indian women all over trhe world. They will surely be fined RM500.00 after being ogled over by the officials under the pretext of closer inspection.
There are so many more important issues at hand, like eradicating poverty, reducing unemployment, housing for the poor, raising the living standards of the people, scholarships for the poor, protecting the environment ..etc. What do these people come up with? Checking on what women wear!
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Barisan Nasional is very cunning as to leave conservative Malay Muslims to the PAS in Kelantan. Afterall, BN and PAS are very
" Malay ". Even non Malays living in these conservative states would want their non Malay counterparts to cover themselves up. I can imagine having sex under a sarong. Even the government places such a importance on well dressing. Cover yourself up, that is the unofficial, undocumented policy. If you don't dress well, we wouldn't not promote you because you bring such embarrassment to the dominant Muslims' rule. Strangely the dressing up is more important than the inner man. They don't care if money is misused. They don't care if the in charge is bitchy selfish. They don't care if their people have an indifferent attitude. All they care is to show their outer appearance to the world. Like all that is so powerful is dressing up.
What else regarding a mind that loves to be in a crowd of like minded people and refuse to open to the many differences in Malaysia ?
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