WHAT THE HELL.
Source: The Star, 22 May 2008
Thank you, Munirah Bahari, for your enlightening logic. We now know the cause behind all those cases of rape, pre-marital sex, sexual harassment, babies born out of wedlock, prostitution, molestation and the unmentionable "all sorts of things".
The uniforms of schoolgirls.
Sure, Nik Aziz spouts the "blame women for rape" story every now and then, but sane people don't listen to him anyway. It BLOWS MY MIND that a young, educated female is capable of exhorting garbage which would only set her, her female counterparts and her country back.
My one hope for the country was that one day in the near future, people like Nik Aziz would all be dead, and the younger generation would realise how destructive this kind of fundamentalism is, realise it can never instil harmony in a multicultural society and instead, embrace progressive thinking, like some Malay leaders and thinkers have encouraged their own to do. Dr. Mahathir Mohammad, Karim Raslan, Dina Zaman - they've done a world of good by braving the backlash from their own, and being vocal about the importance of progressive thinking - whether in terms of religion or the 'rights' issue (but that's a whole other kettle of fish). In a country where race is such a sensitive issue, we depend on people like them to help the country open its mind, knowing how difficult it is for non-Malays to comment on such issues without stirring up racial tensions.
Then people like Bahari come along. What a tragedy.
SCHOOL UNIFORM SEXY, SAYS GROUP
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian group condemned the uniform worn by girls at government schools, saying it encouraged rape and pre-marital sex.
“The white blouse is too transparent for girls and it becomes a source of attraction,” National Islamic Students Association of Malaysia vice-president Munirah Bahari said in a statement.
“It becomes a distraction to men, who are drawn to it, whether or not they like looking at it,” she said, calling for a review of uniform policy so that it did not violate Islamic ideals.
In multicultural Malaysia, home to majority-Muslim Malays as well as ethnic Chinese and Indians, female students at government schools have a choice of wearing a white blouse with a knee-length skirt or pinafore.
They may also wear a “baju kurung” and a headscarf is optional for Malay students.
Munirah said that “covering up” according to Islamic precepts was important to fend off social ills, including “rape, sexual harassment and even premarital sex.”
“This leads to babies born out of wedlock and, to an extent, even prostitution,” she said.
“Decent clothes which are not revealing can prevent and protect women from any untoward situations,” she said, suggesting that girls wear a blouse of a different colour or with an undergarment.
However, the girls themselves also came in for criticism, with the association saying that some used the white blouse to lure men.
“This is the source of the problem, where we can see that schoolgirls themselves are capable of using this to attract men to them,” Munirah said.
“This could see them getting molested, having premarital sex and all sorts of things.” – AFP
Thank you, Munirah Bahari, for your enlightening logic. We now know the cause behind all those cases of rape, pre-marital sex, sexual harassment, babies born out of wedlock, prostitution, molestation and the unmentionable "all sorts of things".
The uniforms of schoolgirls.
Sure, Nik Aziz spouts the "blame women for rape" story every now and then, but sane people don't listen to him anyway. It BLOWS MY MIND that a young, educated female is capable of exhorting garbage which would only set her, her female counterparts and her country back.
My one hope for the country was that one day in the near future, people like Nik Aziz would all be dead, and the younger generation would realise how destructive this kind of fundamentalism is, realise it can never instil harmony in a multicultural society and instead, embrace progressive thinking, like some Malay leaders and thinkers have encouraged their own to do. Dr. Mahathir Mohammad, Karim Raslan, Dina Zaman - they've done a world of good by braving the backlash from their own, and being vocal about the importance of progressive thinking - whether in terms of religion or the 'rights' issue (but that's a whole other kettle of fish). In a country where race is such a sensitive issue, we depend on people like them to help the country open its mind, knowing how difficult it is for non-Malays to comment on such issues without stirring up racial tensions.
Then people like Bahari come along. What a tragedy.
