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Malaysian state to enforce Islamic dress code
Non-Muslim Malaysian women in Opposition-run Terengganu state will not be able to wear short-sleeved blouses, tight-fitting jeans, long skirts with slits or mini-skirts to work in future.
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Assemblyman Sulaiman Abdullah says they are also barred from wearing figure-hugging or revealing dresses. "The PAS (Islamic Party) Government will not tolerate females, including those from different religions, wearing such clothes during working hours," Mr Sulaiman said. Mr Sulaiman says non-Muslims, although free to wear skirts, must wear them knee-length. He says Muslim women working in the private sector would now have to adhere to the Islamic dress code and wear headscarves and loose clothes. The council will distribute circulars on the dress code to businesses and visit premises with Islamic preachers to advise Muslim women who flout the ruling.
Employers whose workers are found to be wearing improper attire could be fined up to 250 ringgit ($US66) or lose their licences. The hardline Islamic Party controls just two of the 13 states in multicultural Malaysia, which has large non-Muslim minorities of ethnic Chinese and Indians.
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Posted by: TS 2004-01-05 |
