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Malay fundos: ''Stop that unseemly frivolty and mirth!''
A state in Malaysia controlled by the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) has banned the issue of entertainment licences for any live performances. Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, the chief minister of the east cost state of Kelantan, told the Malay-language Berita Harian that the ban also applies to hotels and arts associations. The directive was in line with the Entertainment and Entertainment Establishment Control Enactment 1998 which banned all forms of performances deemed to contravene Islam. That's pretty much all of them, isn't it? Except for the public readings from the Koran... 'Performances which use women as models to attract attention only happens during the colonial era and while the colonialists have left, that sort of behaviour has continued. This is completely unacceptable,' he said. "They should have taken all those women with them when they left..." Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-09-12 |
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