Islamists Hate Lipstick
Charles Johnson
Tue Sep 2, 2003 at 6:07 pm PDT • Views: 469
The “spiritual leader” of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party says women must not wear lipstick or perfume, even if they’re wearing the hijab, because it may drive Muslim men into an uncontrollable frenzy of molestation and rape. And of course, it would be too much to ask that the men be held responsible for this behavior.
Nik Abdul Aziz, the spiritual leader of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, was quoted by the Malay-language Mingguan Malaysia newspaper as saying that even women who wear Muslim headscarves can arouse men if they wear makeup and perfume too. The end result could be rape or molestation, the newspaper cited Nik Aziz as saying. Anwar Bakri, a senior adviser to Nik Aziz, confirmed he made the comments, but said they were reported out of context.
Many women from Malaysia’s Malay Muslim majority wear a moderate form of Islamic dress, such as a headscarf covering the hair but leaving the face exposed, and long sleeves.
Younger women in Malaysia, one of Southeast Asia’s wealthiest and most developed countries, often wear the headscarf with modern clothes such as jeans as well as makeup and jewelry.
The fundamentalist Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party is the country’s largest opposition group, controlling two of the 13 states, where it has restricted alcohol sales and segregated Muslim men and women at supermarket counters.
Last year Nik Abdul Aziz was quoted saying that if Muslim men took too many wives that they couldn’t afford to support, they should be caned into impotence.
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