Mark my words..
..this could happen in Egypt if the MB took over. Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's government has endorsed a university's ruling that requires non-Muslim women to wear headscarves on its campuses, a report said on Wednesday. The minister in charge of national unity, Maximus Ongkili, said the decision by the International Islamic University earlier this year was not a religious one, but merely part of university procedures. "As the rule was approved by the university senate, it is not religious in nature but a matter of uniforms that must be followed. It does not breach basic human rights," Ongkili was quoted as saying in the Star daily. National Unity, ehh? Fantastic.
posted by The Sandmonkey @ 10/30/2005 02:34:00 AM
7 Comments:
what in the world?
If non-muslim women are stupid enough to attend a islamic private university then I have no problem with them being required to follow muslim traditions.
Craig, you didn't read the article. The University is not private. It's government funded!
"The government-funded International Islamic University has three campuses around Malaysia.
Its board includes representatives from the governments of Pakistan, Libya, Egypt, the Maldives, Bangladesh and Turkey, as well as the Organisation of the Islamic Conference."
SM.
If the MB ever take over egypt (God forbid) it will spell the end.
Picture your worst nightmare as illogical issues take over & multiply it by 10 then you will realse that your nightmare was sweet after all.
My bad, Sam... my Yankee thinking kicked in and I assumed a religious school must be private. I keep forgetting secularism isn't the norm, in this world :o
Nevermind.
I would go insane if anyone forced me to wear a headscarf. Some women will rise up in protest. Others will take their lumps with a good side dish of inferiority complex.
sad
jonas976
that is the stupidest decision I ever heard from Malaysia.
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