[Rudey]

Originally posted by sugar and spice
I don't think this is necessarily true for non-Muslims living there. I have a friend who was raised Buddhist in Kuala Lumpur and her upbringing was very very Westernized. She grew up speaking English, went to a British school, wore jeans and tee shirts (obviously she didn't wear a headscarf), went to the malls all of the time, listened to British and American rock music, followed the NBA, and ended up at an American university (Duke) . . .

The official religion of Malaysia, from a political standpoint, is Islam. However the vast majority of its inhabitants (something like 97 percent?) are Buddhist.

It sounds like the major difference here is that the dress code, which formerly only applied to Muslims, will now apply to the entire population -- which is a big jump when 97 percent of the population of the country isn't Muslim.

Uhm the country is heading towards extremism and the leaders are far from accepting and I thought the demographics were different but I'll look later.

-Rudey