'Sexy' clothes banned in Malaysian state
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - 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 the future.
They are also barred from wearing figure-hugging or revealing dresses, said assemblyman Sulaiman Abdullah.
"The PAS (Islamic Party) government will not tolerate females, including those from different religions, wearing such clothes during working hours," Sulaiman, who is also Kuala Terengganu municipal council president, was quoted as saying by the New Straits Times.
Sulaiman said non-Muslims, although free to wear skirts, must wear them to their knees.
Muslim women working in the private sector would now have to adhere to the Islamic dress code and wear headscarves and loose clothes, he said.
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 (66 dollars) or lose their licences, he said.
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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Assuming that prostitution is illegal, and someone hires a callgirl in a really skimpy cheerleader outfit, and he is busted, does he get the death penalty?
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