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Many local women between 17 and 28 were forced to work in the brothels, employed as what were euphemistically termed "comfort women". [12] Starting at the end of the 20th century, prostitution has spread over the rest of Malaysia, particularly in the form of massage parlours, [7] and "health centres". [13]
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is practised in Malaysia, with an estimated of more than 90% of women from Muslim families having undergone the practice. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Reasons cited for the performance of FGM include religious obligation, hygiene, cultural practices, and the belief that it prevents pre-marital sex.
Muslim and Malays are interchangeable in many daily contexts. The tudung is very commonly worn by Malay girls and women. Hari Raya Aidilfitri (Eid ul-Fitr) is an important festival celebrated by Malaysian Muslims. Muslim women generally wear the tudung (hijab or headscarf) over their heads. However, Malay women not wearing any headgear are not ...
Zainah Anwar co-founded two (2) ground-breaking women's group that engage with Islam from a right's perspective to promote equality and justice for women living in Muslim context. In 1987, she co-founded Sisters in Islam (SIS) in Malaysia and became its founding Executive Director from 1999-2008.
The group claims that women only show their husbands 10% of what they desired from their bodies. [12] Global Ikhwan, which also founded a controversial polygamy club, [17] has been closely tied to the religious Islamic group Al-Arqam which was banned in Malaysia in 1994. The Obedient Wives Club denies allegations that they are trying to revive ...
In May 2008, Malaysian customs confiscated 3 Christian CDs with the words Allah written on them from a Christian Sarawakian lady, Jill Ireland bint Lawrence Bill. She challenged the confiscation of the CDs in court. [needs update] [91] In March 2010, the Malaysian Home Ministry seized 30,000 Malay bibles from a port in Kuching, Sarawak. [92]
Afghan women in burqas, the most concealing Islamic garments, with mesh shielding the eyes. Some Muslim women, particularly those living in some parts of the Middle East and South Asia, wear the hijab headscarf. [citation needed] The type most commonly worn in the West is a rectangular scarf that covers the head and neck but leaves the face ...
In Malaysia, few people have any specific information and expressed little concern with regard to the practice of FGM. [5] A study conducted in 2012, by Dr. Maznah Dahlui, an associate professor at the University of Malaya's Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, found that 93 percent of Muslim women surveyed had been circumcised.