The obsession to control what women wear needs to stop
published in NST today where 39 women were given notices by Kelantan’s Islamic Affairs and Religious Department for wearing “sexy attires” during Ramadan.
. Not only does this practice humiliate and degrade the value of women, the compulsive need to control what women wears also implies that she is mentally, physically and spiritually defective and a danger to the moral order of society. According to the Holy Quran, discussion on how people should dress revolves around the concept of modesty. Surah Al-Araaf 7:26 speaks of clothing to cover nakedness and clothing as a thing of beauty. The same verse also makes a point that the garment of piety is the best of all. Verse 31 of the same Surah goes on to caution against excessiveness when it comes to dressing well for worship.
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