In October 2008, the National Fatwa Council forbade the practice of girls behaving or dressing like boys in Northern Malaysia. This news was brought to us by, Harussani Idris Zakaria, the mufti of northern Perak state, who attended the gathering held last year.
Harussani said an increasing number of Malaysian girls behave like tomboys, and that some of them engage in homosexuality. Homosexuality is not explicitly banned in Malaysia, but it is effectively illegal under a law that prohibits sex acts “against the order of nature.”
Harussani said the council’s ruling was not legally binding because it has not been passed into law, but that tomboys should be banned because their actions are immoral.
“It doesn’t matter if it’s a law or not. When it’s wrong, it’s wrong. It is a sin,” Harussani told The Associated Press. “Tomboy (behavior) is forbidden in Islam.”
hmmm. disturbing.
ReplyDeleteIt's exactly this kind of shit that gets me really angry about the ignorance and meanness of much of humanity.
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