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| Southeast Asia |
| Malay fundos: ''Stop that unseemly frivolty and mirth!'' |
| 2002-09-12 |
| A state in Malaysia controlled by the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) has banned the issue of entertainment licences for any live performances. Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, the chief minister of the east cost state of Kelantan, told the Malay-language Berita Harian that the ban also applies to hotels and arts associations. The directive was in line with the Entertainment and Entertainment Establishment Control Enactment 1998 which banned all forms of performances deemed to contravene Islam. That's pretty much all of them, isn't it? Except for the public readings from the Koran... 'Performances which use women as models to attract attention only happens during the colonial era and while the colonialists have left, that sort of behaviour has continued. This is completely unacceptable,' he said. "They should have taken all those women with them when they left..." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 This is the same state, immediately adjacent to Singapore that baned bikinis on the beach and men and women in the same pools at the 4* hotels. Effect on tourism and state economy has been pretty bad. Too bad... |
| Posted by: Bob 2002-09-12 20:01:04 |
| #1 "Right. This is unacceptable because it brings money into the area. The last thing we want is for anyone to be able to support themselves. The only way to get wealth in the Islamic world is to steal from (and kill) others and take their property." Just another way for Islam to turn a prosperous area into another poverty-stricken hellhole. |
| Posted by: Quana 2002-09-12 14:00:03 |