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The National Islamic Students Association of Malaysia vice-president,Miss Munirah Bahari says uniforms, especially the white blouses worn by female students in Malaysian schools are too transparent and "encouraged rape and pre-marital sex”.
Miss Munirah Bahari, are you trying to say that students are welcoming rapist to rape them because of the uniforms they are wearing to school?
Pre-marital sex.....and uniforms?i don't see any connection between them.
Ms.Munirah your complains on the transparent white blouses are logic,u may suggest female students should wear an undergarment, such as a camisole, so that their bras are not visible through their white blouses...but you can never conclude those white blouses are a factor getting raped or encouraging pre-marital sex.
"uniform worn by girls at government schools was “sexy” and “encouraged rape and pre-marital sex” says Ms.Munirah!
Ms.Munirah,have you read about cases of fathers raping daughters,70 years old grandmother been raped by her grandson,2months old baby was raped by the step father and etc....
can you please tell me if any of these victims were looking sexy???
How can you say school uniforms making female students look sexy???
What you wore during your school days-black blouse and black skirt???
In my personal opinion,rather than blaming uniform or uniform's colour or checking whether the female students are wearing the proper undergarments or no....etc,
the students should be given proper security in schooling areas.
if you are saying the uniform can encourage pre-marital sex.....then why don't the schools start up with early sexual education as a subject...by doing this the fellow students can be more exposed to what they should and what they shouldn't,students can be mentally prepared about their puberty period positively.
Well motivation and guidance will be easily reached among young children as they grow up following the proper guidance!
Refering back to the security service in schooling areas,hope the school administration hire guards to strictly monitor the school compound all time...this will be very helpful from strangers getting into school compound.About primary schools-as their students are small kids,hopefully there will be guards who can supervise whether all those kids are safely into their school bus or check out who is picking them back after school hours.
Rather than blaming things or person,lets make sure our child is safe from being a raped victim-its our responsibility to guide them and taking care of their safety.
Kuala Lumpur, May 23 (IANS) A Malaysian student body's statement that the uniform worn by girls in government-run schools encourages "rape and pre-marital sex" has triggered a nationwide debate on social mores.
Many students, teachers and social activists are angry at the observation made by National Islamic Students Association of Malaysia's vice-president Munirah Bahari.
Bahari Wednesday said: "The white blouse is too transparent for girls and it becomes a source of attraction." She even said that girls deliberately wore the dresses "to lure men".
In multicultural Malaysia, home to majority-Muslim Malays as well as ethnic Chinese and Indians, girl students in government schools have a choice of wearing a white blouse with a knee-length skirt or pinafore. They may also wear a baju kurung, the traditional Malay dress, and a headscarf is optional for Malay students.
While calling for review of the uniform policy so that it did not violate Islamic ideals, Bahari said that "covering up" according to Islamic precepts was important to fend off social ills, including "rape, sexual harassment and even premarital sex".
Women's Aid Organisation executive director Ivy Josiah said what was needed was "a review of misguided beliefs about women's attire", not a review of the uniform policy.
"Statistics and research has shown that all women - young, old, women clad in tudung (headscarf), miniskirts, even babies in diapers - have been victims of rape and sexual assault.
"It is entirely irresponsible for anyone to suggest the idea that rape is a result of attire. Rape is not about attire, it's about power that perpetrators feel they have over their victims," Josiah said.
Norhayati Kaprawi, Sisters in Islam programme manager, said: "Something must be seriously wrong with local men if the sight of girls in their school uniform turns them on."
Many men also spoke out against Bahari, The Star reported Friday.
Men's Action Network Against Violence member David Anthony said such statements stereotyped men as people who don't see women as anything other than sex objects.
"It's the wrong attitude... it's perversion," he said.
One male teacher even suggested that instead of debating the sexiness of the uniform, focus should be directed towards male self-control.
D. Presana, a sixth form student, said: "Pre-marital sex has nothing to do with what girls wear to school. It is the people's mentality and the spiritual guidance they receive that influence their behaviour."
A teacher at a girls' school in Klang Valley said Bahari should not have made such baseless statements.
"She should carry out a study and see if our school uniform is indeed a factor that contributes to rape and pre-marital sex," she said.
The teacher added that it was compulsory for female students at her school to wear a camisole under their baju kurung, the traditional Malaysian dress, and only white and skin-coloured bras were allowed.
A Malay teacher in Malacca, however, suggested that thicker material be used to make the white blouse.
While the debate rages at the public level, the government observed silence. Women, Family and Community Development Minister Ng Yen Yen declined to comment on the issue.
Malaysians condemn Islamic group's uniform comment
Kuala Lumpur | May 23, 2008 4:11:25 PM IST
The Sisters in Islam has taken umbrage over a National Islamic Students Association of Malaysia claim that the school uniform worn by girls at government schools "encouraged rape and pre-marital sex".
Describing this claim as baseless, the group's programme manager, Norhayati Kaprawi, said: "I totally disagree with the statement. What? Even wearing baju kurung is still not enough?" she asked.
"As for the white blouse being too transparent, Malay women who are in mourning wear white baju kurung. Even Umno women wear white baju kurung. So what is the issue?" The Star quoted her, as saying.
National Islamic Students Association of Malaysia Vice-President Munirah Bahari has stated that "the white blouse is too transparent for girls and it becomes a source of attraction to men, who are drawn to it, whether or not they like looking at it."
She also called for a review of the uniform policy so that it did not violate Islamic ideals.
Women's Aid Organisation executive director Ivy Josiah said what was needed was "a review of misguided beliefs about women's attire," not a review of the uniform policy.
Men's Action Network Against Violence (man.v) member David Anthony said such statements stereotyped men as people who don't see women as anything other than sex objects.
"It's the wrong attitude ... it's perversion," he said.
‘I was told to strip twice’, sole woman ISA detainee tells Suhakam.
A female Internal Security Act detainee told a Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) inquiry that police officers ordered her to strip naked on two occasions and also threatened to arrest her children.
Ng Chooi Choon, 56, was detained for allegedly falsifying travel documents and being involved in the trafficking of migrant workers.
The mother of three, who also recruited foreign women to work in local nightspots, is the only female ISA detainee being held at the Kamunting Detention Centre in Taiping, Perak.
“I was asked by a constable and a corporal to take off my clothes. I was thinking maybe they wanted a free show.
“I told him that I was old enough to be their mother and then told them that they should go home and see their own mother, but I had no choice as I was in custody. They stood there and had a good look,” she told the Suhakam panel which consisted of commissioners Harun Hashim, Hamdan Adnan and Asiah Abu Samah.
Ng, who hails from Kuala Lumpur, said she was held at the Pandan Indah police station and later transferred to the Jalan Bandar police station before being sent to Kamunting where she is serving a two-year detention order, which can be extended indefinitely.
According to Ng, she was told by the police to strip twice. However, she did not specify where the alleged incidents took place.
“I reported it to the authorities only when I came to Kamunting because I was afraid the police would put pins and needles into me,” she told the inquiry.
“I also told the police officers [involved] in the incident that what they did was between themselves and their God,” she added.
Ng said the police had told her that under the ISA, she would not be allowed to meet family members or lawyers.
When told by commissioner Hamdan that it was her constitutional right to seek legal counsel, she replied: “I think those issues are too deep for me.”
She also said that police had threatened to arrest her children if she did not cooperate.
Ng later appealed to the commission for an early release, claiming that her children were being harassed by her ex-husband.
“My children need me now. My husband is trying to pimp one of my daughters so he can have an easy life. When I was around he would be afraid of going near them but now that I am inside, I cannot do anything [to protect them].
“My son who wanted to be a police officer, and was a national [sharp] shooter, also had his dreams squashed with my arrest. I want to rebuild his confidence again when I go out,” said Ng, who immediately broke down and cried.
Malaysian government should demolish this torture camp rather than increasing the number of detainees and its torture levels day by day.
ISA-stands for Internal Security Act or Internal Satanic Act?
In most cases, torture and ill-treatment of ISA detainees take place during the initial 60-day investigation period. Detainees have been assaulted, forced to strip, deprived of sleep, food and water, told that their families would be harmed, and subjected to prolonged aggressive interrogation to coerce confessions or elicit information. During this period, ISA detainees are usually held in solitary confinement, often in a windowless cell where they lose all sense of time. Within a context of actual or threatened physical assault, the interrogation procedure is designed to induce a feeling of complete disorientation and dependence on the interrogators as the only point of human contact. The sense of helplessness is exacerbated by their knowledge that access to effective judicial protection has been blocked, and that visits by lawyers and family members are entirely at the discretion of their interrogators.
Within the context of the "war on terror", fears that suspected Islamist militants may be particularly vulnerable to torture and ill-treatment are acute. In 2004, 31 ISA detainees accused of links to terrorism lodged complaints with SUHAKAM of ill-treatment during their initial 60-day ISA detention period.
- Abdul Razak bin Abdul Hamid (arrested in December 2002) reported that he had been
stripped naked, beaten by his interrogators and forced to drink water poured onto the floor.
- Mohidin Shaari (arrested in December 2002) and Azman Hashim (arrested in February 2003) described how they were stripped naked, kicked and verbally abused.
- Sulaiman Suramin (arrested in June 2003) claimed he was stripped, sexually humiliated and forced to kiss rubbish and cigarette ash.
Four of the 31 complainants also reported they were forced to describe how they made love to their wives. Among other allegations were: being hit across the face with a newspaper; spat at and forced to drink the spittle; and being forced to sit in the cold blast of air conditioners during interrogation.
Amnesty International remains gravely concerned that the Malaysian authorities have repeatedly failed to investigate effectively reports of torture or ill-treatment of ISA detainees by police. Even though there has been greater scrutiny of the treatment and detention conditions of ISA detainees in recent years due to the efforts of SUHAKAM and local non-governmental organizations, there are continued grave fears that the safeguards against torture and ill-treatment remain weak or ineffective.
CONCLUSION: DEMOLISH ISA IN MALAYSIA!
