Fatwa on tomboys
Oct 24, 2008 Rantings
In today’s Page 3 of The Star, a Bernama article headlined Fatwa on tomboys:
The National Fatwa Council has ruled that tomboyism, where a girl behaves or dresses in a boyish manner, is forbidden in Islam.
Its chairman Datuk Dr Abdul Shukor Husin said the decision was prompted by recent developments as there had been cases of young women inclined to behave like men and indulging in homosexuality.
Sigh. Let’s not even go into the studies that have found that being a tomboy does not indicate a person’s sexual identity.
But when you think about how crime is high, and corruption is rife. And the amount of cases of murder, rape and molestation - surely there are more important things to focus on.
12.38pm Malaysian time (+8 GMT)
Tags: fatwa, homosexuality, tomboy
October 25th, 2008 at 11:56 am
WHAT?!
Seriously, I’m staring at that now with utter indignition and disbelief.
What are they going to do? Insist that all girls wear skirts and blouses and baju kurung and what not?
GEEZ
Talk about gender stereotyping. Where are the feminists when you need them?!
October 25th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
-_-
Cannot tahan lah…
November 18th, 2008 at 11:47 am
i finally found a guy blogger who is not like others, kept saying tat tomboys are posers and almost a man without a dick.
i sincerely thank u.
i know for the fact that it doesnt mean u support lesbians… its is plainly because a person’s dress code is truly from within…
thank u again. :)