OKAY, MAYBE MALAYSIA HAS A WAYS TO GO YET

Malay Islamic leader warns lipstick and perfume are rape risks (GETHIN CHAMBERLAIN, 9/03/03, The Scotsman)

ONE of the leaders of Malaysia’s Islamic opposition has upset women in the country by suggesting that they should stop wearing lipstick and perfume to lower the risk of being raped.

Nik Abdul Aziz, the spiritual leader of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, claimed that even women who wore Muslim head-scarves could arouse men if they also wore make-up and perfume. The end result could be rape or molestation, he said.

One persistent and disheartening theme of pronouncements by Islamic leaders is that wrongdoers are never responsible for their own actions--someone else is always to blame. Posted by Orrin Judd at September 3, 2003 9:33 AM