Islam or progress of the nation?: an assessment of the aurat issue in Malay newspapers and magazines in the 1930s

Western media often perceive Islam as a misogynistic religion which hampers the progress of a nation. One related issue is “aurat” which is considered as a means to denigrate women in the society. In pre-Independent Malaya debates raged around the contested perceptions and interpretations of aurat...

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Main Authors: Nazirah Lee, Zanariah Noor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10310/1/5x.geografia-siupsi-mac16-Nazirah-edam.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10310/
http://www.ukm.my/geografia/v2/index.php?cont=a&item=2&thn=2016&vol=12&issue=6&ver=loc
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Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Language: English
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