[IslamCity] Indonesian City Wants Schoolgirls Dressed Modestly

[S A Hannan]

Indonesian City Wants Schoolgirls Dressed Modestly The dress code will not be enforced until the renovation of 221 schools in the city. CAIRO, March 1, 2006 (IslamOnline.net) – An Indonesian city will impose a dress code for school girls to be dressed modestly when they go to the classes as part of a wider conservative policy cracking down on vice and immorality, an Indonesian daily reported on Wednesday, March 1. "In the near future, all female elementary to high school students will no longer be allowed to wear skirts that show their knees and thighs," Tangerang mayor Wahidin Halim was quoted as saying by the Jakarta Post. "If the municipality is sticking to the akhlakul kharimah (morality) vision, then society must also be akhlakul kharimah," he said. The dress code will not be enforced until the renovation of 221 schools in the city is over, the Post said, adding that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was scheduled to inaugurate the schools next month. Wahidin reiterated that his position had everything to with fighting vice and preserving the moral values of society and was not influenced by religion. Friday Prayers Tangerang municipality plans further to prohibit street vendors from selling food outside mosques during Friday prayers. "The presence of street vendors at mosques is seen as a public order disturbance. Therefore, I need the support of all layers of society to issue the ban," Wahidin said. Earlier in the month Wahidin vowed zero-tolerance for violators of bylaws prohibiting the sale of alcohols and prostitution. Tangerang, an industrial town located 20 kilometers west of Jakarta, is the second largest urban center in the Jabotabek region after the capital Jakarta. It has an estimated population of 3.2 million, according to 2005 statistics. Indonesia is the most populous Muslim state where Muslims make up 80% percent of the 220 million population. Breaking an official silence, the Indonesian government recently vocalized opposition to the planned debut of a local edition of the raunchy magazine Playboy, admitting that its legal hands remain tied. Back To News Page Please feel free to contact News editor at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125) {And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33) The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)  also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of IslamCity unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from IslamCity, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest". SPONSORED LINKS Holy quran YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "islamcity" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

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