ugnet_: Re:Should Moslems (& Mengo/Buganda traditionalists) live on another planet?

[Rehema Mukooza]

Ssemakula:

 

Moslems should stay right here on earth, their home just as other people of different faiths.  All the moslems are doing is exercising their freedoms to dresss a certain way, they want.  Now people of other religions should stop trying to force moslems to dry in a way they (other faiths) want. 

 

Talking about " 'sexy' clothes banned in Malaysian state ", let's talk about pants or trousers banned at Bulange, Mengo by the deputy Katikkiro of Buganda, Kaaya Kavuma.  The deputy Katikkiro strickly took away all female employees' rights to dress as they want as long as they are not naked in the name of "tradition".  Can we talk about that Ssemakula??  Maybe "Mengo traditionalists" should live on another planet away from Buganda?!  Mengo traditionalists should stop impossing their views and ideas on how to dress onto others who don't like them.  Many female employees at Bulange, Mengo were fired as a result of dressing in pants on Kaaya Kavuma's orders. 

 

While maybe some intolerant moslems in Malaysia are suffocating others' rights in the name of "religion", some intolerant people in Mengo are suffocating other's rights in the name of "tradition".  So, where do you draw the line in this mess??  Ssemakula, are you going to condemn intolerant moslem Malaysians and praise the intolerant Kaaya Kavuma on the other hand or what?? 

 

Mengo/Buganda traditionalists have gone way too far in their determination to take away females rights.  They are even trying to suffocate the Nabagereka of Buganda from dressing in pants, short dresses, short/mini skirts, swim suit, sleeveless brouses/dresses, bear back.  The Nabagereka can not even show us some skin as she would have loved to because of the nonsense of the Mengo traditionalists.  People who knew the Nabagereka before she married the Kabaka claim to have seen her wear short/mini skirts and dresses.  She was even seen in public swimming pools wearing her swim suit fighting the pool water.  I heard rumors that she even used to show off her beautiful bear back, belly, and legs in the sun. 

 

What has happened to the then Nagginda and the Nabagereka of today??  Why the sudden change in her rights to dress as she wants??  Where her personal rights taken away??  What would she have worn today if we had no Mengo/Buganda traditionalists dictating to her and society what to wear??  Could things maybe have been different??  I still have questions and I am wondering.

 

I don't understand what kind of Islam these intolerant Malaysian moslems are following because the Holy Quran encourages tolerance of other faiths in moslem societies.  Mengo/Buganda traditionalists should live on another planet, and leave Buganda people's dress rights alone.  What do you think??

 

Rehema M.

J Ssemakula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

  AFP,  Mon Jan 5, 2:40 AM ET 'Sexy' clothes banned in Malaysian state

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Non-Muslim Malaysian women in opposition-run Terengganu state will not be able to wear short-sleeved blouses, tight-fitting jeans, long skirts with slits or mini-skirts to work in the future.

They are also barred from wearing figure-hugging or revealing dresses, said assemblyman Sulaiman Abdullah.

"The PAS (Islamic Party) government will not tolerate females, including those from different religions, wearing such clothes during working hours," Sulaiman, who is also Kuala Terengganu municipal council president, was quoted as saying by the New Straits Times.

Sulaiman said non-Muslims, although free to wear skirts, must wear them to their knees.

Muslim women working in the private sector would now have to adhere to the Islamic dress code and wear headscarves and loose clothes, he said.

The council will distribute circulars on the dress code to businesses and visit premises with Islamic preachers to advise Muslim women who flout the ruling.

Employers whose workers are found to be wearing improper attire could be fined up to 250 ringgit (66 dollars) or lose their licences, he said.

The hardline Islamic Party controls just two of the 13 states in multicultural Malaysia, which has large non-Muslim minorities of ethnic Chinese and Indians.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=afp/lifestyle_malaysia_islam

---

Make your home warm and cozy this winter with tips from MSN House & Home. -------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug

---

Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes