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...
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School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia,
2016-05.
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