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<p>CecilMault0173: Created page with &quot;Harassed and placed under investigation by religious authorities -- activist Maryam Lee is a highly controversial figure in Malaysia after speaking out about her decision to s...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>Harassed and placed under investigation by religious authorities -- activist Maryam Lee is a highly controversial figure in Malaysia after speaking out about her decision to stop wearing the hijab&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Harassed and placed under investigation by religious authorities -- activist Maryam Lee is a highly controversial figure in Malaysia.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Her crime?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Speaking out about her decision to stop wearing the hijab and criticising what she sees as institutional patriarchy in Islam.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Most in Muslim-majority Malaysia follow a moderate form of the religion and wearing a headscarf, known locally as a &quot;tudung&quot; and used to cover the head and neck, is not mandatory.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;But experts says the nation has become more conservative in recent years and today most Muslim women wear one.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Maryam, who was made to wear a headscarf from the age of nine, says she realised in her mid-20s that she was conforming to a social expectation rather than a religious requirement and decided to remove it.&lt;br&gt; Maryam, who was made to wear a headscarf from the age of nine, says she realised in her mid-20s that she was conforming to a social expectation rather than a religious requirement and decided to remove it&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&quot;All my life, I had been told that (wearing the headscarf) is mandatory and if I don't wear it, it's sinful. And then I found out that it actually wasn't, so I felt very cheated -- like all your life you've been told one thing, and it turns out to be a lie,&quot; she explains.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;It was a difficult personal decision but when she went public, detailing her story in her book &quot;Unveiling Choice&quot;, she faced a vitriolic backlash and death threats.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Malaysia's religious affairs minister expressed concern and she was hauled in for questioning under a law against insulting Islam -- the country has a dual-track legal system, with Muslim citizens subject to sharia laws in certain areas.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Maryam believes officials were concerned she was encouraging other women to &quot;de-hijab&quot;, but insists this is not the case.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;- 'Jail of society's expectation' -&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&quot;I'm not telling women what to think, I'm asking them to revisit certain assumptions and certain theories that have been taught to them over the years,&quot; the 28-year-old says.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&quot;Even without legal criminalisation, women are facing social criminalisation when they want to take [the hijab] off,&quot; she warns adding that women like her are in a &quot;jail of society's expectation&quot;.&lt;br&gt; Muslim women in Malaysia, which is more than 60 percent Muslim but is also home to large ethnic Chinese and Indian minorities, wear a headscarf that covers the hair and chest, though it is not legally required&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;To mark the release of her book, which she describes as a story of resistance against patriarchy in religion and wider society, she took part in a talk called &quot;Malay Women and De-Hijabbing&quot; which fuelled the furore against her If you enjoyed this post and you would such as to obtain additional facts relating to hijacket kindly check out our own web-page. .</div>

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