Dr Mahathir forbade me from wearing hijab, says Dr Siti Hasmah

Updated 6 years ago · Published on 24 Nov 2017 2:51PM · 11 Comments

Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali says she wanted to wear the tudung after returning from Mecca but her husband Dr Mahathir Mohamad did not like it and forbade it. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, November 24, 2017.

DR Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali wanted to wear the hijab, but Dr Mahathir Mohamad forbade it, the former prime minister’s wife said today.

She said she wanted to do so when she returned from Mecca, but the former prime minister did not like it, Malaysiakini said today.

“My husband forbids me from wearing tudung. Before one wears tudung, she must ask for her husband’s permission.

“I wanted to ambil berkat (receive blessings by wearing tudung) after I returned from Mecca. So I wore tudung (but) he turned his face away,” she reportedly said.

She was responding to a request for comment on the hotel hijab ban, to which she said she was not the right person to ask as she does not wear it.

Dr Siti Hasmah said, however, whether one should wear a hijab depends if the person wants a job in the hotel industry, which has its own rules and regulations.

Controversy erupted when the Union Network International-Malaysia Labour Centre (Uni-MLC) highlighted complaints from Muslim female hotel employees that they were not allowed to wear the hijab at work.

Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) president Samuel Cheah defended the ban as a long-standing policy in international hotel chains.

This did not stop various quarters, including Tourism and Culture Minister Nazri Aziz, from training their guns on the ban. – November 24, 2017.

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  • Anyway, wearing a tudung DOESN'T represent one's holiness. Search google images "tudung xxx". See what I mean?

    Posted 6 years ago by Malaysian First · Reply

    • Are you an anti-Islam anti-Melayu? I'm sure you're a Chinese because you're using the name "Malaysian First". If you're non-Malay and non-Muslim don't simply say about Islam. Asshole.

      Posted 6 years ago by Imran Syarafuddin · Reply

  • I don't like Hasmah because she's a fucking cunt. But Madey is more serious like fucking hell. Do you know that he asked DAP to insult Malay people? How can this kind of motherfuckers are trying to take power again? To him it's better to commit suicide.

    Posted 6 years ago by Imran Syarafuddin · Reply

  • Alright guys just unsubscribe from this right leaning bs. They can't even write good articles else then babble on this endlessly, great piece of misinformation here should be persecuted by law since we have passed a new law on misinformation. And this is just a pathetic move when you are not capable for a political debate, really really crooked to personally attack on one's personal life matters.. Horrible..

    Posted 6 years ago by Electro Salvo · Reply

  • And remember a country ran by god is bound to eternal failure.

    Posted 6 years ago by Electro Salvo · Reply