Bagi yg pernah berkunjung ke berbagai negara Islami di Timur Tengah khususnya Bahrain, kalau anda laki2 dan kelihatan orang asing pasti oleh si sopir taxi (local Arabs) disodorin album istimewa. Di dlm album itu diatur secara alphabetic gambar PKS dari segala bangsa yg ada di negara itu. Dimulai dari perempuan Arab dan berakhir dg perempuan asal Zimbabwe.
Yg sangat menarik hampir semua PKS ditujukkan mula berhijab dan fotos berikutnya satu persatu tutup aurat-nya dilepas sampai si PKS appear in the all together. Baru kemudian disertai tarif yg berlaku untuk 1 jam, 1 hari dst. Dua tahun lalu aku diajak Opa aku ke Bahrain untuk mengunjungi Museum Al Qur'an di sana. Begitu naik taxi si sopri langsung sodorkan sebuah album tebal penuh gambar PKS berhijab kpd Opa. Si sopir tak peduli ada perempuan bersama dia. Maklum perempuan dianggap sekedar sbg 'pelengkap penderita' with the emphais on the 'penderita'. Gabriella ________________________________ From: itemabu2 <[email protected]> To: proletar <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 16 January 2013 6:37 PM Subject: [proletar] “Islamically dressed” sex workers in a Christian nation PSK make jilbab spy demi orang2 Islam yg jadi langganannya. Kalo orang Islam lbh suka dgn PSK pake jilbab, artinya si orang Islam itu adalah orang Islam soleh dan bertaqwa, krn dia ogah dgn yg ga pake jilbab. Dgn kata lain, orang2 Islam ini super munafik, bukan? http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2013/01/islamically-dressed-sex-workers-in-a-christian-nation/ “Islamically dressed” sex workers in a Christian nation January 15, 2013 By anike <http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/author/anike/> 1 Comment<http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2013/01/islamically-dressed-sex-workers-in-a-christian-nation/#comments> I was personally not aware that Malawi had a somewhat significant Muslim population when I read this report <http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/09/14/islamic-dressed-sex-workers-worry-malawi-muslim-community/>by Nyasa Times discussing the trend of sex workers wearing the hijab in certain cities in Malawi. This is because I was aware that Malawi identifies itself as a Christian nation “with no religious conflict<http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/85774>”, with the religion being followed by 83% of the Malawian population. Yet as I discovered, a minority of Malawians, 13%,<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malawi#Religion>are Muslim. According to the report, sex workers are wearing hijab in order to attract clients from the expatriate Asian Muslim community. Hijabed sex workers are also popular among Malawian Muslims who as the article puts it “feel ashamed at dating bareheaded ladies”<http://www.nyasatimes.com/malawi/2012/09/14/islamic-dressed-sex-workers-worry-malawi-muslim-community/>and those non-Muslims who want to know what it feels like to have sex with a Muslim woman. There is no mention in the article as to whether the sex workers identify as Muslim, or if they are wearing the hijab for religious reasons. It is not unheard of for Muslim women who work as sex workers in majority Muslim communities or countries to wear hijab, and not just because of clients but because the hijab is part of their wardrobe. This happens in Northern Nigeria and Somalia for example.<http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/party-somali-pirates-attacks-article-1.1168127> The sex workers in Malawi who wear hijab apparently “rarely don’t take alcohol” and get most of their clienteles from bars and drinking joints, though according to the report, they pretend that they are just hanging out with friends on a night out when clients approach them. The way this has been reported and discussed online troubles me, as Islam and the hijab are seen as adding an incongruous or titillating edge to the way women are objectified. It is telling that the accompanying image to the piece was one by “Islamic Erotica” artist, Makan Emadi whose work has been discussed on MMW, here<http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2010/04/the-fine-art-of-sexism-islamic-erotica/>and here<http://www.patheos.com/blogs/mmw/2008/01/portrait-of-a-lady-paintings-by-makan-emadi-2/> . And, on this article on Somali pirates<http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/party-somali-pirates-attacks-article-1.1168127>, the caption under a woman dressed in niqab reads: “Prostitute Faduma Ali, who longs for the days when her pirate customers had money, chews the stimulant khat and smokes a cigarette.” The combination of the word “prostitute” with khat, cigarette, hookah, and niqab provokes a commentator to ask “how can you have a muslim prostitute?” What makes the Malawian case unique is that it is not necessarily as simple as objectifying Muslim women, since these sex workers may or may not identify as Muslim, and it’s the same with their clients. This brings in several new elements which are not addressed here, such as how Asian Muslim men are affecting the lives of local Malawian Muslims. The article ends somewhat ominously by citing “a prominent Muslim clerk” who has threatened to deal with those who are bringing “shame” to Islam’s reputation in Malawi. Meanwhile the non-Muslim voices, as seen from the comments at Nyasa Times’ website, stress Malawi’s claim to no religious conflict, arguing that freedom of clothing is essential in Malawi and expressing concerns about Muslims reacting violently because that is how Muslims are. The voices of women remains unsurprisingly silent in this report and in reactions. Whether their decision to wear hijab is simply a business strategy or whether these sex workers are Muslim and wear hijab, we simply don’t get to hear from them. It is presumably men that would lead to non-Muslim sex workers adopting hijab in a business move and it is men that are labelling this practice shameful and damaging to Islam’s reputation, while the voices of Muslim women remain mute. 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