Comments on: Aceh bans “tight” trousers for women, … http://talkislam.info/2009/10/27/aceh-bans-tight-trousers-for-women/ a crescent waxing eloquent Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:18:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dan http://talkislam.info/2009/10/27/aceh-bans-tight-trousers-for-women/#comment-16992 Dan Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:19:49 +0000 http://talkislam.info/2009/10/27/aceh-bans-tight-trousers-for-women/#comment-16992 What distinct traditions do Acehnese have? I have always figured they were the most conservative of all in Indonesia. What distinct traditions do Acehnese have? I have always figured they were the most conservative of all in Indonesia.

]]> By: Pretty Pink Unicorns http://talkislam.info/2009/10/27/aceh-bans-tight-trousers-for-women/#comment-16991 Pretty Pink Unicorns Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:04:45 +0000 http://talkislam.info/2009/10/27/aceh-bans-tight-trousers-for-women/#comment-16991 As a former traveler in Aceh, I have a few words on this topic: Traditional clothing for males in Aceh is a long skirt-like <em>sereung</em> (Malay <em>sarong</em>), preferrably in a grey plaid or Madras. For women, it is pants. Even foreign men must wear long sleeves and pants in Aceh, and I'd say a very large proportion of women are heavily veiled. So what's up with this Saudimentalism? Giving women skirts is Egyptian-Saudi, not Acehnese. Answer: Aceh has always suffered under the weight of the Arab world's assertions that they own Islam... It's so detrimental. All the Saudi and Egyptian preachers go to Aceh, and the Acehnese go to Egypt to learn. Have some pride in your own traditions! Also, I should add that someone is going to police women's bodies is so trite I want to cry. As a former traveler in Aceh, I have a few words on this topic:

Traditional clothing for males in Aceh is a long skirt-like sereung (Malay sarong), preferrably in a grey plaid or Madras. For women, it is pants.

Even foreign men must wear long sleeves and pants in Aceh, and I’d say a very large proportion of women are heavily veiled.

So what’s up with this Saudimentalism? Giving women skirts is Egyptian-Saudi, not Acehnese. Answer: Aceh has always suffered under the weight of the Arab world’s assertions that they own Islam… It’s so detrimental. All the Saudi and Egyptian preachers go to Aceh, and the Acehnese go to Egypt to learn. Have some pride in your own traditions!

Also, I should add that someone is going to police women’s bodies is so trite I want to cry.

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