Furore Over Purple Leotard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Malaysia’s Farah Ann Abdul Hadi competes during the women's floor exercise routine final at the 28th South East Asian Games in Singapore last week. Source: AFP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Farah Ann competes on the uneven bars during the women's individual all-around gymnastics final. Source: AFP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A screen capture showing Buletin TV3’s Facebook page that had uploaded June 10, 2015 a photograph of Farah Ann in the gymnastics outfit, along with a caption that announced her winning gold in floor exercise in artistic gymnastics – that started the outpouring of criticisms.

 

Malaysia’s Farah Ann Abdul Hadi blitzed the Southeast Asian Games last week, bringing home six medals, including two golds, for Malaysia. 

 

Not that the country’s sickos noticed the impressive tally – they were too busy looking at the gymnast’s exposed “aurat” (parts of the body to be covered according to Islam) and the “shape of her vagina” in a standard-issue purple leotard. The brickbats came fast and furious as Internet trolls gleefully slammed the 21-year-old for her revealing attire.

 

One Facebook user called Amir Muhd said: “Just strip off your clothes lah… let everyone see.”

 

Another Facebook user said Farah Ann’s dressing was even worse than non-Muslims’ in terms of showing her “aurat”.

 

“This is the joy of the temporal world...even though our afterlife will be full of pain from Allah swt, what is it compared to the medal hung around that neck if our spirit in the afterlife suffer one day later”, wrote Addieputra Jentayu.

 

But there is still sanity in this country. There are an equally humongous number of Malaysians who congratulated her on her win and told her to ignore the hateful comments.

 

“So disgusting reading these religious comments from the so-called future members of heaven… just ignore them… Congratulations Farah Ann, it’s not easy to get a gold medal for Malaysia”, wrote Dina Nida.

 

A Facebook user called Siti Kasim congratulated the young athlete, saying: “Ignore those retards who can’t see beyond their limited brain capacity! Keep up the good work! We are proud of you!”

 

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Jamil Khir Baharom – he holds the Islamic Affairs portfolio – promptly announced a review of “Islamic compliance for clothing used for sports and other fields” because there is a need to “pay attention to anything that can corrupt or embarrass Islam".

 

He said “it was the responsibility of all Muslims, regardless of gender, to cover their 'aurat'''.

 

Imagine if we permit the critics to have their way. Women’s sports just wouldn’t be the same!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Mobile upload. Thanks to Sri Bala for sharing

 

Why don’t we just have guidelines for the perverts instead? The poor things seem unable to control themselves – instead of watching the sport, they are intent on focusing on naked flesh.

 

On Thursday, the Sunway University Toastmasters Club had their regular meeting and there was an air of predictability about it because we were satiated with our usual diet of good speeches and evaluations. A good meeting. A score of 8 over 10. A thumbs-up.