The Wearing of Turbans among Muslims and Sikh Followers in Malaysia: Is There Discrimination?
(Pemakaian Serban dalam Kalangan Penganut Islam dan Sikh di Malaysia: Wujudkah Diskriminasi?)
Abstract
Muslims, especially students, are often prohibited from wearing turbans in schools as well as while riding motorcycles, whereas Sikh followers are given leeway to wear turbans at all times and occasions. This situation suggests that there exists discrimination in law enforcement, even though the law guarantees equality for all religions in Malaysia. This article aims to determine whether there exists racial discrimination with regard to the wearing of turbans by Muslims and Sikhs in Malaysia. The finding shows that the special exception given to the Sikhs is to foster racial understanding and to protect their right, whereby wearing if the turban is compulsory, while for Muslims it is merely encouraged.
Keywords: turban, Islam, Sikhism, discrimination, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) 1969
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Malaysia Ministry of Education allows turbans and berads for students. Retrieved from http://www.srsofchicago.com/malaysia-ministry-of-education-allows-turbans-and-beards-for-students/.
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Mohd. Ismail Othman. (2008). Undang-undang untuk Pengetua dan Guru Besar (3th ed.). Selangor: PTS Publications.
Muhammad Nur Lubis. (1999). Mengapa tidak berserban? Kuala Lumpur: Al-Hidayah Publishers.
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n.n. (2009, 19 Januari). Kes serban: Pelajar pondok pilih penjara daripada bayar denda. Harakah Daily. Retrieved from http://www.harakahdaily.net/.
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n.n. (n.d.). The Turban in Islam. Retrieved from http://www.everymuslim.co.za/index.php/articles-menu/meritorious-deeds-menu/1405-the- turban-in-islam.
n.n. (n.d.). Why do Sikh wear Turban? Retrieved from http://fateh.sikhnet.com/s/WhyTurbans#SikhIdentity.
Pengecualian Topi Keledar bagi Mereka yang Berserban - Aktivis Jalan Raya. Retrieved from http://bm.therakyatpost.com/berita/2016/01/11/pengecualian-topi-keledar-kepada-mereka-yang-berserban-aktivis-jalan-raya/.
Perjanjian Antarabangsa mengenai Hak Sivil dan Politik. Retrieved from http://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/ccpr.aspx.
Perlembagaan Persekutuan.
Redha. (1970). Fatawa Muhammad Rasyid Redha (Jilid 2) (p. 764). Kaherah: Dar al-Kutub al-Jadidah.
Sarjit S. Gill. (2008). Peranan Gurdwara dalam pembentukan identiti Sikh di Malaysia: Antara ideal dan praktis. Akademika, 73(Mei).
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Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia Malaysia (SUHAKAM). (2015). Siaran Media. Menyeru kerajaan untuk menyertai Konvensyen Antarabangsa tentang Penghapusan Segala Bentuk Diskriminasi Perkauman 1969.
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Published
2018-07-01
How to Cite
ISMAIL, Shahrul Mizan; MARZIDIN, Aini Afiqah.
The Wearing of Turbans among Muslims and Sikh Followers in Malaysia: Is There Discrimination?.
Kanun: Jurnal Undang-undang Malaysia, [S.l.], v. 30, n. 2, p. 290-312, july 2018.
ISSN 2682-8057.
Available at: <https://jurnal.dbp.my/index.php/Kanun/article/view/2472>. Date accessed: 27 apr. 2024.
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