October 22, 2010

Rosmah Islamic fashion show draw PAS flaks

PAS youth will launch a nationwide protest tomorrow against the Prime Minister's wife Rosmah Mansor, for allegedly humiliating Islam and Prophet Muhammad by becoming patron of the Islamic fashion festival, in Monte Carlo recently.

Harakah quoting its PAS Youth chief, Nasrudin Hassan, said the nationwide protest in state mosques tomorrow was to express its displeasure over Rosmah's insensitivity.

"PAS Youth strongly condemns Rosmah for being patron of the show which is degrading to Islam and Prophet Muhammad.

"The movement hopes Rosmah will repent and openly apologise to Muslims," Nasrudin said.

He added that the protest would be held tomorrow after Friday prayers.

During the Islamic fashion festival held in Monte Carlo, Rosmah had said Islamic fashion is fast becoming a lucrative business with the current market estimated to be worth more than US$96 billion (RM302 billion) a year.

She had pointed out that this enormous market that had yet to be fully tapped.

NONENasrudin claimed during the festival there was a model wearing a T-shirt with the Arabic word Muhammad emblazoned across with the words inappropriately squeezed within a circle and the model did not cover her aurat.

"This is not Islamic clothing but that of a wild or ignorant woman. This is certainly directed to put Islam in a bad light," he said, urging the people to join the protest against Rosmah and asked her to repent and apologise.

Titiwangsa MP Dr Lo'Lo Ghazali has also urged other Islamic non-Governmental organisations to join in the protest as in the past Muslims had protested over a cartoon caricature in Denmark depicting the Prophet and yet we have this fashion show organised using the name of Islam.

The protest in Kuala Lumpur will be held at the Kampung Baru mosque led by its PAS Youth exco Kamarulzaman Mohd.

MK