The 10-year-old law under which the summonses were issued to salon owners for defying the ban on gender segregation in Kota Baru is not a Syariah Enactment but a municipal by-law.
CHRISTMAS is a season of peace and goodwill; of building bridges between hearts and minds; of accommodation and understanding. Regrettably, a number of recent incidents, including the Kota Baru Municipal Council’s imposition of repeated fines on hair salons that allow females to attend to male clients, has raised the ire of many non-Muslims.
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