On discrimination against the hijab

This writing is in response to MCA’s Ng Chok Sin’s knee-jerk opinion published yesterday in the Malay Mail, titled “Shariah complaint dress codes for private sector?”. I normally would not address someone so directly, but his statement demanded a response.

His writing glaringly failed to examine the conditions of the industry he is commenting on and instead relied on cheap rhetoric. What he has conveniently side-stepped is the context that prompted Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department...