Analyzing the Islamic and Legal Awareness of the Muslim Male Students in Malaysia of the Prohibition on Cross Dressing (original) (raw)

This study is attempts to analyze the Islamic and legal awareness of the Muslim male in Malaysia of the prohibition on cross dressing. Hence, a study was made upon 115 Muslim male students and findings suggested that while a strong majority of them know that the act of dressing and acting as a woman is prohibited in Islam, half of them do not know that it is an offence in their state and even more so, only slightly than one third of the respondents know the punishment for the offence. Thus, it is recommended that legal awareness should be increased to educate the society and prevent injustice. This study is perhaps the first that concentrate on cross dressing among male Muslim in Malaysia.