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BATIK CLOTH, YOGYAKARTA, CENTRAL JAVA, C. 1998, COTTON. COLLECTION AND PHOTO: MARSHALL CLARK – TAASA Review June 2013

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This article was originally found in the June 2013 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 22, Issue 2, Page 14).

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Kelantan, and history repeated itself.

For PAS, all facets of state and society should revolve around Islam, leaving little sympathy for traditional pre-Islamic cultural forms such as wayang, which was heavily dependent on the narratives and characters of originally Indian Hindu epics such as the Ramayana.

PAS promptly banned wayang kulit and various other traditional Malay art forms, accusing them of being `un-Islamic’...