Clerics issue Fatwa against tomboys

Malaysia’s main body of Islamic clerics has issued an edict banning tomboys in the Muslim-majority country, ruling that girls who act like boys violate the tenets of Islam, an official said today.

The National Fatwa Council forbade the practice of girls behaving or dressing like boys during a meeting in northern Malaysia, said Harussani Idris Zakaria, the mufti of northern Perak state, who attended the gathering.