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Abbas - MALAYSIA. Islams. 1987.
MALAYSIA. Village of Sunga Pencala. "Arqam" (Islamic fundamentalist sect) women attend a lecture. 1987.
MALAYSIA. Inside the Hindu temple Sri Mahamariamman in Kuala Lumpur. Hinduism with its worship of idols is precisely what devout Muslims stand against and were
MALAYSIA. The Sultan of Kalantan, in camouflage army uniform, arrives at the ceremonies commemorating his birthday. Sultans, constitutional monarchs, are consid
MALAYSIA. The Kuala Lumpur skyline seen from the newly-built Islamic Center. In little over a decade, due to the tin and rubber boom, Malaysia's capital grew in
MALAYSIA. 1987.
MALAYSIA. At the "Arqam" (fundamentalist sect) community of Batu Hampar near Ipoh, women in nigab (full veil) are taught the Koran. 1987.
MALAYSIA. A young woman wearing the "telekung" (Islamic head dress) in the Masjid Negara (National Mosque) in Kuala Lumpur. 1987.
A typical village (kampong) in Pramu, near Kuantan. Most Malays, who now live in busy cities, are nostalgic of the easy and relaxed life of the kampong.
MALAYSIA. At the Kuantan beach, a Chinese family in swimming gear and Muslim girls in "telekung" (Islamic head dress). 1987.
MALAYSIA. At their headquarters at Sunga Pencala near Kuala Lumpur, "Arqam" (Islamic fundamentalist sect), members discuss their religious affairs sitting on th
MALAYSIA. Teluk Intan. "Arqam" (a muslim fundamentalist sect) schoolgirls memorise the Koran. They have to wear the "telekung" (head dress) from the age of six
MALAYSIA. A member of the "Arqam" (Muslim fundamentalist sect) Community of Kong Gulim seems to take great delight in the listening of a religious sermon played
MALAYSIA. Cheikh Hadi Hawang (center) is surrounded by bodyguards as he arrives at the Kampong Batu mosque in Kuala Lumpur. Hadi Hawang is the charismatic speak
MALAYSIA. Kuala Lumpur. 1987.
MALAYSIA. At the "Arqam" (Islamic fundamentalist sect) of Teluk Intan, schoolgirls recite the Koran. They have to wear the "telekung" (head dress) from the age
MALAYSIA. Before the corpse is sealed into his coffin, a daughter feeds cooked rice to her dead father as a symbolic gesture of thanks for having fed her as a c...
MALAYSIA. Chinese worship the "Goddess of Mercy" altar at the Cheng Hoon Teng Temple in Malacca. The Chinese Buddhist and Taoist community in Malaysia comprises
MALAYSIA. 1987.
MALAYSIA.
Teluk Intan. 1987. "Arqam" Islamic (fundamentalist sect) schoolgirls, read and memorize the Kor
MALAYSIA. A muslim dressed in an Arabic-like tunic, wearing a turban, sits on a mortorbike. 1987.
MALAYSIA. A little girl in full Islamic dress, stands amid shoes left behind by worshippers, at the mosque of "Arqam" Community (Muslim fundamentalist sect) of
MALAYSIA. State of Selangor. The Shah Alam mosque. 1987.
MALAYSIA. A fundamentalist family on a motorbike outside the Kampong Batu mosque in Kuala Lumpur. Their two-month old daughter is wearing the Islamic "telekung"...
MALAYSIA. 1987.
Teluk Intan. "Arqam" Community (fundamentalist sect). Girl studying the Koran.
MALAYSIA. Near Ipoh. Schoolchildren of the al-Arqam Islamic fundamentalist sect.
MALAYSIA. A fashion show at a luxurious Kuala Lumpur hotel. The public, the fashion designers and the models are all Chinese. Malays have become puritanical wit
MALAYSIA. Women attend Friday prayer at the Masjid Negara (National Mosque) in Kuala Lumpur. 1987.
MALAYSIA. At the Institute of Technology in Kuala Lumpur, female students in "telekung" (Islamic head dress) are taught computer programming. This Institute is
MALAYSIA. Young girls in Islamic dress go for a dip in the ocean at the village of Rusila, a fundamentalist stronghold. Arab imperialism at work in the tropics.
MALAYSIA. A teacher of Islamic studies at the Batu Hampar "Arqam" (Islamic fundamentalist sect) near Ipoh. 1987.
MALAYSIA. Women wear the "purdah" (complete islamic veil) under coconut trees, in tropical weather in the "Arqam" (fundamentalist sect) of Kong Gulim. 1987.
MALAYSIA. 1987.
MALAYSIA. At the "Arqam" community (a muslim fundamentalist sect) of Teluk Intan, schoolgirls memorise the Koran. They have to wear the "telekung" (head dress)
MALAYSIA. Young members of the Batu Hampar "Arqam" (Islamic fundamentalist sect) cook rice in the communal kitchen. 1987.
MALAYSIA. A Chinese on a bicycle and Malay girls wearing the "telekung" (Islamic head dress) pass in front of the St. Francois Xavier church in Malacca. This co
MALAYSIA. A fundamentalist family on a motorbike outside the Kampong Batu mosque in Kuala Lumpur. Their two-month old daughter is wearing the Islamic "telekung"...
MALAYSIA. Batu Hampar. Koranic course for members of Muslim Fundamentalist sect, the Al Arqam. 1987.
MALAYSIA. 1987.
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