KOTA BARU: It is not the school uniform that is an issue but how Muslim schoolgirls wear it, says two PAS state executive councillors.

They claimed that the schoolgirls' transparent tops revealed too much, thus arousing the men.

State Youth committee chairman Abdul Fatah Mahmud said in an interview that schoolgirls must cover their aurat that was the standard of Islamic attire for females besides ensuring clothes were of the proper thickness.

Abdul Fatah expects that in future, attire among Muslim women will no longer be an issue once a wide ranging awareness campaign is launched to instil in them the proper mindset.

"We do not want to force, but to educate, them to meet the obligations of Allah where the central theme is covering their aurat. Proper Islamic attire is one of the demands in the religion," he added.

Abdul Fatah, whose wife is a teacher, said Muslim girls must understand they were displaying gratefulness to Allah by wearing the required attire.

State Women Affairs committee chairwoman Wan Ubaidah Wan Omar said there was no problem with the baju kurung uniform, but Muslim schoolgirls must wear it according to Islamic teachings.

"Their underwear cannot be visible and their hair and neck must be covered up by donning a tudung (head wear)."

Proper attire should be compulsory for Muslim woman, and the Education Ministry should monitor it instead of just dismissing the comments by National Islamic Students Association vice-president Munirah Bahari, she said.

Wan Ubaidah said it was "challenging" for schoolboys to sit in the same classroom with schoolgirls who wore revealing school uniforms.