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30 June 2016
Doctor: Muslim women also ask for ‘birthing pants’ during check-ups https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/347183
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Muslim expectant mothers receiving treatment at public hospitals are concerned about their aurat (modesty), and not just during childbirth, a gynecologist at a public hospital said.
According to the public hospital gynecologist, Muslim women also requested to use “birthing pants” during check-ups, so they could cover their aurat as much as possible.
It is generally accepted that Muslim women can only show their face and hands to members of the opposite gender they are not related to.
https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/347183
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11 July 2015
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We’re not imposing Islamic values with aurat-covering maternity pants, designer says http://bit.ly/1dRXB5g
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KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 — The designer of the much-talked about aurat-covering maternity trousers increasingly popular with pregnant Muslim women has defended the curious clothing as an article of modesty.
MamaPride pants co-creator Dr Wan Yusof Wan Jeffery denied criticism that the trousers perpetuates a body-shaming culture, saying he was not selling religious values but rather offering a solution for the modest-minded.
“People have their own sets of beliefs, so who are we to dictate if their beliefs are civilised or not?
“MamaPride pants is merely an alternative solution for women who are uncomfortable with the idea of having male doctors attend to them during childbirth, and from our survey, it is not just many Malay Muslim women who feel this way, but non-Muslim women too.
“It is their right to safeguarding what they feel is modesty or aurat to them… it is a choice they make over their bodies,” he told Malay Mail Online when contacted.
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Muslim maternity trousers may pose medical risk, fuel “body-shaming”, critics say
Muslim maternity trousers may pose medical risk, fuel “body-shaming”, critics say http://tdy.sg/1L0HdMR
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BANGKOK — Sales of maternity trousers that allow Muslim women in Malaysia to cover up while giving birth have surged, despite triggering fierce criticism and fears of putting the lives of women at risk during childbirth.
The bright-coloured Mamapride trousers, which cost US$26 (S$35) and look like baggy jogging trousers, have a discreet hole for the baby to come out. Sales of the trousers have more than doubled since a story about the design went viral earlier this month, but critics fear this is fuelling a trend of “body-shaming” women in Malaysia.
The All Women’s Action Society (AWAM), a local rights group, questioned if the Mamapride pants were “a choice for women in labour” or manufacturers “cashing in on politicised Islam in Malaysia”.
“We find it unthinkable that a business should attempt to profit off the trend of body-shaming and women’s insecurities while further perpetuating arbitrary notions of what it means to be ‘modest’,” AWAM said by email. “Any attempt to prey off women’s insecurities and pander to misappropriated religious ideals needs to be critically examined if we wish to liberate women from this cycle of body-policing.”
AWAM says there has been a rise in cases of “body-shaming” in Malaysia, with women being refused entry to public buildings for wearing shorts or knee-length skirts.
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THE MAMAPRIDE 
Maternity pants that ‘covers thighs, ankles and knees while in labour’ as seen on MamaPride. Photo: MamaPride/Facebook The Mamapride trousers were developed by a team of 19 health care workers – five of them women – from the Malaysian medical charity Papisma, in response to religious scholars concerned about women being exposed to male doctors and interns. After testing in private hospitals in northern Malaysia, the trousers went on sale a year ago, said Dr Wan Yusof, a medical doctor and spokesman for Mamapride who was on the development team. The company has received requests from abroad including from Britain, Ireland, Indonesia and Singapore, but for now the trousers are only available in Malaysia. “We haven’t come up with proper study, so we are afraid if we sell in another country, it might go against their (medical) rules and regulations,” Dr Yusof said. http://www.todayonline.com/world/asia/muslim-maternity-trousers-may-pose-medical-risk-fuel-body-shaming-critics-say?page=1 —
weehingthong 
To further assist us in the west it would be appreciatable and more conservative if the mamapride company was informed to disclude males from the marketting pictures of female items so as to not incur the ire of western females who feel or fear male domination propoganda spread about islam. Thanks for your cooperation in this matter in advanced.