The American pop star Beyonce, former member of pop group Destiny's Child has canceled her recent concert in Kuala Lampur. Beyonce has canceled the performance out of fear that various Muslim groups in the country may protest her sometime racy and scantily clad performances.
Well whats the issue here? Beyonce is a western pop star and malaysia is a predominantly muslim country. The country is very unique in the sense that it has done quite the job at rejecting western influence. This idea of rejecting the west is not new by any means. The country's former, iron fisted leader, Muhamed Mahatir, embeded this idea of the preservation of that which is Malaysian culturally and religously. It makes absolute sense why people would protest this type of artist in Malaysia...does it come as any big surprise???
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