'Female Muslim Workers Asked to Cover-Up Properly as per Islamic law in Malaysia'

Muslim women working in fast-food outlets and hypermarkets in Malaysia's Kelantan state have been asked to cover themselves properly as per Islamic law, including wearing long-sleeved uniforms, by next year.

Most female workers on such premises currently are wearing short-sleeved T-shirts.

State Local Government, Housing, Youth and Sports Committee chairman Abdul Fattah Mahmood said non-Muslim staff were not included in the new ruling by the state government, but they were advised to dress decently.

A woman walks past a sign with information about a dress code outside a government building in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 15, 2015. Women in Malaysia, long seen as a moderate Islamic nation, have been denied entry to government buildings on the grounds their skirts were too revealing, fanning fears of growing conservatism in a country with large non-Muslim minorities