At a recent grassroots dialogue session,some non-Muslim MPs asked why Muslim women did not shake hands when this is common practise among Muslims worldwide,not least in predominantly Muslim South-east Asia.

• 不久前，在一个基层对话会上，一些非回教徒国会议员问，为什么回教徒妇女不和异性握手。其实，在世界各地的回教徒社群，尤其是回教徒居多的东南亚社会，这是回教徒妇女习以为常的作法。