Culturite

Malaysia’s Islamic opposition party, the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, is trying to ban Avril Lavigne from playing a show in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur after deeming the singer’s stage moves “too sexy.” According to The Associated Press, the youth wing of the party said on Monday (August 18) that the skate rat turned glam-pop singer’s August 29 show would promote the wrong values ahead of Malaysia’s independence day on August 31.

“It is considered too sexy for us. … It’s not good for viewers in Malaysia,” party official Kamarulzaman Mohamed said. “We don’t want our people, our teenagers, influenced by their performance. We want clean artists, artists that are good role models.” Kamarulzaman sent protest letters to the Culture, Arts and Heritage Ministry and Kuala Lumpur’s mayor last week, calling for the concert to be canceled.