Singapore a lot of Malays have tattoos whether men or women. Not the religious types la of course.

And I meant tattoos in open areas like wrists, lower leg, upper breast, neck etc. Places where your casual clothes can't hide.

SG people don't really care about it. In fact I think most of the heavily tattooed people I see commonly in SG are Malays.

I don't believe that Malay thinks another Malay is 'evil' just because he has a tattoo. Maybe think of him as less religious or even rebellious.


Either way, I don't think MY is so hardcore to force Malays to remove their tattoos. But maybe discourage or even worse punish them.

But you have to live with the stigma la if you want to put ink on your skin.

Maybe your future wife might not like it, your in laws might not like it, your own family not like it etc.


Even for Chinese also depend on what tattoo you put. IF tiger, dragon, etc. always people will say you are gangster la etc. If you put butterfly, no one will care.

Not all Chinese parent like their kids getting tattoos as well since its associated commonly with gangsterism.

But modern tattoos these days are more for decoration rather than meaning. So I guess nowadays more acceptable to put tattoos even for conservative families children.

I think a few friends of mine kinda regret putting like devil faces, skulls, gore tattoos etc. coz while it looked cool then, it's f***ing ugly man after 15 years looking at it everyday.

As long as you can cover it, I doubt people will care much. I mean having a tattoo on the neck is pretty hardcore as it is, even if it is a "I love mom" tattoo.

I think the only way to remove tattoos effectively now is by laser cutting or burning right? As far as I know, all removal methods are more painful and scarring compared to the tattooing itself. And there is no guarantee that the tattoo will be completely removed.

Wrist is actually an open area. Hard to cover. Meaning these tattoos are meant for show. If you are Muslim and don't mind explaining yourself frequently...

But me not Muslim, so do not know how a mosque community treat tattooed people.

My friend is Chinese convert with quite a few tattoo, surely during washing up in the mosque before prayer sure all the 'devil, gore' tattoos be seen. Never asked him before if he kena tegur before or not. But he still has his tattoos so...

Hahaha, well it's your risk to take putting tattoos.

Even if you aren't a Malay, having tattoos comes with some sort of stigma. While it certainly not taboo, it isn't common enough yet especially if you have an outrageous looking tattoo.

Personally I like seeing women with thigh tattoos. Those full leg color tattoos are mesmerising.



This post has been edited by Skidd Chung: Sep 27 2014, 04:40 AM

I think TS already quite clear about his stance on religion.

Yup, it's wrong in the eyes of religion. I think this is already quite clear from the beginning.