MELAKA, Oct. 22 -- A fight between a man and a security guard atMasjid Selat Melaka yesterday reportedly began after the guard reprimanded the man's wife for not wearing a headscarf.

Melaka Tengah District Police Chief Assistant Commissioner Christopher Patit said the 43-year-old man from Kuala Lumpur was stopped at the mosque entrance when he and his wife arrived to perform zuhur prayers, Kosmo! reported.

The guard told the woman she needed to wear a headscarf to enter the mosque compound, but the man claimed his wife had already covered her head with a hoodie.

"The security guard then returned to the guard post to inform his supervisor. The complainant got out of his car and struck the vehicle's roof three times while saying, 'I want...