There are plenty of ways to describe Avril Lavigne: "Grammy nominee," "pop-punk princess," "five-credits short of a Grade Three education."

How about "too sexy?" While child-sized and ignorant may be a total turn on for some (most?) music fans, the Malaysian Islamic opposition party is claiming Lavigne is too hot for their nation's youth.

The political group is working to bar the pride of Napanee, Ont. from playing a scheduled Aug. 29 show, reports the Canadian Press.

"It is considered too sexy for us. ... It's not good for viewers in Malaysia," said Kamarulzaman Mohamed, a rep from the party's youth wing. "We don't want our people, our teenagers, influenced by their performance. We want clean artists, artists that are good role models."

According to CP, all performers in Malaysia are required to dress conservatively -- and be covered from chest to knees -- while on stage, and aren't allowed to wear any outfits bearing "obscene or drug-related images." While Lavigne may have a taste for girlier attire these days, we're figuring it'd be no problem for her to downgrade to her old Avril 1.0 wardrobe of baggy skater pants and boyish tank tops. Even Gwen Stefani famously made "a major sacrifice" by covering up for a previous Malaysian gig.

Or, you know, you could always go the Pussycat Dolls route. The pop-strippers played the country in 2006, only to wind up being whopped with an indecency fine of 10,000 ringgit ($3,180), reports CP.

Mind you, "indecency" also includes "jumping, shouting, hugging and kissing" -- things that could prove problematic for Lavigne's show (especially if she's been planning to wrap her Asian gigs with an onstage cuddle party).

Lavigne's reps, though, claim her show is free of all "negative elements," and CP reports her concert organizers are optimistic that the protest won't stop her from performing as planned.

CP reports that the Malaysian Culture Ministry has not yet given the OK to the concert, but they will be meeting Tuesday to make a decision.

Lavigne is just the latest pop star to be protested in Malaysia. Conservative restrictions have been enough to prevent Christina Aguilera and Beyonce from adding the country to their world tour itineraries, reports CP.

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