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Via TV contest, Malaysia crowned top young Imam
Topic Started: Jul 30 2010, 11:37 PM (246 Views)
Axtremus
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HOLY CARP!!!
Article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10822752

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Scholar wins Malaysian TV's Young Imam contest

A 26-year-old religious scholar has been chosen as the winner of a Malaysian TV talent show searching for a top young imam, or Muslim leader.

In Friday's live TV final, Muhammad Asyraf saw off the last of nine other contestants vying to win Young Imam.

He had survived 10 weeks of written and practical tests, which included reciting Koran verses, washing a dead body for burial and slaughtering sheep.

His prize includes a scholarship to a Saudi university and a trip to Mecca.

The prime time TV show, which followed the reality-TV formula of programmes like the X-Factor and American Idol, had proved a popular hit in Malaysia and had gained worldwide attention.

Role model

On being chosen as the winner by the programme's judge, an Islamic scholar and former imam, Mr Asyraf was "crowned" with a white Islamic skullcap.

"I feel good. Thanks to my parents, my wife and my fellow villagers who have been supporting me," AFP quoted him as saying.
Mr Asyraf's prize package includes a scholarship to al-Madinah University in Saudi Arabia, a job as prayer leader in a major mosque in Kuala Lumpur, a car and an all-expenses paid pilgrimage to Islam's holiest site, Mecca.

More than 60% of Malaysia's population of 28 million are Muslim.

The producers of the programme, which was broadcast by Muslim lifestyle satellite channel Astro Oasis, said that it was aimed at helping young Muslims engage with religion, by teaching them what it takes to be an imam and that an imam's work extends beyond the mosque into all aspects of Islamic life.

The candidates underwent the same training as other aspiring imams do, such as formal testing on religious theory and knowledge.

But they also tackled social issues involving young people, like motorcycle gang members and unmarried, pregnant teenagers.


Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10822752
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Mikhailoh
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I wonder if the world has always been this weird, or if we just know about it now.

I suspect the former. :lol2:
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Phlebas
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Bull-Carp

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But they also tackled social issues involving young people, like motorcycle gang members and unmarried, pregnant teenagers.


Simon Cowell type Imam judge: "Next question - what would you do if your son came home, and said he joined a motorcycle gang?"

Scholar: "Let's just say his new nickname would be 'lefty.' "

Simon Cowell type Imam judge: "We have a winner!"
Edited by Phlebas, Jul 31 2010, 06:27 AM.
Random FML: Today, I was fired by my boss in front of my coworkers. It would have been nice if I could have left the building before they started celebrating. FML

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Copper
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If that is not syndicated on Fox TV someone is missing a great opportunity.

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Phlebas
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Jul 31 2010, 06:52 AM
If that is not syndicated on Fox TV someone is missing a great opportunity.

I can see it now:

- "American Bishop"

- "American Imam"

- "American Brahmin"

- "American Mohel"
Random FML: Today, I was fired by my boss in front of my coworkers. It would have been nice if I could have left the building before they started celebrating. FML

The founding of the bulk of the world's nation states post 1914 is based on self-defined nationalisms. The bulk of those national movements involve territory that was ethnically mixed. The foundation of many of those nation states involved population movements in the aftermath. When the only one that is repeatedly held up as unjust and unjustifiable is the Zionist project, the term anti-semitism may very well be appropriate. - P*D


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