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Spine-Tingling Competition Heats Up in Jakarta | |||||
2003-12-05 | |||||
Jakarta hosts international Koran reading contest Participants from 45 countries are expected to compete in an international Koran reading contest from Saturday through until Monday next week, the first competition since the event was recently declared two-yearly.
’Guess they read a different Koran than the boomers "We are keen to show the world that Islam is
Well, if Jakarta is peaceful, then I guess we could hold a bible-reading or torah-reading competition there as well - eh Sai-id?
what - no asshats from Antartica? had confirmed their participation in the event, which will shave Rp 2.5 billion (US$294,000) off the state budget. All participants and delegations will stay at Borobudur Hotel in Central Jakarta, located near the Istiqlal Mosque. I guess the J.W. Marriottt is still undergoing "rennovation"
"Master" and "Slave"? plus an English translation category. Indonesia will be represented by winners of this year’s national Koran reading competition. The chairman of the event’s organizing committee, Taufiq Kamil, said the winner of each division would receive US$3,000 in cash, with second place receiving $2,000 and third $1,000. | |||||
Posted by:Lone Ranger |
#3 "Hardly vagina-friendly at all." LMAO! Man, some days the primo stuff just falls into our laps, eh? We couldn't make this shit up if we tried. ;-) |
Posted by: .com 2003-12-5 1:14:43 PM |
#2 Doesn't want to offend Ms. Fonda, perhaps? Having only two genders is so... patriarchal. Hardly vagina-friendly at all. |
Posted by: Fred 2003-12-5 12:30:10 PM |
#1 "Participants will be divided into two gender categories..." The reporter / editor actually decided they needed to specify the number of gender categories? What are they, tri-sexual moonbats from F**kin' Duh. |
Posted by: .com 2003-12-5 12:01:57 PM |