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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Indonesians Hold 'Islam's Answer to Miss World'
2013-09-15
[An Nahar] The Miss World beauty contest, which has attracted fierce opposition by hardline Islamic groups in host country Indonesia, is now facing another challenge -- a rival pageant exclusively for Musselmens.

The Musselmenah World contest to be held on Wednesday in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, is "Islam's answer to Miss World", the pageant's founder Eka Shanti said Saturday.

"Musselmenah World is a beauty pageant, but the requirements are very different from Miss World -- you have to be pious, be a positive role model and show how you balance a life of spirituality in today's modernized world," Shanti told AFP.

Thousands flee as Indonesia volcano erupts

[FRANCE24] Thousands of villagers fled Sunday after a volcano erupted on Indonesia's Sumatra island spewing rocks and red-hot ash onto surrounding villages, officials said.

Mount Sinabung in Karo district, North Sumatra province, erupted violently before dawn.

"More than 3,000 people have been evacuated from areas within a three-kilometre (two-mile) radius of the volcano, and they are all safe," Asren Nasution, the head of North Sumatra disaster agency, told AFP.

Five halls normally used for traditional cultural ceremonies had been converted into shelters for those displaced.
Posted by:Fred

#10  Personally I'm equating the "Musselmenah World" pageant to be the Muslim equivalent of those "Mrs. America" contests.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2013-09-15 20:07  

#9  The quarry look; soo Hawt!
Posted by: swksvolFF   2013-09-15 18:17  

#8  #7 That was bbbaaadddddd
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2013-09-15 18:14  

#7  #4 Goat beauty contest?

Gah. Again with the goats. Who can resist them? Those rakish little beards. That childlike bleating, so delightfully reminiscent of the little ones learning their shahadah...

Now I'll sing you a song if you'll listen, dear reader,
Of a wonder best known to the Arab goat breeder:
Of all of the thrills Allah's creatures deliver,
There's one that gives every goat breeder a shiver.
The bite of the tiger scares him not a whit,
Nor is he discouraged by cobras that spit.
The swat of the lion's paw leaves him blase',
Like the thoroughbred's hoofstrike when horsey don't play.
The scorpion's sting, though it makes him feel rotten,
Like the dromedary's kick, is too soon forgotten.
And that other fierce camel, the beast with two humps,
Though it's far-famed for giving exemplary thumps,
Fails to quicken the heart of our Arab goat breeder
(not even when teased by a yank of its tail).
The attentions of all these do not float his boat.
So what gives him a frisson? The butt of the goat!
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2013-09-15 15:46  

#6  Malala, right after the jihadis shot her.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2013-09-15 14:08  

#5  A beauty contest for BBQ covers?
Posted by: gorb   2013-09-15 12:46  

#4  Goat beauty contest?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2013-09-15 12:32  

#3  Islam's answer to Miss World:

A giant scimitar?
Posted by: Frozen Al   2013-09-15 11:19  

#2  " and here comes Miss Ein El Hellhole, contestant twelve,and she too is wearing a black sack..."
Posted by: Grunter   2013-09-15 11:08  

#1  I'll bet the TV ratings suck.
Posted by: tu3031   2013-09-15 10:56  

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