Jama’ah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT) has become the latest hard-line Islamic organization to condemn the
2013 Miss World pageant, which is to take place in Bali from Sept. 4 to 15,
saying the show was no more than a parade of women's genitalia and, as such, was strictly
prohibited by Islamic teachings.
In
a press statement, JAT also accused the show of being a way in which
Western countries were demoralizing Indonesians and corrupting the
country's culture and morality.
“The
event is merely a business based on lust. It will do nothing but harass
women and, therefore, it is irrelevant to the efforts to boost the
country’s image,” JAT
spokesman Son Hadi said in the statement sent to The Jakarta Post on Saturday.
JAT was founded by firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Ba’asyir
as a response to what he called the intelligence penetration of his
previous organization, the Indonesia Mujahidin Council.
JAT
is notorious for the number of its activists who have allegedly been
involved
in various terrorist attacks in the country. In fact, Ba’asyir himself
was
sentenced to 15 years in prison having been found guilty of organizing
military training camps in Aceh in 2010. Ba’asyir was also deemed to
have inspired and endorsed his followers to launch
terrorist attacks for decades.(hrl/dic)
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