The 2013 Miss World pageant is scheduled to
hold at the Sentul International Convention
Center in Jakarta, Indonesia on Saturday
September 28th..but it won't hold if the
Muslim women in the country have their way.
For days now, members of an Islamic group
called Hizbut Tahrir have been protesting
against the pageant in Jakarta. Yesterday, they
converge outside the office of the local
organizer of the beauty contest, MNC media
group, warning them not to stage the pageant
in the city.
Other cities are also holding protests,
demanding that the permit to hold Miss World
pageant in their country be revoked, saying
that the pageant runs against their culture.
MNC Group and Miss World Organization say
it's too late to find a new location but
promised that contestants would not be
allowed to wear bikini at the event.
Same thing happened in Nigeria in 2002.
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