TO GO WITH Malaysia-religion-Islam-entertainment FEATURE by M. Jegathesan
In a picture taken on June 29, 2010 eight young Muslim contestants wait for the judgement by a panel of judges during a recording of Malaysia's first religious entertainment programme "Young Imam" in the basement of a mosque in Kuala Lumpur. The contest is not to crown a talented hip-pop artist or the top actor but a search for the best young Muslim leader who can be a role model to woo young Muslim Malaysians away from illegitimate sex, drugs and religious extremism. AFP PHOTO/Saeed KHAN © AFP | AFP
In a picture taken on June 29, 2010 eight young Muslim contestants wait for the judgement by a panel of judges during a recording of Malaysia's first religious entertainment programme "Young Imam" in the basement of a mosque in Kuala Lumpur. The contest is not to crown a talented hip-pop artist or the top actor but a search for the best young Muslim leader who can be a role model to woo young Muslim Malaysians away from illegitimate sex, drugs and religious extremism. AFP PHOTO/Saeed KHAN © AFP | AFP
TO GO WITH Malaysia-religion-Islam-entertainment FEATURE by M. Jegathesan
In a picture taken on June 28, 2010 a chief judge Imam Hasan Mahmood of Malaysia's first religious entertainment programme "Young Imam" talks with AFP in Kuala Lumpur. The contest is not to crown a talented hip-pop artist or the top actor but a search for the best young Muslim leader who can be a role model to woo young Muslim Malaysians away from illegitimate sex, drugs and religious extremism. AFP PHOTO/Saeed KHAN © AFP | AFP
In a picture taken on June 28, 2010 a chief judge Imam Hasan Mahmood of Malaysia's first religious entertainment programme "Young Imam" talks with AFP in Kuala Lumpur. The contest is not to crown a talented hip-pop artist or the top actor but a search for the best young Muslim leader who can be a role model to woo young Muslim Malaysians away from illegitimate sex, drugs and religious extremism. AFP PHOTO/Saeed KHAN © AFP | AFP
TO GO WITH Malaysia-religion-Islam-entertainment FEATURE by M. Jegathesan
In a picture taken on June 28, 2010 young Muslim contestants sit a wriiten examination prior to a recording of Malaysia's first religious entertainment programme "Young Imam" talks with AFP in Kuala Lumpur. The contest is not to crown a talented hip-pop artist or the top actor but a search for the best young Muslim leader who can be a role model to woo young Muslim Malaysians away from illegitimate sex, drugs and religious extremism. AFP PHOTO/Saeed KHAN © AFP | AFP
In a picture taken on June 28, 2010 young Muslim contestants sit a wriiten examination prior to a recording of Malaysia's first religious entertainment programme "Young Imam" talks with AFP in Kuala Lumpur. The contest is not to crown a talented hip-pop artist or the top actor but a search for the best young Muslim leader who can be a role model to woo young Muslim Malaysians away from illegitimate sex, drugs and religious extremism. AFP PHOTO/Saeed KHAN © AFP | AFP
TO GO WITH Malaysia-religion-Islam-entertainment FEATURE by M. Jegathesan
In a picture taken on June 29, 2010 eight young Muslim men ready themselves for a recording of Malaysia's first religious entertainment programme "Young Imam" in the basement of a mosque in Kuala Lumpur. The contest is not to crown a talented hip-pop artist or the top actor but a search for the best young Muslim leader who can be a role model to woo young Muslim Malaysians away from illegitimate sex, drugs and religious extremism. AFP PHOTO/Saeed KHAN © AFP | AFP
In a picture taken on June 29, 2010 eight young Muslim men ready themselves for a recording of Malaysia's first religious entertainment programme "Young Imam" in the basement of a mosque in Kuala Lumpur. The contest is not to crown a talented hip-pop artist or the top actor but a search for the best young Muslim leader who can be a role model to woo young Muslim Malaysians away from illegitimate sex, drugs and religious extremism. AFP PHOTO/Saeed KHAN © AFP | AFP