Of Beauty Contests

By Paul

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The first Miss Maldives
beauty pageant was held in the country in 1953 (the person who organized it, the first president of the country Mr. Amin Didi was overthrown and died eventually of the injuries inflicted). In early this year the government’s Information Ministry gave permission to hold a beauty contest in the country but later its Home Affairs Ministry released a press release stating:

…“whoever was organizing the beauty contest not to go ahead with it.”

Is this a typical case of one arm of the government not knowing the decisions another arm of the government was taking?

Adam said that Hairline will go ahead with the beauty contest but not under the name “Miss Maldives” contest.

“We will carry it out as a normal fashion show,” he said, adding that two much had been spent already on the event."

So the event was eventually held as a fashion show. For some religiously inclined people just changing the name is sufficient to appease them. What did you think of the rebranding of the ‘War on Terror’ to ‘Struggle Against Violent Extremism’. Here a blogger takes a Taoist interpretation of importance of words in the war of terror. It will always be difficult to win a war declared on a technique.

Above pale into insignifance what the people have to go through to bring about a genuine democracy and basic freedoms in the country.

Related; Celebrating Miss Pakistan- definitely the world is more complex than it appears.

-- May 15, 2006 9:46 PM |

Comments

Wamiq wrote:

That is the most remarkable trait of religious authority. Changing the name of something they disapprove is enough to make them feel right as rain, and this only shows their rudimentary thought process. Had they done their research and if their issues with pageants was more deeply rationalized, they would have realized that renaming something does not necessarily change its essence. And that is what makes most of organized religion decrees fallible!!
Furthermore, as I argued on my website, the same can be said of the liberal movement in most Islamic nations who infact promote beauty pageants in hte name of celebrating liberation of women...but is there really liberation? Their ideas are not deep-rooted either, hence making the liberal movement at par with the religious fundamentalist movement. Thank about that!

-- May 21, 2006 7:29 PM ∞

muwahid wrote:

salam wa alaykum ,this type of activity astaghfurallah is not from us.And who ever suggested this is worst than any ignorant supposed terrorist.The ajnabi have there habits and we have ours .Ours is not to follow them into the dark hole .We have a blessed way given to us and ways to enjoy ourselves without entering into fitna and zina.Only if you want to follow the right way.And also the one who started this fitna will have to answer on yaum qiyama.This is the beggining of prostituting our people .

-- November 22, 2007 11:42 PM ∞

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