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MUI Condemns Quran Recitation Challenge Offering Free Alcohol: 'Degrades the Sanctity of the Quran'
The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has strongly condemned a challenge offering free alcoholic beverages for reciting a chapter of the Quran, deeming it an act that degrades the sanctity of Islam's holy book. The issue highlights the tension between religious values and commercial incentives.
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