Imam Muda

Asyraf wins Imam Muda

KUALA LUMPUR: Imam Muda, a new reality show which has gained global attention, has found its inaugural winner.

Muhammad Asyraf Mohd Ridzuan, 26, an imam from Penang, beat Hizbur Rahman Omar Zuhdi in the finale held at Pusat Islam last night.

New face: Asyraf holding his trophy after winning Imam Muda in Kuala Lumpur Friday night. Looking on is the Mudhir (principal) of the show, Datuk Hasan Mahmud Al Hafiz, the former chief imam of the National Mosque.

He won a scholarship to Al-Madinah International University to pursue post-graduate studies.

Other prizes for Asyraf, who has a degree in Usuluddin and Fiqh from Universiti Malaya, include a job as an imam in one of the mosques in the Federal Territory, a haj pilgrimage, a Proton Exora, RM20,000, a holiday, an iPhone, furniture worth RM10,000 and an Apple Macbook Pro.

Hizbur, 27, a religious teacher from Baling in Kedah, also won a scholarship to the same university.

Hizbur, who is currently pursuing a degree in syariah at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, also received an umrah package, furniture worth RM7,000, an iPhone, an Apple Macbook Pro and RM15,000.

The show, which debuted on May 28 with 10 contestants, has built an impressive following among Malaysians. Its Facebook site has 55,538 fans.

Germany, Swiss Media in frenzy over 'Imam Muda'

FRANKFURT: The media in Germany and Switzerland have been widely reporting about a Malaysian reality television show called “Imam Muda” (Young Imam).

While in many Western countries, a television talent show is organised to select a star, Malaysia is hiring the next “star imam” through a talent search show, as many German and Swiss dailies have been reporting.

Details of the “Imam Muda” show have been widely reported by a number of dailies - from the Tagesspiegel, Merkur Online through n-tv.de, Bild.de, Sueddeutsche Zeitung to the Swiss daily Tagesanzeiger - and have kept the readers engrossed, as comments from readers to the news report suggest.

The “Imam Muda” talent show reported about eight young men who appeared on Malaysian television at prime time, attired in suits and the traditional caps.

Switzerland’s “Tagesanzeiger”, for example, describes the candidates as “superstars” on Malaysian television and reports that they seem to have become heart throbs of many young girls.

Unlike in other reality shows, where participants usually sing or dance, the candidates in the “Imam Muda” show recite verses from the Quran, have the necessary training in washing dead bodies for Islamic burial, and pledge to protect young Malaysians from sex and drugs.

The talent show casts young Islamic clerics, the paper goes on.

The weekly talent show is headed by Hasan Mahmud, a former imam himself. He is creating a pool of exemplary young imams and using their help to combat the “social and moral decadence”.

The candidates, aged between 18 and 27, are selected according to personality criteria and their knowledge of religion. As in “American Idol” and other talent shows, candidates are phased out each week after they failed to qualify.

Many viewers and readers were surprised to know that for the duration of the show, the candidates are isolated and kept in the sleeping hall of a mosque - without any mobile phones, Internet, television and other modern gadgets - so that they “think for themselves” and do not have to rely on any outside help or prompting.“

The winner of the contest can expect a pilgrimage to Mecca, financial assistance in pursuing studies at the Islamic university of Medina, and employment in a mosque,” says a commentator in the German daily Tagesspiegel which is published from Berlin.

The German daily contends that all the casting participants can be sure of having the “admiration of young female admirers and potential mothers-in-law”.

“For Muslims, the ideal sons-in-law are aspiring imams because they are educated and well-versed in Islam,” the daily quoted Iselan Bazar of the cable channel Astro Oasis which airs the religious talent search. - Bernama

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