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Islamic State gives out $10,000 prizes in Qur’an contest
February 24, 2016 10:35 am
The Islamic State, which everyone in authority in the Western world knows has nothing whatsoever to do with Islam, just gave out three $10,000 prizes to the winners of a Qur’an contest. One wonders if John Kerry will care to explain just how this entity that gives cash awards to those who memorize the Qur’an actually has nothing to do with its teachings.
“VIDEO: Islamic State Gives $10K to Winner of Caliphate’s First Quran Contest,” by Ali Waked, Breitbart, February 20, 2016:
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The Islamic State’s outreach commission organized a Quran contest this week, encompassing the territory under the group’s control in Iraq, the IS-affiliated Amaq news agency reported.
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The “first Dar al-Islam” contest was divided into levels, and started with regional qualifiers participated in by hundreds of people each. The three top performers in each qualifier reached the national finals, which were held in the IS stronghold of Mosul.
The winner of each level won a prize of $10,000, while the others received consolation prizes of $1,000 each.
The organizers of the contest said that it was held under the patronage of the “Emir of the Faithful, the Caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.”
The big winner was a blind man from the Nineveh region, who knew the entire Quran by heart “without a single mistake.”
A video was later posted by IS showing the contestants in a conference room of one of the city’s hotels….
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