A Lottery U-Turn

The National Police Chief banned the circulation of the Sports Postcard with a Rp1 billion prize. Islamic organizations were withdrawing their support.

September 20, 2005

UNEXPECTEDLY, State Minister for Youth & Sports Adhyaksa Dault was abruptly enraged, -even mounting a mubahalah challenge. The ex-general chairman of the National Youth Committee (1999-2002) brought out a Quran from his desk. Come on, its me or you wholl die first! he spoke to Tempo, who met with him on Friday.

Mubahalah, according to an Islamic encyclopedia, means a special meeting between two parties with different faiths or religions, in which

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