JP\/5\/DEBATE<\/p>\n
Yogyakarta dominates 'pesantren' debate contest<\/p>\n
Yuli Tri Suwarni
\nThe Jakarta Post\/Bogor<\/p>\n
Yogyakarta participants dominated a debate competition held on
\nFriday at the Jaya Raya resort outside Bogor, placing six groups
\nin the final eight.<\/p>\n
Yogyakarta certainly lived up to its reputation as the city of
\neducation. Three of the six groups from Yogyakarta came from
\nMuhammadiyah I high school, two from the Indonesian Islamic
\nUniversity and another from Achmad Dahlan University.<\/p>\n
"The other two groups (in the final eight) came from the Al
\nAmin Islamic boarding school in Madura, East Java, and Bandung
\nIslamic University," said jury member Teguh Imam Subarkah of the
\nEnglish Debating Society of the University of Indonesia.<\/p>\n
The debate and speech competition, which is being conducted in
\nEnglish, is titled Human Rights Public Speaking Competition.<\/p>\n
On Friday morning, jury members from Ibnu Khaldun University
\nannounced the six finalists in the speech contest, which was
\nparticipated in by 45 students. The six were from a number of
\ndifferent Islamic boarding schools, including Nurul Hakim in
\nKediri, East Java, Al Amien in Madura, East Java, and Cipasung in
\nTasikmalaya, West Java.<\/p>\n
Teguh said he was surprised by some of the ideas expressed by
\nthe students during the speech contest, which took place in
\nEnglish.<\/p>\n
"They are fluent in expressing their thoughts on the
\ncompatibility of Islam with democracy and human rights," said
\nTeguh.<\/p>\n
He said most of the students argued that the concept of
\ndemocracy had been adopted by the Prophet Muhammad when he was
\nalive, as seen in the Constitution of Medina.<\/p>\n
The winners will be announced late on Friday night.<\/p>\n
The debate and speech competition features Islamic boarding
\nschools from around the country and is said to be the first event
\nof its kind in the country.<\/p>",
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