Dompu officials required to read Koran

Dompu officials required to read Koran

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: Muslim civil servants in Dompu
district in Indonesia's West Nusa Tenggara province, must be able
to read the Koran fluently before they can hope to receive a
promotion.

"Even if they have passed all the other tests, they are not
going to get a promotion if they fail to read the Koran," Dompu
district head Ahmad Abubakar said here on Saturday.

He did not mention any regulations or rules that provided
legal backing for this requirement, only saying the Koran reading
test was part of his efforts to improve the people's ability to
read the holy book.

He also said his administration had established numerous Koran
reading centers in mosques and small prayer houses around the
district. --Antara