This picture taken on Jshows students learning to recite the Koran using sign language at an Islamic boarding school for deaf children in Sleman. Only three out of 10 children with disabilities in Indonesia are able to go to school, according to a survey by the United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF). In Indonesia, the curriculum in public schools provides limited religious teaching to children with special needs, starting at the age of eight or nine rather than at kindergarten as is the case for many other students. “Nowadays hearing-impaired adults barely know religion in depth because from school age they have never learned about it,” said the cleric, noting how interest in his school had spread quickly. (AFP)Ībdul hopes the school will make it easier for future generations to learn about Islam. This picture taken on Jshows students studying at an Islamic boarding school for deaf children in Sleman.
Opened in 2019 in the city of Yogyakarta in central Java, the Darul A’shom school now has 12 staff and teaches 115 students aged between seven and 28 years from across the world’s biggest Muslim-majority country. YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia: Concerned about how Indonesian students with hearing impairments often miss out on religious education, cleric Abdul Kahfi founded an Islamic boarding school to help them study and recite scripture from the Qur'an using sign language.
It has 112 member organizations in 56 countries, plus 31 associates in Asia, Africa and the Americas. The EBU said it would keep searching for a suitable location for the next Eurovision, but said earlier this month that it was considering the possibility of the contest being held in Britain, which finished second.įounded in 1950, the Geneva-based EBU is the world’s biggest public service media alliance. “All this contributes to the EBU’s overall assessment that in terms of security and operational guarantees, the necessary requirements for hosting. The union said the severe risk of air attacks and the high risk of a mass casualty event factored into the decision, while the conflict would make delegations and participants reluctant to go to Ukraine.Īs for hosting the contest in a border location within Ukraine, the specifications of suggested venues and the lack of surrounding infrastructure, do not meet Eurovision’s needs. The EBU said Eurovision’s rules clearly state that an event can be moved in situations such as an ongoing war. Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision final on May 15 in Turin, thanks to the votes from national panels of judges and the general public, with European audiences demonstrating their solidarity with Ukraine in the face of Russia’s invasion.
Their welfare is our prime concern,” it said. “A further 30,000 fans are expected to travel to the event from across the world.
The EBU said more than 10,000 people are usually accredited to work on Eurovision, including crew, staff and journalists. “The decision was guided by the EBU’s responsibility to ensure the conditions are met to guarantee the safety and security of everyone working and participating in the event, the planning of which needs to begin immediately,” it explained. “The EBU fully understands the disappointment that greeted the announcement that the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest cannot be staged in Ukraine, this year’s winning country,” it said in a statement. Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra last month won the world’s biggest live music event, and by convention, the country should host the kitsch annual pop extravaganza next year.īut on June 17, the European Broadcasting Union said the war-torn country would not be able to host the 2023 show - triggering upset among fans across the continent and demands from the Ukrainian government to reverse the decision. GENEVA: The Eurovision Song Contest’s organizers confirmed Thursday that the 2023 edition cannot be held in Ukraine due to the Russian war, despite angry protests from Kyiv.