Beauty pageant (Miss World) condemned.

Jos, Nigeria

(ENI)--Religious leaders in Nigeria have condemned the Miss World beauty pageant, scheduled to be held this month in Abuja, Nigeria, as degrading to women and promoting morally questionable behavior.

"We can't sanction the exploitation of women because of the search for money", said Bishop Josiah Idowu Fearon, Anglican bishop An Anglican Bishop is a bishop in the Anglican church, either in the British Isles or beyond. Anglican Bishops

Archbishop Desmond Tutu (South Africa)
Archbishop Robin Eames (Ireland)

of Kaduna in northern Nigeria Northern Nigeria is a geographical region of Nigeria. It is more arid and has less population density than the south. The people are largely Muslim, and many are Hausa. Much of the north was once politically united in the Northern Region, a federal division disbanded in 1967. .

Bishop Ignatius Kaigama, Catholic archbishop of Jos, said: "We in Africa talk about beauty of character, person and culture, and do not try to exhibit and flaunt flaunt
v. flaunt·ed, flaunt·ing, flaunts

v.tr.
1. To exhibit ostentatiously or shamelessly: flaunts his knowledge. See Synonyms at show.

2. our nakedness in a very immodest im·mod·est
adj.
1. Lacking modesty.

2.
a. Offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance; indecent: a bathing suit considered immodest by the local people.

b. manner."

Nigeria expects to net $60 million (U.S.) from hosting the pageant.

Muslim groups have also condemned the beauty pageant and threatened to disrupt the event.

The Inter-faith Forum of the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria, which annually brings together Muslim and Christian leaders, also opposed it.

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