compete to show they are the best young religious leader in the country. skills in a variety of tasks ranging from singing, leading prayers and even preparing unclaimed corpses for burial. they want to make it entertaining but also want the muslim youth in ma yaizi malayo relate to islam. >> i said to myself this is something that the imam can improve. i decided hey, why don't we do a reality program based on this imam. >> having got the blessing of the religious authorities they pressed ahead with the t.v. program. the creators were keen on connecting the young muslim men as they are concerns some are turning away from islam. >> the young imam program is trying to make islam more relevant to people in malaysia