(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The 32nd international edition of Saudi Arabia’s Quran memorization, recitation and interpretation competition is slated to be held from December 27 to January 1 in Makkah.
It will be held in the five categories of memorization of the entire holy Quran with Tajweed and interpretation of Quranic terms, memorization of the entire Quran with recitation and Tajweed and memorization of 20, 10 and 5 Juzes (parts) of the Quran with recitation and Tajweed.
66 representatives of 26 Islamic Associations of non-Muslim countries along with 122 other participants from 38 countries will compete in this edition of the contest.
The judging board will consist of 10 judges from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria, Morocco, Nigeria, Indonesia and Brunei.
Mansour bin Mohammad Al-Sami’ said: “the competition has been organized with Awqaf Ministry of Saudi Arabia in cooperation with several executive committees in public relations, information, cultural and press affairs as well as scientific researches.”
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