(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - A six-year-old, Umar Abdul Rasaq, has won the just concluded annual Quran competition organized by the Mujaahidun Club in Lagos, Nigeria.The competition was keenly contested among many students, many much older than the winner. Luck was on Abdul Rasaq’s side, and he won in the junior category of the competition.Abdul Rasaq is a pupil of the Islamic Arabic School, Modirasatu Ihyaail Athar Matogun in Ogun State.He came first after reading the whole of the selected portions of the Quran during the competition.According to the President of the Mujahidun Club, Alhaji Abdul Rasak Idris, the competition is the third of its kind and meant to encourage Quran reading among youths from an early age.“This is the only way everybody can improve on their skills and the knowledge of Quran. Our observation was that many Muslim youths do not have full knowledge of Quran because they don’t read it everyday but with this kind of competition I think the youth will be serious because of the pride they will take home to their parents,” he said.He said the number of participants on the programme since inception three years ago has been rising as the awareness of the importance of the Quran is beginning to gain ground in the state.The competition left Muadh Abdul’ Hakeem in the second position on the junior category, while Muhammed Abdul Hakeem came third in the same category.The first was presented with a television set in addition to an unspecified amount of money to support his education.The second and third place winners were given standing fans with other prizes for their efforts in the competition.Abdul Rasaq was full of surprises seeing himself in the first position, but he resolved that he would never give up reading the Quran and participating in the competition.In the senior category, Obaditan Samad won the first prize while Ahmad Zakariyyah came second. Both are from the same Islamic Arabic School, Modirasatu T’aliimul Qur’an wal Islamiyyah, Agege, Lagos. /129
source : The Nation Newspaper
Sunday
8 January 2012
8:30:00 PM
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A six-year-old, Umar Abdul Rasaq, has won the just concluded annual Quran competition organized by the Mujaahidun Club in Lagos, Nigeria.