Iran’s Int’l Quran Contest: Members of Panel of Judges Announced

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The organizing committee of Iran’s 34th International Holy Quran Competition announced the names of the competition’s panel of judges.

 

The competition will kick off in the Iranian capital of Tehran on April 19.

According to the organizing committee, 40 Quran experts, 26 men and 14 women, from different countries will assess the performance of the contenders in the men and women sections.

In the men section, Sami al-Uthamina from Jordan, Munir Muhammad Aqla from Syria, Taha Muhammad Abdul Wahab from Egypt, Syed Aqil Hussein al-Munawar from Indonesia, Mahmoud Shakir al-Kharkhi from Iraq, Bu Saada Omar from Algeria and Ali Al-Zayn from Sudan are some of the foreign members of the panel.

There are also senior Iranian Quran masters in the panel. including Ahmad Abolqassemi, Abdul Rasoul Abaei, Motaz Aghaei and Mohammad Reza Abolqassemi.

The foreign Quran experts slated to serve in the panel of judges in the women section are from Indonesia, Iraq, Yemen, Bahrain and Morocco.

Quran memorizers and reciters from 80 countries are expected to take part in the international Quranic event this year.

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