Qom to Host Quran Contest for Expatriate Female Seminarians
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The holy city of Qom in Iran will host the 23rd edition of a Quran and Hadith competition for expatriate female students of Islamic seminaries.
The Bint-ul-Huda Higher Education Institute will organize the contest.
Robab Assadi, the official in charge of the contest at the institute, told IQNA that the international event is annually held, separately for male and female seminarians.
She said the men’s section was held on October 12-22 and the women’s section is slated for November 28-29.
According to Assadi, registration of female seminarians willing to attend the contest is currently underway.
She added that contenders will compete in the categories of Quran recitation and memorization of 1, 3, 5 ,10, and 15 Juzes (parts) as well as memorization of the entire Quran.
