Oman Quran Competition Winners Awarded
Addressing the ceremony, Habib bin Mohammed Al Reyami, Secretary General of the Sultan Qaboos Higher Center for Culture and Science (SQHCCS) said that this competition started 29 years ago with limited centers and then continued to grow in quantity in terms of the number of centers scattered in various parts of the Sultanate and in terms of the advanced segments in the competition, the Times of Oman reported.
He affirmed that the competition will continue and with direct support from Sultan Qaboos bin Said, and with a follow-up by Sayyid Khalid bin Hilal Al Busaidi, Omani Minister of the Diwan of Royal Court and all those who were honored to work in the competition.
Sheikh Dr. Kahlan bin Nabhan Al Kharousi, Assistant Grand Mufti of the Sultanate, delivered a speech in which he said the competition aims at highlighting meanings of the Holy Quran and promoting its messages in the society to be able to continue the path of building, development, goodness and reform in their various circumstances and conditions.
At the end of the ceremony, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Hamad bin Said Al Aufi honored the winners of the competition, in addition to the preliminary and final committees of the competition.
