Qom to Host 19th Int’l Quran & Hadith Olympiad

The 19th edition of the Quran and Hadith Olympiad of Al-Mustafa International University will kick off on November 20 in Qom.

Prominent Quranic figure Hojat-ol-Islam Mohsen Qara’ati will address the opening ceremony, Ali Reza Ghorbani, secretary of the Olympiad’s organizing committee told IQNA.

He said Quran recitation by a teenage Qari and recitation of elegies by Hajj Abbas Heidarzadeh will be among other programs at the opening ceremony.  

According to Mr. Ghorbani, the Olympiad will be held in the three sections of written, oral and art works.

There will be 12 categories including Tahqiq and Tarteel recitation, memorization of the Quran, and recitation of supplications, he stated.

He added that a total of 850 students of the university will compete in different categories of the 19^th Olympiad.

Ghorbani added that Quran masters Mo’tamedi, Torkaman, Abedi and Dehdashti form the Olympiad’s jury committee, which is headed by Hojat-ol-Islam Mohammad Reza Shahidipour.

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