Karbala to Host Nat’l Quran Competition in Iraq

The 4th edition of Iraq’s national Quran competition will be held in the holy city of Karbala.

The Dar-ol-Quran center of the Astan (custodianship) of Imam Hussein’s (AS) holy shrine (AS) will cooperate in  organizing the event within the “1000 Quran Memorizers” plan, the center’s website reported.
Proposed by Sheikh Mahdi Al-Karbalayi, custodian of the Astan of Imam Hussein (AS), the implementation of the “1000 Quran Memorizers” plan began 4 years ago.
The national Quran competition will be held on February 13-17 in the categories of memorization of the entire Quran, memorization of 20 and 10 Juzes (parts) of the Quran, and recitation of the Quran.
Ali Abud Al-Taei, an official with the Dar-ol-Quran center, said the closing ceremony in which winners of the contest are to be awarded will be held at the holy shrine in Karbala.
He added that three panels of judges as well as a committee of Quran experts will supervise the competition.
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