Sharjah Quran Competition Winners to Be Awarded

Winners of the 17th edition of Sharjah Quran and Nabawi Sunnah competition are awarded in a ceremony this afternoon.

The ceremony will be held in the city’s Culture Palace by the Sharjah Quran and Nabawi Sunnah Institute, Al-Bayan daily reported.

Those who won the top titles in the men’s section of the contest are awarded today while women prize winners will be honored in a separate program tomorrow.

The annual competition, which is in its 17th year, has helped to encourage raising a generation of Quran memorizers.

This year, new categories had been added to the competition including Quran memorization for prayer leaders of mosques and Adhan reciters.

As much as 1 million AED was spent to hold this edition of the Quran competition, officials said.

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