Quran Competition for Al-Azhar University’s Expatriate Students
Egypt’s Al-Azhar University plans to hold a Quran competition for its expatriate students next week.
The contest is to be organized by the university on Monday and Tuesday, April 15-16 in the capital city of Cairo.
Osama Yasin, deputy head of Al-Azhar University’s Alumni Association, which holds the event, said the Quran competition aims to promote Islamic and Quranic values and encourage students to take part in Quranic activities.
He said the contenders will compete in recitation of the Holy Quran and memorization at different levels (memorization of the entire Quran, three-fourth of the Quran, half of the Quran and one-fourth of the Quran).
Yasin went on to say that a number of Al-Azhar University scholars who are experts in Quranic fields will supervise the Quran competition.
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Osama Yasin, deputy head of Al-Azhar University’s Alumni Association, which holds the event, said the Quran competition aims to promote Islamic and Quranic values and encourage students to take part in Quranic activities.
He said the contenders will compete in recitation of the Holy Quran and memorization at different levels (memorization of the entire Quran, three-fourth of the Quran, half of the Quran and one-fourth of the Quran).
Yasin went on to say that a number of Al-Azhar University scholars who are experts in Quranic fields will supervise the Quran competition.
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