Malaysia Representative at Int’l Quran Contest for Students Selected
The competition, organised by the Iranian Academics Quranic Activities Organisation, involves the participation of university students from 50 countries.
The countries include Azerbaijan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Syria and the United States of America.
Invitation for Malaysia’s participation was made through the Islamic Development Department (JAKIM), Bernama reported.
Mohamad Husaini, 22, a final year student taking a bachelor’s degree in Arabic and Communications, thanked JAKIM for selecting him to represent the country at the competition.
“It is unexpected, but I will certainly do my best,” he said when met after a programme with USIM vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr. Musa Ahmad today.
Mohamad Husaini, who had won various Quran reading competitions, said he would leave for Iran on Dec 30 and accompanied by Anuar Hasin, a lecturer at USIM’s Faculty of Quranic and Sunnah Studies.
