Quran Competition for Students Underway in Egypt

TEHRAN (IQNA) - A national Quran memorization competition has been organized for Egyptian students from 20 universities of the country at Al-Mansoura University in Cairo.

According to Al-Tahrir, a cultural activist of the university said that the competition began early this week.

A number of Al-Azhar scholars and intellectuals have also participated in the Quranic event supervised by a committee of experts including Muhammad Bashar and Muhammad Abul-Asrar.

The academic figure added that the winners of the competition will be announced by the end of the week and three top participants will be awarded.

Various Quranic programs and forums have been organized on the sidelines of the competition.

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