Quran Memorization Competition Held in Burundi
According to hqmi.org, the Muslim World League Office in Burundi organized the competition in cooperation with the Holy Quran Memorization International Organization.
Medical Studies Faculty of Bujumbura, the capital city, hosted the Quranic event held for male and female Quran activists.
Memorization of the entire Quran and memorization of 15, 7, 5 and 3 Juzes (parts) of Quran were the five categories of the competition supervised by four Quran experts.
Top participants were awarded in a ceremony with the presence of Fadhil Jum’ah, representative of Burundi’s Supreme Council of Ulama, Abdul Wahhab Yahya Al-Sarari, representative of the Holy Quran Memorization International Organization and some of the directors of Islamic institutes and Quranic centers of the country.
The Republic of Burundi is a landlocked country in the African Great Lakes region of East Africa, bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. It is also sometimes considered part of Central Africa.
It is estimated that more than 5 percent of the population of Burundi is Muslim.
