Sudan’s Int’l Quran Competition Concludes
According to Ahmed Hashim Ahmed, a member of the organizing committee, the closing ceremony of the Quranic event will be organized on January 13 at Al-Sidaqa Hall of the capital city.
Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir, the President of Sudan, will be present at the ceremony, he said.
He added that the competition was held in three categories, namely memorization of the entire Quran along with interpretation of 24 Juzes (parts) for men, memorization of the entire Quran for women, and memorization of three Juzes of the Quran with accurate recitation for participants from non-Muslim countries.
He said that male participants from 50 countries and female Quran activists from 21 African states competed in the first and the second categories and the third category was attended by representatives of ten non-Muslim states.
According to Ahmed, the sideline programs of the competition included visits to Quranic centers in Khartoum and other cities.
An educational course on judgment skills was also held for the judges of Quran competitions who are members of Sudan’s Holy Quran Association. Sheikh Muhammad Fahd Kharouf, Syrian Quran expert, taught the course.
Among the programs held on the sidelines of the competition were also some Quranic sessions organized at different mosques and universities of Khartoum where Sheikh Abdul Rashid Sufi, Qatari Qari and researcher, recited the verses of the Holy Quran and presented speeches on Quranic issues.
Sudan’s international Quran contest is annually held by the country’s Holy Quran Association. This year’s competition was held since January 6.
The competition’s panel of judges included Quran experts from Sudan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Algeria.
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