Quran Competition Held in Mauritius
The Republic of Mauritius an island nation in the Indian Ocean about 2,000 kilometers off the southeast coast of the African continent.
The contest was organized by the Hassan ibn Thabit Quranic-Religious Institute of Mauritius in cooperation with the World Association of Quran Memorization.
29 Quran memorizers competed in two sections one for men and the other for women, the hqmi.org website reported.
There were 4 categories of memorizing the entire Quran, memorizing 15 Juzes (parts), 3 Juzes and one Juz.
The awarding ceremony was attended by the prime minister of Mauritius, representative of the World Association of Quran Memorization, and a number of Quran scholars.
Speakers at the ceremony underlined the importance of the Quran and the need for the Muslim Ummah to learn it and promote its teachings.
Followers of Islam constitute some 20 percent of Mauritius population. Muslims of Mauritius are mostly of Indian descent but there is a growing number of converts to Islam from the general population known as Creole and from Sino Mauritians as well.
