Al-Kawthar Int’l Quran Contest Underway in Ramadan
According to the satellite TV channel’s public relations office, Minhaj Kashif from Pakistan, Hamed Adel from Afghanistan, Muslim Abd al-Hussein from Iraq and Amir Mohammad Khaleghi were the four participants who recited the Quran on the 4th night.
The panel of judges comprises Quran experts from Iran, Egypt, Syria, Afghanistan and Lebanon.
Titled Inna lil-Muttaqina Mafaza (Indeed, for the righteous is attainment- Holy Quran, 78:31), it is the Muslim world’s biggest live Quran recitation competition aired by Al-Kawthar, an Arabic-language channel within the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting’s World Service.
The phone-in Quran contest began on the first day of Ramadan.
The program is broadcast every night during the holy month at midnight, Tehran time.
