Voting Planned to Elect Head of Egypt’s Qaris, Memorizers Union
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Union of Quran Reciters and Memorizers in Egypt will hold an election next month to choose the president of the union.
The voting will be held on Thursday, September 17, albawabhnews.com website reported.
A number of prominent figures, including Sheikh Hilmi Jamal, the current deputy of the union, have announced readiness to run for the post.
Eminent Qari Sheikh Muhammad Mahmoud Tablawi headed the union for years.
Sheikh Tablawi died in May at the age of 86.
Egypt is a country in North Africa with a population of around 96 million.
Muslims account for around 90 percent of the country’s total population.
Quranic activities are very common in the Muslim-majority Arab country and many of the Muslim world’s top Qaris in the past and present have been Egyptian.
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