Egypt Awqaf Ministry Gifts Quran Recitation Series to Qaris Union
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The Awqaf minister of Egypt said the ministry has gifted 21 series of recitation of the entire Quran by top Qaris to the country’s Association of Quran Reciters.
Mohamed Mukhtar Gomaa said the audio recordings were given to the association during a meeting with its members, Youm7 website reported.
They contain recitations by five prominent Qaris, including Sheikh Mahmoud Khalil al-Husari, he added.
Gomaa also said the government’s financial help to the country’s Qaris has doubled from 200 pounds to 400 pound.
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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