Closing Ceremony of Oula-al-Qiblatain Int’l Quran Contest in Lebanon
TEHRAN (IQNA) – An international Quran competition that was virtually organized by Lebanon concluded in a ceremony on Friday night.
The “Irshad wa Tawjih” (guidance and counselling) Society held the contest, named “Oula-al-Qiblatain”, in cooperation with the Lebanon’s Association of Islamic Cultural Teachings.
A number of Lebanese religious and political officials, including senior official of Hezbollah resistance movement Sayyed Hashem Safieddine attended the ceremony.
A total of 322 Qaris from 40 countries took part in the international Quranic event, which was organized virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the panel of arbiters, Iraqi Qari Abdullah al-Karbalayi won the top tile.
Muhammad Ali Qassim from the host country was announced as the runner-up and Iran’s Majid Ananpour came third.
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