Winners of Quran Contest in Kyrgyzstan Awarded
The final stage of the “Spring of Quran” contest was hosted by a mosque in Jalal Abad Province on September 25, according to the Iranian Cultural Center in Kyrgyzstan.
The first-to-third-rank winners in different categories were named by the panel of arbiters and awarded at the closing ceremony.
The panel was headed by Mufti of Kyrgyzstan Qari Zamir Rakiev.
Twenty seven memorizers of the Quran from different provinces had made it to the final stage in the categories of 30, 20, and 10 Juzes (parts).
Raising awareness about the Quran in the society, encouraging Kyrgyz people towards Quran and its memorization, praising the efforts of Quran memorizers, and providing the winners with opportunity to attend international contests were among the aims of the event, which was sponsored by Office for Muslims Religious Affairs, Mohammedyar Kurban Beikov, an official with the organizing committee, had told IQNA earlier.
Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country with mountainous terrain in Central Asia. It is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west and southwest, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east. Its capital and largest city is Bishkek.
Official sources estimate that 80 percent of the country’s population is Muslim.
