Quran Memorizers Honored in Guinea
A total 190 individuals who have learned the Quran by heart were honored at the ceremony, held at the General Lansana Conté Stadium, Baladi website reported.
Twenty-three of them were women who have committed the Quran to memory by attending courses organized by Dar al-Salam, Othman bin Affan and Nur al-Quran centers.
A large number of people as well as senior government officials and foreign diplomats attended the ceremony.
Guinea is a country in West Africa, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean.
Roughly 85 percent of Guinea’s population is Muslim, primarily of the Sunni school. Muslims constitute a majority in all four geographic regions. Christians, mostly Roman Catholic, comprise an 8 percent minority.
The Holy Quran is the only religious Scripture that is memorized by its followers.
Innumerable persons in every Muslim community have memorized the Quran since the first day it was revealed.
The Quran has 30 Juzes (parts), 114 Surahs (chapters) and 6,236 verses.
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