32 Quran Experts to Serve in Iran Int’l Quran Contest Panels of Judges
The Quranic Affairs Center of the Awqaf and Charity Affairs Organization named the members of the panels in the men and women sections.
According to the center, there will be 22 Iranian Quran experts and 10 from other countries, namely Lebanon, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Afghanistan, Jordan, Syria and Tajikistan.
Abbas Salimi will chair the panel in the men section while Maedeh Adibzadeh will head the women section’s panel.
The final round will get underway in an opening ceremony on Saturday, February 18, concurrent with the Day of Maba’ath (marking the appointment of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) as the last messenger of God).
Fifty-two qaris and memorizers from 32 countries will compete in the final stage, according to the organizers.
The competition’s categories include memorization, recitation and tarteel for men and memorization and tarteel for women.
A total of 149 Quran reciters and memorizers from 80 countries, including 114 men and 35 women, took part in the first round.
The motto of this edition, like the previous one, is “One Book, One Ummah”, a testimony to the significance that the Islamic Republic of Iran attaches to unity and fraternity among Muslim nations.
Iran’s Awqaf and Charity Affairs Organization annually organizes the international Quran contest with the participation of Quran activists from various countries.
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