Egypt Launches Organization Overseeing Activities of Quranic Elites
The ministry said in a statement that the new body is aimed at enhancing the capabilities of Quranic talents and supporting them culturally, financially and educationally.
It will also help in identifying Quranic talents and elites in such fields as Quran memorization, preaching, Ibtihal and religious propagation, the statement added.
The ministry added that a specialized committee has also been established in this regard, according to Bawaba Al-Ahram Daily.
A number of Awqaf ministry officials like Hisham Abdul Aziz, the head of the religious affairs department, as well as Quranic figures such as Sheikh Abdul Fattah al-Taruti and Khaled al-Jundi are among the members of the committee, the statement said.
It went on to say that more Quranic personalities of the country will be added to the committee as needed.
Egypt is a country in North Africa with a population of around 100 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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