Egyptian Awqaf Ministry’s Initiative Aimed at Improving People’s Quran Recitation

CAIRO (IQNA) – Egypt’s Awqaf ministry plans an initiative in mosques for correcting errors made by people when reciting the Quran.

Dubbed “Correct Your Recitation”, it will be held in a number of major mosques in different cities, el-Balad News reported.

Ten mosques will host the implementation of the program, with the first one being Sayyidah Zaynab Mosque in Cairo.  

It includes recitation of one-fourth of a Hizb (part of the Quran) by a senior qari or the imam of the mosque with the listeners repeating the verses after him.  

The ministry said the plan helps those who like to attend Quran recitation events to rectify their recitation.

It added that given the priority of this initiative, any Quran classes planned in the mosques will be postponed to a later time.

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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