5,000 Egyptian Mosques to Host Quranic Programs for Kids
Awqaf Minister Mohammed Mukhtar Gomaa said 5,000 mosques across the country will host the Quranic events.
Dubbed “Protect Your Child with Quran”, the programs are aimed at teaching the Quran to elementary and guidance school students.
The will be organized in the holidays between the two semesters of the school year, he said, Youm7 website reported.
Gomaa noted highlighted the ministry’s other Quranic activities, saying it has also launched Khatm Quran (reading the Holy Book from beginning to end) programs as well as an initiative for correcting people’s Quran reading.
Dubbed “Correct Your Recitation”, the initiative is held in a number of major mosques in different cities.
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Every day after Maghrib and Isha prayers, the prayer leader of the mosque or a Quran recitation expert recites the verses of the Quran, beginning with Surah Al-Fatiha, the first Surah of the Holy Book, and people repeat the verses one by one after him.
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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