Tanzania: Nat’l Quran Contest Finals Held, Winners Named

IQNA – The final stage of Tanzania’s 24th national Quran competition was held in Dar es Salaam on Sunday.

The city’s Diamond Jubilee Hall hosted the finals, according to the Iranian Cultural Center in the country.

The contenders competed in two separate sections for men and women on memorization of the Quran.

In the end, Amir Mawlid Dundu and Summaya Hassan Suleiman won the top titles in the men and women sections, respectively.

They were awarded a house and a cash prize of 3 million shillings ($1200) each.  

Minister of Health and Social Welfare Ummy Mwalimu who was present at the awarding ceremony on behalf of President Samia Suluhu Hassan said the president is also going to give each of the winners 10 million shillings ($4,000).

The Aisha Sarwar Foundation organized the competition in cooperation with a number of private institutes.

Tanzania is a country in East Africa where Islam is the religion of about 35 percent of the population.

On the mainland, Muslim communities are concentrated in coastal areas, with some large Muslim majorities also in inland urban areas especially and along the former caravan routes. More than 99 percent of the population of the Zanzibar archipelago is Muslim.

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