Iranian Qari Comes Third in Croatia Int’l Quran Contest

IQNA – One of Iran’s representatives in the 38th edition of Croatia’s international Quran competition won the third rank.

Yousef Jafarzadeh, who competed for Iran in the category of recitation of the Quran, came third after the representatives of Turkey and Indonesia.

Iran’s Mehdi Mahdavi, meanwhile, was not among the top winners in the category of memorization of the entire Quran.  

The international Quranic event, which had started in Zagreb on September 26, concluded in an awarding ceremony on Saturday night.

The panel of judges comprised Quran experts from several countries, including Aziz al-Ulaili from the host nation, Yusuf al-Himadi from Qatar, Othman Shahin from Turkey, Sherzad Tahir from Iraq and Kamal Guda from Algeria.

Croatia is a predominantly Christian country where Islam is a minority faith followed by 1.3% of the country’s population according to the 2021 census. 

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