Kuwait Awards Int’l Quran Competition Winners
Winners of different categories were announced and awarded at the ceremony in Kuwait City.
The panel of judges named qaris from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Bangladesh as the winners of the first to third ranks in the recitation category, respectively.
Iran’s Habib Sedaqat won the fourth rank and the representative of Thailand came fifth.
In memorization of the entire Quran, the top winners were from Uganda, Somalia, Bahrain, Kuwait and Egypt respectively.
Iranian memorizer Mohammad Reza Zahedi was not among the five winners in this category.
Iran also had a representative in memorization of the Quran for children. Mohammad Hossein Malekinejad came fifth in this category. The memorizer from Bangladesh bagged the top prize and those from the US and Algeria were the runner-up and the third-rank winner, respectively, while the representative of Palestine came in fourth.
In an address to the closing ceremony, Kuwait’s Awqaf Minister Mohammad Al-Wasmi said the competition reflected the Arab country’s keenness on serving the Holy Quran.
He added that it was a landmark event solidifying Islamic brotherhood and unity among the Muslim Ummah.
Al-Wasmi thanked the organizers and the contestants for their efforts, which he said served the purpose of promoting Quranic teachings and identifying new Quranic talents.
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The competition had kicked off in the Kuwaiti capital on November 13.
A total of 127 Quran reciters and memorizers from 75 countries competed in different categories of the Quranic award.
The panel of judges consisted of six Quran experts, namely Faras Qaim al-Matar from the host country, Kamil bin Saud al-Unzi from Saudi Arabia, Maqri Musa Nur Bilal from India, Abdul Bari Abdul Rahman al-Ilmi from Somalia, Kamal Qaddah from Ageria and Buhlul Shuaid Abu Arqub from Libya.
Since its establishment in 2010, the Kuwait international Quran contest, organized by Kuwait’s Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, has encouraged young people worldwide to engage with the Quran through memorization, recitation, and Tajweed.
In the previous 12 editions of the competition, Iran’s best result came in 2018 when Mehdi Gholamnejad finished runner-up in Quran recitation.
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