Australia Quran Memorization Contest A Platform for Celebrating Quran Activists
According to SBS Arabic, the contest, known as the Hafiz Al-Quran Competition, combines the memorization of the Book of God, mastery of its recitation, and the strengthening of Islamic identity among the younger generations in an atmosphere of unity and cooperation between Quran education institutions at the national level.
The importance of Quranic competitions stems not only from their role in encouraging the memorization of the text of the Book of God, but also in reviving awareness of its aesthetic, linguistic, and moral dimensions.
The Hafiz Al-Quran Competition, hosted by the Quran Memorization School at the Gungahlin Mosque in Canberra, is one of the most prominent initiatives in this field in Australia. Since its inception two years ago, the competition has become a prestigious national platform for celebrating the people of the Quran and introducing them to the beauty of the language of the Holy Book.
In an interview with SBS Arabic, Ashhad Al-Sulhi, one of the competition organizers, emphasized the importance of the qualitative improvement of the competition, saying, “This competition has previously been held in Canberra, not at the national level. This year was the first time we thought of holding a competition of this scale. There was a strong desire to unite all the Quranic education institutions across Australia under one umbrella to strengthen the ties of cooperation between them.”
He added, “The presence of eminent scholars such as Muhammad Fouad Abdul Majid, one of the leading Quran judges in the United States, and Sheikh Al-Misrawi, contributed to raising the level of judging and making it international.”
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Al-Sulhi said the biggest challenge was raising the level of judging, designing the questions and judging within an international framework. “In addition, the technical aspect played a pivotal role in organizing the competition, as a diverse team of AI and information systems experts worked to reduce reliance on the human element and achieve the highest levels of fairness and accuracy in the evaluation.”
He added, “Our team is diverse and has many experts in AI and information systems. With their efforts, we reduced the human factor. Strict criteria were set and we analyzed all the questions to achieve standard models.”
One of the bright spots in this year’s competition was that participation was open to both men and women, and the female participation rate reached almost 45 percent, which is a positive sign of the growth in the number of women interested in learning the Quran and progressing in it.
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