Kyrgyzstan’s Third Nat’l Quran Competition Concludes
Winners in the girls and boys sections were awarded at the ceremony in Bishkek, al-Madina website reported.
The competition’s finals took place at the Imam Sarakhsi Grand Mosque in Bishkek on October 27-29.
It was organized by the Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance in cooperation with Kyrgyzstan’s Religious Administration of Muslims.
The preliminary rounds that had begun on October 10, included participants from seven provinces and two cities across the country.
A total of 300 contestants entered the initial stages, and 54 qualified for the finals.
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According to the organizers, the contest aimed to encourage greater engagement with Quran recitation and memorization across the country.
Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country with mountainous terrain in Central Asia. It is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west and southwest, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east. Its capital and largest city is Bishkek.
Official sources estimate that 80 percent of the country’s population is Muslim.
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