Rafe al-Amiri—a Quran reciter and the head of the National Center for Quranic Sciences—stated that the initiative, which has received the endorsement of Haider Hassan al-Shammari, head of the Shia Awaf (Endowment) Department, aims to facilitate the complete memorization of the Quran for male and female high school students.

Al-Amiri explained that the National Center for Quranic Sciences will oversee the project and prepare students to achieve the necessary standards for success.

He added that the project supports students in the intermediate and secondary (high school) stages in memorizing the entire Quran.

Upon successfully completing this memorization, participants will be granted special privileges for admission into universities and higher education institutions under the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. These benefits include a 3% increase in their cumulative academic average (GPA) and a reduction in university tuition fees.

The National Center for Quranic Sciences is the only official Quranic institution in Iraq. It is dedicated to Quranic activities and Islamic studies, serving as the primary hub for religious and Quranic programs in the country.

The center’s members include Quran reciters, memorizers (huffaz), exegetes (mufassirs), professors of Quranic sciences and Tajweed, as well as experts in religious and Quranic research.

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The center defines its primary mission as bringing together Quran reciters and strategizing to advance Quranic objectives—such as teaching the rules of recitation, the art of Tilawah (recitation), Quranic melodic styles (naghamat), and the training of reciters at the international, national, and provincial levels.

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