Karbala Int’l Quran Award Winners Named

KARBALA (IQNA) – The winners of the second edition of an international Quran contest in the holy city of Karbala, Iraq, were announced.

The international Quran competition of holy shrines was organized by the Astan (custodianship) of the holy mausoleum f Imam Hussein (AS).

Launched on Sunday, July 9, at the holy shrine of Imam Hussein (AS), it concluded today with the announcement of the winners.

According to the panel of arbiters, Sayed Abdullah ZUhair al-Husseini from the Astan of Imam Hussein (AS) holy shrine, Mehdi Taqipour from the Astan of Hazrat Masoumeh (SA) holy shrine in Qom, and Seyed Mustafa Husseini from the Astan of Hussein ibn Ali ibn Musa al-Riza (AS) holy shrine in Qazvin, cam first to third in the category of recitation of the Quran.

The top winners in the memorization category were Mohammad Khakpour from the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS) in Mashhad, Ahmad Motamedi from Jamkaran Mosque in Qom, and Mehdi Mozaffari from Afghanistan’s Mazri Sharif.

The competition featured 54 contestants in the memorization and recitation categories. They represented more than 30 holy shrines and mosques from 10 Arab and Islamic countries, namely Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Algeria, Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

The contest was judged by a panel of 15 renowned experts in various Quranic fields.

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