28 contestants vie for top honors in Sheikh Jassim Noble Qur'an Competition finals: Awqaf

Doha: The final phase of the 30th Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed bin Thani Noble Quran Competition is featuring public contests among full and partial mem...

Doha: The final phase of the 30th Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed bin Thani Noble Quran Competition is featuring public contests among full and partial memorizers on Saturday and Sunday, at Imam Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab Mosque in Doha.

The contestants are competing before an international judging panel composed of Quranic scholars to identify the top five memorizers who will be awarded the highest honors.

The panel is chaired by Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Isa Al Masrawi, former Sheikh of the Egyptian Recitation Schools, and includes Sheikh Muhammad Hassan Bousso from Senegal, Sheikh Dr. Bilal Baroudi from Lebanon, Sheikh Muhammad Yahya Taher from Qatar, and Sheikh Fahd Ahmed Al Mohamad, representative of the Competition's Organizing Committee.

Also competing publicly are thirteen full and partial memorizers from the Qatari citizens before a judging panel composed of female masters of the Holy Qur'an, tasked with determining the top five winners at the Women's Activity Center of the Department of Dawah and Religious Guidance in Al Wab.

A statement by the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs today highlighted that the final public stage witnessed the qualification of five contestants in the citizens category, namely: Muhammad Abdullah Muhammad Blaydeh, Muhammad Ahmad Muhammad Abdulrahim Al Haram, Ibrahim Muhammad Hashim Al Mashhadani, Abdulaziz Abdullah Ali Al Hamri, and Hamad Abdullah Tais Al Jumaili.