Quran and Hadith Int'l Olympiad to Kick off Tomorrow in Qom
The 18th Quran and Hadith Olympiad of Al-Mustafa International University will kick off tomorrow, October 31, with participation of seminary students from over 69 countries.
This is according to Hojat-ol-Islam Mohammadreza Saleh, cultural deputy of the university, who told IQNA that participants have sent their works in Persian, Arabic, English, French and Urdu to the secretariat of the Olympiad.
He noted that the preliminary stage of the event will start tomorrow at Fiqh Higher Council for men and Bent-ul-Hoda Seminary School for women.
The final stage is slated to be held in January-February 2013, concurrent with marking Week of Unity in Iran.
He added that the event will be organized in the form of written and oral exams as well as submitted works by Al-Mustafa International University’s students in Iran and other countries.
The categories include Quran recitation, Tarteel, memorization of the Quran, memorization of Hadiths and supplications, and Quranic-based Tabligh (promoting the message of Islam), he said.
Hojat-ol-Islam Saleh noted that for the first time, in this edition of the Olympiad, contestants in the categories of Quran memorization Tarteel and recitation will also answer questions about Quranic concepts.
The Al-Mustafa University scholar added that the Olympiad’s organizers aim to deepen the content of the event’s categories and strengthen the participants’ skills and expertise in the field of Quran and Hadith.
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He noted that the preliminary stage of the event will start tomorrow at Fiqh Higher Council for men and Bent-ul-Hoda Seminary School for women.
The final stage is slated to be held in January-February 2013, concurrent with marking Week of Unity in Iran.
He added that the event will be organized in the form of written and oral exams as well as submitted works by Al-Mustafa International University’s students in Iran and other countries.
The categories include Quran recitation, Tarteel, memorization of the Quran, memorization of Hadiths and supplications, and Quranic-based Tabligh (promoting the message of Islam), he said.
Hojat-ol-Islam Saleh noted that for the first time, in this edition of the Olympiad, contestants in the categories of Quran memorization Tarteel and recitation will also answer questions about Quranic concepts.
The Al-Mustafa University scholar added that the Olympiad’s organizers aim to deepen the content of the event’s categories and strengthen the participants’ skills and expertise in the field of Quran and Hadith.
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