More than 1,000 students from 60 universities and colleges in the Kingdom are participating in a higher education Holy Qur’an contest that started in Jeddah on Monday.
The new annual contest is aimed at spreading a culture of learning about Islam and the Qur’an among students in the Kingdom, a source on the orga- nizing committee said. The judges include 12 scholars and memorizers of the Holy Qur’an. The Saudi Scientific
Society for the Holy Qur’an and its Sciences (Tebyan) under the aegis of Jeddah Gov. Prince Mishaal bin Majed, organized the event.
More than SR1 million in prize money will be distributed to the winners on May 12 at the end of the contest, the source said. Salah Baothman, secretary of the Jeddah branch of the Tebyan society, said the contest is open to men and women students of 30 government universities and 30 private universities and colleges.
The categories include mem- orization of the full text, and five, 10 and 20 chapters, while observing rules of recitation and intonation.
Sheikh Abdullah Basfar, secre- tary general of the World Organization for the Memorization of the Holy Qur’an, commended the spon- sors of the competition including Hatem Al-Juffali’s charity for its generous support.
Basfar said the organizers have set up a subcommittee to run the event and an exhibition on the sidelines. He praised the government for supporting such
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