Quran Schools to Be Launched in Egypt’s Major Mosques
Speaking in televised program, he said one of the planned Quran schools will be opened in the Jama Mosque in Cairo in a few days.
He said the ministry pays for the costs of establishing the schools in mosques.
According to Goma, the imams of the mosques and Quran instructors will be in charge of the schools.
Quranic education in these schools will be totally free of charge, he noted.
The minister went on to say that those selected to teach in these schools ought to be memorizers of the entire Quran and have no affiliation to extremist groups.
Egypt is a country in North Africa with a population of around 96 million.
Muslims account for around 90 percent of the country’s total population.
Quranic activities are very common in the Muslim-majority Arab country and many of the Muslim world’s top Qaris in the past and present have been Egyptian.
