Winners of Quran Competition in Austria Announced
The competition was held in late April on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan.
It had two sections for men and women in the categories of Quran recitation, Quran memorization and Adhan (call to prayer). The Quran recitation category had two sub-categories of Tarteel and Tahqiq (imitation of famous qaris like Sheikh Mustafa Ismail).
In women’s category, Zahra Sadat and Saeideh Sadat Waqefi won awards in Tahqiq recitation, Ameneh Moballegh and Najme Jafari won Tarteel recitation of above 16-year-olds, Safa Rostami claimed title of Tarteel recitation in U16 category while Yekta Kazemi, Marveh Rostami, Kimia Taslimi, and Zeinab Hosseini won memorization of small Surahs for girls.
Mohammadreza Hosseini, Hossein Sheikhali, and Ali Hassanzadeh won top awards for Tahqiq recitation in the men’s category. Mehdi Hassanzadeh, Seyyed Mojtaba Mousavi, and Amir Abbas Amidi won Tarteel recitation while the awards of Adhan contest went to Mehdi Hassanzadeh, Seyyed Mojtaba Mousavi, and Hossein Sheikhali.
Initiated in 1992 by the Islamic Republic of Iran under the name of Islamic Culture Center, the center expanded its activities in 2000. A year later, it was officially registered and renamed to “Imam Ali (AS) Islamic Center Vienna”.
Since its establishment, the center has been actively trying to promote religious teachings as well as Islamic identity in the Austrian cross-cultural community.
In addition, it has made efforts to introduce the genuine face of Islam to non-Muslims in this European country.
Imam Ali (AS) Islamic Center Vienna organizes regularly a wide range of programs in 3 major fields including religion, culture, and sport. Religious activities cover Quran teaching courses, ceremonies, conferences, etc. As for Cultural plans, it holds educational forums and courses such as language learning, IT, art, family counseling, publishing, and library services. It also provides different sport trainings such as swimming, body building, and martial arts.
