Egypt Awqaf Ministry Plans to Develop Activities of Cairo Quran Radio
Mohamed Mukhtar Gomaa said in a speech at the parliament on Monday that the plan includes developments in both technical and human resources aspects.
He noted that for the first time since its establishment, 12 new qaris will join the radio to recite the Quran.
He said the plan will be implemented in coordination with the Egypt national Media Organization, al-Misri al-Yawm website reported.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Gomaa referred to the renovation and restoration of mosques in Egypt and described the past decade as a golden era in this field.
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He said more than 12,000 mosques across the country have been renovated and repaired in this period with a cost of over 18 billion Egyptian pounds.
Highlighting other activities of the Awqaf ministry, he said more than 7,000 Quranic circles are regularly held at mosques in Egypt and that they have been received very well by the people.
Egypt is a country in North Africa with a population of around 100 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.
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