Mauritania Nat’l Quran Contest: Preliminary Round Held

IQNA – The preliminary round of the 5th edition of Mauritania’s national Quran competition began Friday.

This stage is being held in the country’s capital of Addis Ababa, Haba Bris website reported. 

A total of 56 contenders compete in the categories of Quran recitation, memorization and Tarteel.

Top winners in the finals will make it to the Quran competition for African countries, annually organized by the Mohammed VI Foundation of African Ulema organizes.

It is aimed at encouraging young Muslims in Africa to learn Islamic teachings and memorization and recitations of the Holy Quran.

Based in Morocco, the Mohammed VI Foundation of African Ulema, according to its founders, is an Islamic religious institution seeking to prevent radicalization and fight sectarianism within Islam.

The foundation’s goal is to unite and coordinate the efforts of Muslim theologians from Morocco and other African countries to consolidate Islamic values of tolerance and critical exploration of religious texts.

It also aims to facilitate intellectual, scientific and cultural action by bringing together Muslim theologians from around the world to encourage the establishment of religious, scientific and cultural centers and working towards the revitalization of a common African, Islamic cultural heritage.

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