Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa announced that EGP one million would be annually allocated for supporting Quran reciters, who do not receive any pension from the government. The move comes as ...

His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has assigned Al Qasimia University to carry out a project to create Quranic schools throughout Africa ...

Styles of recitation of the Quran can sometimes have a cultural and even a political meaning as well as a spiritual one, as Ahram Weekly discovers Yasser Al-Sharkawi misses the time when he would head ...

Cairo: Eight Egyptian reciters of the Quran have been banned by a governmental agency for visiting Iraq and Iran without permission and making the controversial Shiite call to prayer, an official said ...

Mogadishu, Somalia — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud presided over the closing ceremony of the annual Holy Quran Competition, held during Ramadan, where winners were awarded cash prizes for ...

If you surf the radio channels, you will hear different voices and various recitations of the Quran; but none of them is a woman’s. Ever wondered why? On page 134 of his 1959 book titled Alhan ...

Sharjah: The Sharjah Holy Quran Radio, an affiliate of Sharjah Broadcasting Authority, is launching the second edition of the international competition (SNQSE) ‘Our children, Our reciters’ in ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei described the Holy Quran as a book of wisdom that encompasses lessons for all areas of life. “The Holy Quran is full of ...

On the first day of the blessed month of Ramadan, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, met with a number of distinguished and international scholars and reciters of the ...