Three Qur’an readers were P100,000 richer last week after emerging as champions in the annual Qur’an reading competition held in Cotabato City.
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Kadafie was also hailed as a Hafidha, or someone who has not only learned to read the Qur’an but has memorized and retained its verses according to the book. The champions of the competition received certificates and cash prizes worth P100,000.00 while the first placers took home P75,000.00, followed by the second placers with P50,000.00.Qur’an recitation : Champion, Sadhan Zacaria ; first place, Kamaroddin Zaidon ; and, second place, Ahmad Muhammad Nazir Asgar
In the awarding ceremony, Education Minister Mohagher Iqbal emphasized “the essence of promoting Qur’an literacy and teaching its recitation, and memorization to every Muslim.”
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