TEHRAN -- Abdulrahman Hardan, a Syrian memorizer who competed in Iran’s 39th International Holy Qur’an Competition earlier this week, said Qur’anic activities in his country have significantly grown in recent years.
Hardan, who is also a qari, told IQNA in an interview that the war in Syria has not affected Qur’anic activities and teaching the Holy Book negatively.
He said the crisis has even caused more people to resort to the Qur’an and led to boosting Qur’anic activities.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Hardan referred to the very tight race among contenders in Iran’s international Qur’anic event, saying the level of the competition was high.
He also said one of the main features of the contest was the number of specialties of members of panels of arbiters that led to greater precision in judgments.
The final round of Iran’s 39th International Holy Quran Competition kicked off here in Tehran last Saturday and concluded in a ceremony on Wednesday evening, where winners of different categories were named and awarded.
This edition of the international Qur’anic event was held in two stages, with the first round having been attended by 150 contenders from 80 countries.
From among them, 52 qaris and memorizers from 33 countries made it to the final round.
The motto of this year’s competition was “One Book, One Ummah”.