KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 (Bernama) — Seven international participants will take the stage tonight in the tilawah (recitation) segment of the 65th International Quran Recitation and Memorisation Assembly (MTHQA), now underway at the World Trade Centre (WTC) Kuala Lumpur.
Mozambique’s Zacarias Nuro will open the second-day session, followed by Amal Nazirah Haji Asmat (Brunei), Jassim Bacarat Hadji Daud (Philippines) and Mohsen Ghasemi (Iran).
Also scheduled to recite are Muhammed Yahya Yildizhan (Türkiye), Nour Imane Aissani (Algeria) and Nurfaqihhah Aliyah Mohd Rizal (Singapore), according to the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM) on its Facebook post.
In the memorisation category, Malaysia’s Putri Auni Khadijah Mohd Hanif and Muhammad Adib Ahmad Rozaini completed their recitations earlier today.
They were joined by six international participants, including Fahad Saeed S. S. Al-Qeraisi (Qatar), Najway Ali Zaydan Alkourbu (Libya), Mohamedelamin Elsuni Shaikheldin Elnaeim (Sudan), Abdul Rahman Ali (Ghana), Azizatou Bah (Ivory Coast) and Mahamadou Doucoure (Mali).
Held from Aug 2 to 9 under the theme ‘Developing a MADANI Ummah’, this year’s MTHQA gathers 71 participants from 49 countries.
Winners in the recitation category will receive RM40,000, with second and third place taking home RM30,000 and RM20,000 respectively, along with gold items sponsored by the Malaysian Islamic Economic Development Foundation (YaPEIM).
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