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September 12, 2009
Ibrahim Hafez Syed Ahmed from India (studied from
Markazu ssaqafathi ssunniyya (sunni cultural centre)
Karanthur, Calicut, Kerala, India - visit:
http://www.markazonline.com/eng/markaz.php)
clinched the top place and the Dh250,000 prize money
in the 13th Dubai International Holy Quran Award (DIHQA),
pushing Sudan’s Ismail Hagai and Nigerian Abdul
Malik AbuBakar Ibrahim to second and third spots.
Hagai won Dh200,000 for his efforts in the memorised
recitals and Ibrahim bagged Dh150,000.
The closing ceremony took
place at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce. During the
ceremony, Islamic Personality of the Year Dr Murad
Wilfried Hofmann and the top 10 of the 77
contestants (selected from an original list 85)
Quran Awards competition were honoured.
Certificates and cash
prizes were given away to the other participants as
well. Contestants, who scored above 80 per cent,
were rewarded with Dh30,000 each, while those with
scores ranging from 70 to 80 per cent, received
Dh25,000 each. Participants, who scored, less than
70 per cent got Dh20,000 each. Addressing the
gathering, Ibrahim Bu Melha, chairman of the DIHQA.
Organising Committee, said,
“DIHQA has promoted the memorising activities in and
outside the country. It has created a shining image
of the country and its blessed leaders.” Dr Hofmann
said he had a precious opportunity in the last few
years to give lectures in all Gulf countries. “In
each case, I found that thanks to Islam the quality
of life had not been submerged by the quantity of
goods available in a globalising world,” Hoffman
pointed out. “In this respect, desert life, still
somehow available to you, is of utmost importance.
The desert is bound to
fascinate Muslims for its beauty based of simple,
uncluttered forms, its silence, vastness, and
austerity. He who seeks Allah, will find him in the
desert. He who loves the desert, loves Allah.”
Hofmann stated that in the
West a ‘battle’ no longer
rages between religions. “Rather the most
significant ideological split separates those who
believe in a transcendent reality from those who, as
atheists, agnostics and materialists no longer do.
In this confrontation Islam is on the forefront,
almost alone now.”
Head of the jury panel Dr
Tariq Abdul Hakim Al Al Bayumi, Egypt, said the
competition saw 85 contestants who were received
this year. One participant returned while seven
others have been disqualified during preliminary
testing for poor performance.
Courtesy to : Abusheima
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