Libyan, Moroccan Contenders Come First in Berlin Quran Contest

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Libyan Quran memorizer Osama Abdulaziz won the top award of a contest for memorizers of the Holy Quran in Berlin, Germany.

His compatriot Mohammad Fadhil came second while Omar Al-Mukhtar, of Norway, came third, said Al-Furqan association for learning the Holy Quran - the organizer of the contest, Sunday.

In the Quran reciting contest, Moroccan Ibrahim Bu-Ghaleb won the top award and Sana Al-Rifa'ie and Sana Bisiso came in the second and third places respectively.

The two-day contest gathered 723 eminent memorizers and reciters of the Holy Quran from 14 European countries, Ghamdan Al-Z'ietry, director of the Tunis-based Al-Furqan association said, KUNA reported.

Al-Z’ietry noted that this was the second version of the contest which is the largest of its kind in Europe.