Al-Azhar to Hold Workshop for Quran Contest Arbiters
The workshop will focus on criteria and procedures for judging a nationwide Quran competition that is being held by the center.
More than 600 experts are estimated to attend the event.
These people will next be prepared to judge the competition. According to Al-Azhar, 59,495 contestants have made it to the next stage of the event which will start on February 25.
Arbiters will use an electronic system for setting the scores as Al-Azhar hopes that such an approach would eliminate mistakes of traditional methods.
The Quran competition is named after the Sheikh of Al-Azhar Islamic Center. Some 180,000 contenders participated in the preliminary stage which was held virtually.
The top contenders will then compete in the final round, scheduled to be held in the capital Cairo.
The competition is annually organized by Al-Azhar’s Quranic Affairs Department for the students of Al-Azhar and its affiliate Quran memorization centers.
Egypt is a country in North Africa with a population of around 100 million. Muslims account for around 90 percent of the country’s total population.
Quranic activities are very common in the Muslim-majority Arab country.
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