Radio, Television Quran Reciters Committee Formed in Egypt
The committee is aimed at identifying top talents among qaris and Ibtihal reciters in different provinces of the country, dostor.org website reported.
It will also grant Quran recitation permission to the qaris who want to recite the Holy Book on radio and television.
The committee, which has 14 members, will hold its first session on Wednesday, June 1.
Mohamed Nuwar is the president of the committee and head of the Quran TV Ridha Abdul Salam, prominent qari Ahmed Ahmed Noaina, and Tajweed masters Sheikh Sayed ali Abdul Hamid and Sheikh Khaled Shaaban Othman are among its members.
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 and many of the Muslim world’s top qaris in the past and present have been Egyptian.
Over the past decades, Egyptian qaris have always played a major role in the art of Quran recitation in the world.
