{"id":1479,"date":"2015-09-02T15:51:02","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T15:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/1479-quran-memorization-competition-held-in-south-africa\/"},"modified":"2015-09-02T15:51:02","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T15:51:02","slug":"quran-memorization-competition-held-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/1479-quran-memorization-competition-held-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Quran memorization competition held in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<address><span style=\"font-size: 12.1599998474121px; line-height: 15.8079996109009px;\">memorization of the Holy Quran was held by the Office for Quranic Affairs in South Africa<\/span><\/address>\n<p> <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>A competition on memorization of the Holy Quran was held by the Office for Quranic Affairs in South Africa.<\/h4>\n<h4>According to reports, the competition was organized in cooperation with the Holy Quran Memorization International Organization.<\/h4>\n<h4>Forty-three Quran activists competed in memorization of the entire Quran, 15 parts and 5 parts of the Quran.<\/h4>\n<h4>Winners were awarded in a ceremony at \u201cAl-Fath\u201d Mosque in Cape Town city of South Africa.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0The importance of such Quranic competitions, the virtues of Quran memorization and its positive effects on Quran memorizers and the Muslim society of South Africa were highlighted in the ceremony.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>memorization of the Holy Quran was held by the Office for Quranic Affairs in South Africa \u00a0 A competition on memorization of the Holy Quran was held by the Office for Quranic Affairs in South Africa. 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