{"id":5825,"date":"2018-05-06T14:44:42","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T14:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5825-ghana-university-hosts-quran-adhan-competition\/"},"modified":"2018-05-06T14:44:42","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T14:44:42","slug":"ghana-university-hosts-quran-adhan-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5825-ghana-university-hosts-quran-adhan-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana University hosts Quran, Adhan competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Islamic University of Ghana held a competition on Quran recitation, Quran memorization and Adhan (call to prayers).<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>The Islamic University of Ghana held a competition on Quran recitation, Quran memorization and Adhan (call to prayers).<\/h4>\n<h4>According to ICRO, 36 students took part in the contest.<\/h4>\n<h4>A large number of Muslims and members of religious institutes were present at venue of the contest earlier this week.\u00a0\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>In an address at the awarding ceremony, one of the participants highlighted the status of the Holy Quran among Muslims in Ghana.<\/h4>\n<h4>Ghana is a country in West Africa. Islam is one of the major religions practiced widely in the country. Its presence in modern-day Ghana dates back to the 10th century.<\/h4>\n<h4>The population of Muslims in Ghana makes up about 24 percent of the country\u2019s population.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Islamic University of Ghana held a competition on Quran recitation, Quran memorization and Adhan (call to prayers). \u00a0 \u00a0 The Islamic University of Ghana held a competition on Quran recitation, Quran memorization and Adhan (call to prayers). According to ICRO, 36 students took part in the contest. A large number of Muslims and members &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[65,188,207,224],"class_list":["post-5825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-africa","tag-ghana","tag-islamic","tag-quran"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ghana University hosts Quran, Adhan competition - Shia Waves<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5825-ghana-university-hosts-quran-adhan-competition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ghana University hosts Quran, Adhan competition - Shia Waves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Islamic University of Ghana held a competition on Quran recitation, Quran memorization and Adhan (call to prayers). \u00a0 \u00a0 The Islamic University of Ghana held a competition on Quran recitation, Quran memorization and Adhan (call to prayers). According to ICRO, 36 students took part in the contest. A large number of Muslims and members &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5825-ghana-university-hosts-quran-adhan-competition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Shia Waves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-05-06T14:44:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/05\/images_2018_05_06_04.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Arooj\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Arooj\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5825-ghana-university-hosts-quran-adhan-competition\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5825-ghana-university-hosts-quran-adhan-competition\/\",\"name\":\"Ghana University hosts Quran, Adhan competition - Shia Waves\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5825-ghana-university-hosts-quran-adhan-competition\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5825-ghana-university-hosts-quran-adhan-competition\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/05\/images_2018_05_06_04.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-05-06T14:44:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-05-06T14:44:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5825-ghana-university-hosts-quran-adhan-competition\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5825-ghana-university-hosts-quran-adhan-competition\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5825-ghana-university-hosts-quran-adhan-competition\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/05\/images_2018_05_06_04.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/05\/images_2018_05_06_04.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5825-ghana-university-hosts-quran-adhan-competition\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ghana University hosts Quran, Adhan competition\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/\",\"name\":\"Shia Waves\",\"description\":\"Just another ShiaWaves site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9\",\"name\":\"Arooj\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/author\/housseini\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ghana University hosts Quran, Adhan competition - Shia Waves","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5825-ghana-university-hosts-quran-adhan-competition\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ghana University hosts Quran, Adhan competition - Shia Waves","og_description":"The Islamic University of Ghana held a competition on Quran recitation, Quran memorization and Adhan (call to prayers). \u00a0 \u00a0 The Islamic University of Ghana held a competition on Quran recitation, Quran memorization and Adhan (call to prayers). According to ICRO, 36 students took part in the contest. A large number of Muslims and members &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5825-ghana-university-hosts-quran-adhan-competition\/","og_site_name":"Shia Waves","article_published_time":"2018-05-06T14:44:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":400,"url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/05\/images_2018_05_06_04.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Arooj","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Arooj","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5825-ghana-university-hosts-quran-adhan-competition\/","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5825-ghana-university-hosts-quran-adhan-competition\/","name":"Ghana University hosts Quran, Adhan competition - Shia Waves","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5825-ghana-university-hosts-quran-adhan-competition\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5825-ghana-university-hosts-quran-adhan-competition\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/05\/images_2018_05_06_04.jpg","datePublished":"2018-05-06T14:44:42+00:00","dateModified":"2018-05-06T14:44:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5825-ghana-university-hosts-quran-adhan-competition\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5825-ghana-university-hosts-quran-adhan-competition\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5825-ghana-university-hosts-quran-adhan-competition\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/05\/images_2018_05_06_04.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/05\/images_2018_05_06_04.jpg","width":600,"height":400},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5825-ghana-university-hosts-quran-adhan-competition\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ghana University hosts Quran, Adhan competition"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/","name":"Shia Waves","description":"Just another ShiaWaves site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/508197e3bc9d3b474f5b7583e445cbf9","name":"Arooj","url":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/author\/housseini\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}