{"id":74820,"date":"2021-04-26T13:36:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T13:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=74820"},"modified":"2021-04-26T13:36:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T13:36:55","slug":"the-grand-africa-competition-for-the-holy-quran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/74820-the-grand-africa-competition-for-the-holy-quran\/","title":{"rendered":"The Grand Africa Competition for the Holy Quran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f4-\u06f2\u06f6_\u06f0\u06f4-\u06f2\u06f9-\u06f2\u06f2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f4-\u06f2\u06f6_\u06f0\u06f4-\u06f2\u06f9-\u06f2\u06f2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f4-\u06f2\u06f6_\u06f0\u06f4-\u06f2\u06f9-\u06f2\u06f2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f4-\u06f2\u06f6_\u06f0\u06f4-\u06f2\u06f9-\u06f2\u06f2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f4-\u06f2\u06f6_\u06f0\u06f4-\u06f2\u06f9-\u06f2\u06f2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/04\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f1-\u06f0\u06f4-\u06f2\u06f6_\u06f0\u06f4-\u06f2\u06f9-\u06f2\u06f2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>The Benjamin National Stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, witnessed thousands crowding the stadium&#8217;s stands to attend the 2021 Grand Africa Competition for the Holy Quran.<br>The Grand Africa Competition for the Holy Quran, organized by the Al-Hikma Educational Foundation, includes 21 contestants from various African countries. 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