Syed Junaid Alam International Quran Award concludes

Manama, Nov. 26 (BNA): Personal Representative of His Majesty the King Shaikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa deputised Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments Shaikh Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa to attend the concluding ceremony of the 13th edition of the annual Syed Junaid Alam International Quran Award. Board Chairman of the Holy Quran Custody Society (HQCS) Ishaq bin Rashid Al Kooheji thanked HM the King's Personal Representative for patronising the award and the Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments Minister for being deputised to attend the concluding ceremony. He praised the tremendous support given by Bahrain leadership and government to the competition which is held at Ahmed Al Fateh Islamic Centre. He also thanked the organising committee for their efforts to ensure success of the award. He stressed that the support accorded by the family of Syed Junaid Alam to the award has contributed to its success in being chosen the best international competition in the Holy Quran by the Muslim World League's Holy Quran Memorization International Organisation in July 2014. On his part, Head of the organising committee Abdul Ghani Al Amri expressed honour in heading the committee and serving the Holy Quran. He also paid tribute to Bahrain leadership for their unflinching support to the competition, praising the remarkable contributions of Syed Junaid Alam family to its success. Winners, participants and the jury of the competition were honoured. It is to note that the organising committee of the award has earmarked more than BD 40,000 cash prizes for all contestants who competed over four days running at Ahmed Al Fateh Islamic Centre from November 21 to 24.