Styles of recitation of the Quran can sometimes have a cultural and even a political meaning as well as a spiritual one, as Ahram Weekly discovers Yasser Al-Sharkawi misses the time when he would head ...

Dozens of male and female santri (Islamic school students) throng the terrace of the Baitul Mustofa Islamic boarding school mosque while waiting for maghrib (dusk) call to prayers, which also signals ...

Learning to become a qari (or qari’ah for females), a skilled reciter of the Quran, the holy book for Muslims, is not easy. It takes years or even decades of practice and discipline to master proper ...

Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir plans to organize a Quran recital in February involving 1 lakh people in Murshidabad, alongside a recent large-scale Bhagavad Gita chanting event by monks. He laid the ...

Kolkata: Suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir Sunday said he will organise a Quran recital in February by 1 lakh people, even as a ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota teenager who became the first American to win a prestigious Quran recitation contest will travel to Somalia to meet the country’s president. Ahmed Burhan Mohamed has become a ...

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On Sunday several BJP leaders along with saints and monks from even other states were seen attending Gita recital at ...

The winners in the categories of reciting and memorization received their prizes from Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V during the closing ceremony held at the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala ...