FRIDAY BULLETIN—The winners of the Jamia Mosque Quran competition were among the star performers during the just concluded East Africa Quran Competition in Mombasa.
The event was organized by the Mombasa based Muslim Mercy Youth and attracted more than 600 participants from Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.
After receiving an Umrah package and a Sh170, 000 cash prize during the Jamia Mosque Qur’an competition, Ahmed Muhammad Ibrahim added a fully paid hajj package and Sh 40,000 to his basket of awards after topping the competition in the category of Kenyan competitors.
He emerged third overall in the memorization of all the 30 chapters of the Qur’an in the event which saw Abdulhakim Abdulrahim Muhammad from Somalia emerging the overall winner earning himself the coveted fully paid trip for hajj in the sacred city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia and a Sh50,000 prize money.
In addition, the two winners received a cash prize of Sh100, 000 each from the Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho.
The second position was taken by Muhammad Daud from Kenya who went home with a Sh50, 000 cash prize.
In the female category, Aishah Abdishakur who emerged the overall winner in the Jamia Quran competition took the top honours at the Mombasa event. She was also selected to represent Kenya during the Khartoum International Quran competition slated for January 2016 in Sudan.
Ahmed and Aishah earned themselves automatic tickets to the highly contested event after topping the charts at the Jamia mosque event.
Participants competed in five categories of memorization of the Quran-2 chapters, 5 chapters, 10 chapters, 20 and committing to memory all the 30 chapters of the Quran.
The Chief Kadhi Sheikh Ahmed Muhdhar was the guest of honour at the four day event which was held at the Makadara ground within Mombasa town.
Across the borders in Tanzania, Muhammad Rashid who hails from Mombasa emerged the winner of the African Quran Competition held last week in the capital Dar es sallam. He went home with a brand new car as his prize in the event witnessed by thousands of people at the Tanzania National Stadium.
