Students from Bulgaria performed worthy at the International Qur’an Recitation Competition in in Kosovo

One of the participants from Bulgaria during his performance 

Four students from Religious School – Momchilgrad and their two classmates from Religious School – “Nyuvvab” returned home after worthy performance at an International Qur’an Recitation Competition, which took place within the period of November 1 – 3 this year in Pristina. Though they did not rank among the finalists in the top three, each of the youths from Bulgaria did his best to perform worthy in his competitive category.

In the competition, which is held under the auspices of the Grand Mufti of Kosovo and organized by the Religious School “Alauddin” in Pristina, competed students from secondary religious schools in eight Balkan countries in total. The participants from Bulgaria, Kosovo, Albania, Turkey, Macedonia, Montenegro, Croatia and Sanjak were divided into boys and girls and competed in 4 categories. Three of them were for recitation by heart – of juz “Amma”, of three ajza (parts) from the Holy Qur’an and of five ajza from the Holy Qur’an. The forth category was for artistic recitation of the Qur’an.

The ranking by countries in each of the categories was as follows:

Artistic recitation of the Holy Qur’an

Boys

1. Bosna and Herzegovina

2. Turkey

3. Kosovo

Girls

1. Albania

2. Kosovo

Juz “Amma” by heart

Boys

1. Bosna and Herzegovina

2. Kosovo

3. Albania

Girls

1. Sanjak

2. Kosovo

3. Chroatia

Three ajza by heart

Boys

1. Kosovo

2. Bosna and Herzegovina

3. Albania

Girls

1. Kosovo

2. Sanjak

3. Albania

Five ajza by heart

Boys

1. Bosna and Herzegovina

2. Kosovo

3. Turkey

Girls

1. Kosovo

2. Sanjak

Video from the Balkan Qur’an Recitation Competition for students from secondary religious schools is available on the YouTube channel of the hosting school “Alauddin” - HERE.

Author: L. Chausheva