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Jeddah:
More than 40,000 people memorized the Holy Qur’an under the
supervision of the Holy Qur’an Memorization International
Organization (HQMIO) across the world since its founding.
According to the annual report of
the HQMIO, the organization offered support to a number of Qur’an
institutes and colleges in various parts of the world.
It has also been organizing regional, international and local
memorization contests in Asia, Africa and Europe, Secretary Gen.
of HQMIO Abdullah Al-Basfar said in a statement to the Saudi Press
Agency.
“The HQMIO organized 15 programs to
train and qualify people for recitation of the holy book in the
three continents of Asia, Africa and Europe. Summer programs
produced 4,771 Qur’an memorizers this year. The courses are
conducted by specialized experts in the Arabic language and Qur’an
Sciences,” Al-Basfar said while submitting the organizations
performance report for 2012.
He added that the organization also
held graduation ceremonies for those who completed Qur’an
memorization and recitation programs in their own respective
countries with the presence of high officials and representatives
of the organizations with the aim of encouraging those who learn
the holy book and spread a spirit of honorable competition among
them.
HQMIO granted 902 scholarships for
undergraduate and postgraduate Qur’anic studies, 631 students of
Islamic law and 249 students of various Islamic sciences.
As part of a scheme to provide
breakfast to poor students in Ramadan, it also gave away new
clothes to 5,300 students on the occasion of Eid, in addition to
supplying them with SR1,217,000 worth of sacrificial meat during
the course of the year.
It also sent 694 imams to mosques in
34 countries to lead traweeh prayers during the month of Ramadan.
The organization also sent 116,220
copies of the Holy Qur’an to various institutions in a number of
countries for the benefit of teachers and students.
It also organized events to honor
participants in the programs and other activities conducted by it
besides signing memorandums of understanding with a number of
organizations, the report said.
The report also outlined its other
activities including media efforts, research works, publications
apart from opening a website, holding exhibitions and presenting
television programs.
The HQMIO is an international
charitable organization with legal personality affiliated with the
Muslim World League.
The Jeddah-based organization, which
was founded in the year 2000, devotes its efforts to serve the
glorious Qur’an and all related disciplines in the world.
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