MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, April 18 (PIA) – Some 14 qari (Qur’an reader) coming from the five provinces and two cities of the Autonomous Region in Muslim (ARMM) will vie for the championship in this year’s Regional Qur’an Reading Competition.
The competition will be held on April 25 at the Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Complex in Cotabato City.
ARMM Bureau of Cultural Heritage Executive Director Ardan Sali said the champions of the regional competition will win cash prizes and trophies while the other participants will be awarded with certificates of participation.
This year’s male winner will get the chance to challenge 2012’s defending champion Ibrahim Mutahain of Lamitan City, he said.
He further said that Hadja Soraida Ampatua of Maguindanao, the region’s female contender during the 38th National Qur’an Reading Competition held last year at the UP Diliman Film Center Auditorium in Quezon City is the reigning national champion which automatically grants the upcoming female winner as the region’s grand champion.
Now on its 16th year, the Regional Qur’an Reading Competition aims to promote and preserve Islamic values among the people in the ARMM.
Meanwhile, the competition’s seven-man board of judges or “hakam” will come from each of the five provinces and two cities and will elect among themselves a chairman.
ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman, other key officials of the region and invited guests from the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) are among those expected to grace the event, Sali added. (ARMMCommGroup/APB/PIA10)
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