All Island Qirath Competion Held

The annual All Island Qirath Competition organized by the SLMC's Central Committee of the Colombo District was held at Dar Us Salaam in Colombo today. The competition commenced with a short address by Barmuneer, and Imtiaz Muhsin the Secretary and Chairman of the Organizing Committee

A prominent feature of the competition was that over 500 applications were received from all over the Island. Competitors present were from Colombo, Samanthurai, Kattankudy, Weligama, Galle, Panadura, Malwana, Thihariya, Hunupitiya and Negombo. The competitions were held in the categories under 19, 16 and under 12 separately for Boys and for Girls.

The organizers pointed out that it is important that an effort is made to preserve and promote the salient religious and cultural features of the Muslim Community in Sri Lanka. Rauff Hakeem M.P. and Leader of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress said in his address that Muslims in Sri Lanka should make shukoor to Allah Ta'ala for providing the Muslims with an environment where the practice of Islam was easy. Hakeem gave away the certificates to the winners of the Qirath competition.

Khalid