Iran’s Qari Younes Shahmoradi bags International Qur’an recitation contest in Saudi Arabia
A distinguished Iranian reciter of the Holy Quran has finished in first place and won the top prize in an international Quranic competition in Saudi Arabia.
Younes Shahmoradi secured first place in the recitation category in the second edition of the Quranic contest Etr al-kalam, the perfume of words in English, and was awarded a prize of $800,000 (three million Saudi Arabian Riyals) on Friday.
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Shahmoradi, who was among the four Quran reciters advancing to the final round of the Quranic event, outperformed Abdulaziz al-Faqih from Saudi Arabia in second place, who won $500,000 (two million SAR). Moroccan contestants Zakariya al-Zirak and Abdullah Al-Dughri came in third and fourth.
In the call to prayer category, contestants from Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Lebanon, and Britain respectively won the top four titles.
