51st International Quran Competition Opens in Malaysia

The 51st edition of international Quran competition kicked off last night, 5 August 2009, at Putra World Trade Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

According to IQNA, the opening ceremony of the competition attended by 82 Quran reciters from (almost 54 countries) various countries and a number of Malaysian Muslims as well as the ones interested in Quran recitation. The program started at 8 pm local time with the arrival of honored guests and dignitaries, followed by the arrival of the prime minister of Malaysia at 8.40 pm.

Governors and Raja and Sultans of the various states of Malaysia were the other guests took presence at the ceremony at 8.45 pm. His majesty the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Her Majesty the Raja Pemaisuri Agong, king and queen of the country arrived the meeting at 8.50 after which the national anthem was played and a do’a was recited as the beginning parts of the ceremony.

The guest qari, the top-ranked reciter of the contests held in 2006, recited some verses of Quran and this part followed by introduction session through which the king and queen shaked hands with quran reciters. Chairman of the main committee of the Quran assembly presented his speech before the royal address by the king who declared the official opening of the 1430H/ 2009 51sth Quran recital assembly.

Two national singing groups of Malaysia performed beautiful songs on the characteristics of God, and Quran as the word of God and the message of the holy prophet of Islam. The ceremony continued with Quran recitations by three reciters from Yemen, the West Timor and Kuwait, from among them the second reciter attended in women category, who recited some verses from surahs Bagharah, Tawbah and A’raf respectively.

For online streaming : http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/7449.htm 

Source from : International Quran News Agency 2009

MTQK-52 Catat Rating Penonton Tertinggi

Majlis Tilawah al-Quran Peringkat Kebangsaan Kali Ke-52 Tahun 1430H/2009M yang telah diadakan di Dewan Canselor, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Bandar Sri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan telah mencatatkan rekod penonton yang tertinggi sepanjang berlansungnya majlis tersebut.

Menurut sumber, majlis tilawah yang disiarkan secara lansung di TV1 itu mencatatkan rating penonton sebanyak 811,522 orang menjadikannya rancangan yang paling gemar ditontoni oleh rakyat Malaysia sepanjang minggu tersebut.

Majlis Tilawah al-Quran Peringkat Kebangsaan Kali Ke-52 ini telah dirasmikan pembukaannya oleh Y.A.B Tan Sri Muhyiddin bin Yasin, Timbalan Perdana Menteri pada 14 Julai 2009 sementara majlis penutupnya pula telah disempurnakan oleh DYMM Paduka Seri Sultan Azlan Muhibuddin Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Yussuf Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahulah, Sultan Perak Darul Ridzuan.

Pada majlis tersebut qari dari Sarawak; Awangku Omar Asfuaddin bin Awang Hamdan manakala qariah dari Perak; Cik Sharifah Khasif Fadzillah binti Syed Badiuzzaman telah diumumkan sebagai johan bagi Majlis Tilawah al-Quran Peringkat Kebangsaan kali ini. Mereka akan mewakili Malaysia dalam Majlis Tilawah al-Quran Peringkat Antarabangsa yang akan berlansung 5 hingga 12 Ogos 2009.

        

Sumber dipetik dari : Unit Perhubungan Awam JAKIM