Taqreem of Bangladesh Become First in Int'l Quran Competition

Hafez Saleh Ahmad Taqreem (13) from Bangladesh has won first place in the Iran International Hifzul Quran Competition, according to Iran's International Quran News Agency.

His name was announced on Saturday (March 5th) in the final winners of the 38th International Quran Competition held at the Andishah Auditorium in Tehran, the capital of Iran.

It is learned that the names of the winners were announced at the colorful closing ceremony of the six-day competition. In addition, 62 contestants from 29 countries participated in this year's International Quran Competition. Out of them, 30 were declared as final winners in 10 categories.

A total of 30 winners have been announced in the men's and women's sections in 10 categories. In this, Saleh Ahmad Taqreem, a contestant from Bangladesh, has won first place in the entire Quran Hifz section of the boy's section of school level students.

Hafez Saleh Ahmad Taqreem is a student of Markazu Faizil Quran Al Islami Madrasa in Dhaka. His home is in Bhadra village of Nagarpur police station in Tangail. His father Hafez Abdur Rahman is a madrasa teacher and his mother is a housewife. On 22 August last year, Taqreem won first place in the selection test held at the National Mosque Baitul Mukarram under the supervision of Islamic Foundation Bangladesh and was selected as the only representative of Bangladesh in this competition.