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Fifty participants, aged five to sixteen, participated in this event, which featured two categories. There were three levels in the first category and two levels in the second category. Category 1, Level 1: Memorized the entire Qur’an (30 juz’) 1st Prize ($400): Ameena Yoonas 2nd Prize ($300): Mohsin M. Taqiuddin 3rd Prize ($200): Aamir Arif Category 1, Level 2: Memorized half (15 juz’) of the Qur’an 1st Prize ($300): Abdullah El Okda 2nd Prize ($200): Zainab Yoonas 3rd Prize ($150): Anas Asjad Category 1, Level 3: Memorized one-sixth (5 juz’) of the Qur’an 1st Prize ($200): Shaheer Khan 2nd Prize ($150): Rida Khan 3rd Prize ($100): Abdulaziz Ahmed Category 2, Level 1: Read from Noorani Qaida 1st Prize ($200): Aya Tarabishy 2nd Prize ($150): Anas El Okda 3rd Prize ($100): Maha Siddiqi Category 2, Level 2: Read from the Qur’an with proper tajweed (Beginners) 1st Prize ($100): Mohammed El Okda 2nd Prize ($75): Zakariah Siyaji 3rd Prize ($50): Amira Mohiuddin
Winners of the 2010
Qira’at Competition JUDGES: Hafiz Abdul Hadi (Islamic Center
of Chicago), Hafiz Abdul Sameed, Hafiz Abu Nayeem Qadri ( Tajweedul Qur’an Chicago), Hafiz Zaid M. Saleh, Hafiz Sayeed Shareef (Islamic Institute of Education), Hafiz Abdul Samed Quadri, and Hafiz Adnaan Waseem (Darul uloom Baffalo, NY). At the conclusion of the award ceremony, ISNA secretary general Safaa Zarzour thanked the participants and related the Prophet’s (salla Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) saying that the noblest Muslims are those who memorize the Qur’an. He continued: “And at the tender ages of five and ten and sixteen, you are the noblest of your community.” He also thanked the participants’ families for supporting and encouraging their children to engage in such a noble and blessed task, and thanked Dar el-Salam Travel for supporting the event.