West African Participants Arrive for Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Quran and Sunnah Competition in Mauritania

Participants in the second edition of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Competition for the Memorization of the Holy Quran and the Prophetic Sunnah in West African countries have arrived in , Mauritania, this evening.

 The competition features 160 contestants from 16 West African countries and is organized by the Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance, in cooperation with Mauritania’s Ministry of Islamic Affairs and Original Education.

 It is scheduled to open tomorrow, Sunday, following the completion of organizational and technical preparations. Facilities have been set up and specialized committees formed to ensure the smooth conduct of the event and provide an appropriate environment for contestants across its various categories.

 Participants represent Mauritania, Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria.

 Contestants will compete in two main tracks, one for the Holy Quran and the other for the Prophetic Sunnah. Each track comprises five subcategories covering memorization, tajweed (rules of Quranic recitation), tafsir (exegesis), and understanding of Prophetic hadiths.