Learning to become a qari (or qari’ah for females), a skilled reciter of the Quran, the holy book for Muslims, is not easy. It takes years or even decades of practice and discipline to master proper ...

Maria Ulfah’s father started it all. Even in the 1960s, he wanted his daughter to have equal status with men. So the devout Muslim encouraged her to study public speaking, take voice lessons and ...

Styles of recitation of the Quran can sometimes have a cultural and even a political meaning as well as a spiritual one, as Ahram Weekly discovers Yasser Al-Sharkawi misses the time when he would head ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The film presents a look at the annual International Holy Koran Competition held in Egypt during Ramadan. 110 students from around the world come together in Cairo for the event, with undivided ...

Vizianagaram hosts a Quran recitation contest, encouraging youth to engage with the Quran and promoting ethics and morals.

Pakistan hosts its first international Quran recitation competition with participants from 37 countries; Malaysia’s Qari ...

Bashundhara Shuvosangho organised a contest on Quran recitation and ghazals at Aliarpur Darul Uloom Qawmia Hafezia Madrasa in ...

After Zohran Mamdani was elected as New York City's first Muslim mayor in November, social media posts shared an old video ...