On November 29, 2024, Friday, from 8 am to 10 pm, the world’s largest international Qiraat conference ’23rd Iqra International Qiraat Conference Bangladesh-2024′ is going to be held at the National Mosque Baitul Mukarram premises under the initiative of the ‘International Quran Recitation Organization (Iqra)’ and under the patronage of the PHP Family.
Sheikh Qari Yasir Sharqoui of Egypt, Qari Hamid Reza Ahmadi Wafa of Iran, Qari Hammad Anwar Nafisi of Pakistan, Qari Kochar Omar Ali of Iraqi Kurdistan, and Qari Elias Al-Mihayoui of Morocco will participate in this conference. The conference will be graced by the Chief Guest, Honorable Advisor to the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Mr. A.F.M. Khalid Hossain. The chief patron will be Sufi Md. Mizanur Rahman, Chairman of PHP Family, Ekushey Padak recipient, distinguished social worker and educationist. Honorable ambassadors and diplomats of various countries stationed in Bangladesh will also be present. The conference will be presided over by the President of the International Quran Recitation Organization (IQRA), Sheikh Ahmad bin Yusuf Al-Azhari, one of the world’s most famous reciters, Sheikhul Qurra of Bangladesh.
Through this most traditional conference in the world, which started in 1966, the practice of pure Quran recitation began in the subcontinent with the help of Imamul Qurra Maulana Qari Md. Yusuf (RA) and the greatest reciters of the world at that time. Qari Md. Yusuf (R.A.) is the founder of the International Quran Recitation Association (IQRA), one of the organizers of the Great War of Independence and the former chief qari of Bangladesh.
This year, the conference will begin at 8 am. The top qaris of the country, members of the International Quran Recitation Association (IQRA) and local and foreign students of Ma’hadul Qirat Bangladesh will recite until Asr. After Asr, the main part of the conference will begin with the opening ceremony. This year, the conference will be held in 14 districts of the country.
