{"id":49107,"date":"2019-06-06T16:59:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T15:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=49107"},"modified":"2019-06-06T16:59:47","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T15:59:47","slug":"adhan-and-quran-contests-worth-sr12-million-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/adhan-and-quran-contests-worth-sr12-million-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Adhan and Qur\u2019an contests worth SR12 million launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-49108\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/GEA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"807\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/GEA.jpg 271w, https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/GEA-220x150.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>Turki Bin Abdulmohsen Al Sheikh, chairman at the General Entertainment Authority (GEA), has announced the launch of two contests recently, including a contest for the most beautiful recitation of the Holy Qur\u2019an and another for most beautiful adhan (call for prayer) voice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Those contests were announced earlier this year during the unveiling of GEA\u2019s new strategy, and have a dedicated amount of prizes valued at SR12 million ($3.2 million).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Holy Qur\u2019an contest aims to discover and promote recitation talents from all over the world. Participants will be judged based on their vocals and ability to convey the beauty of the Holy Qur\u2019an and its meanings through their recitations. The contest also seeks to encourage youth to read the Qur\u2019an, learn its implications, and abide by its valuable teachings. \u2018The first place winner will receive an amount of SR5 million, while second, third, and fourth place winners will get SR2 million, SR1 million, and half million Saudi riyals, respectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Furthermore, the adhan contest, which is considered as the first of its kind in the history, aspires to celebrate beautiful voices, and encourage participants to accomplish the honor of performing the call to prayer at the Prophet\u2019s Mosque in Madinah. The first place winner will receive SR2 million, while second, third, and fourth place winners will receive 1 million, half million and a quarter a million Saudi riyals, respectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For further information and registration visit the link: <a href=\"https:\/\/quranathanawards.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/quranathanawards.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/adhan-and-quran-contests-worth-sr12-million-launched\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turki Bin Abdulmohsen Al Sheikh, chairman at the General Entertainment Authority (GEA), has announced the launch of two contests recently, including a contest for the most beautiful recitation of the Holy Qur\u2019an and another for most beautiful adhan (call for prayer) voice. Those contests were announced earlier this year during the unveiling of GEA\u2019s new &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,27],"tags":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49109,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49107\/revisions\/49109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}