CONTINUED SUPPORT TO THE PROMOTION OF RECITING OF HIFZ OF THE HOLY QURAN IN B&H

On Tuesday January 05, 2016, at the Directorate for Religious Affairs of the Islamic Community in B&H Director Mr. Nusret Abdibegović and Ahmetagić Ibrahim, the Head of special religious programs, organized formal reception for Šahin Kerla, Director of Fund ''Bošnjaci'' and Džemal Muslih, Director of Foundation “Hifz of the Holy Qur’an''. During this meeting they discussed about current cooperation and jointly implemented projects. Director of the Directorate Mr. Abdibegović expressed his gratitude for good cooperation and support of these foundations to the Directorate for Religious Affairs’ projects. Directors Mr. Kerla and Mr. Mosleh expressed readiness to continue cooperation with the Directorate of Religious Affairs in 2016th year, too.

The meeting focused on preparations of the upcoming Competition of Reciters of the Qur'an and underlined the need to ensure more adequate space for organizing and taking Hifz in Sarajevo. It is also underlined the need to develop a single protocol program on the Hafiz doa.

Otherwise, Fund ''Bošnjaci'', founded by the late President Alija Izetbegović, according to the signed Protocol on Cooperation provides assistance to the particularly gifted students and Huffaz and according with that Protocol the Fund, only in 2015, financially supported as many as 30 Huffaz.

Foundation ''Hifz of the Holy Quran” helps to the Sections of Hifz of the Holy Qur'an in our country and financially supports the Competition of reciters of the Qur'an in B&H. The Director of this foundation Mr. Džemal Mosleh expressed willingness of the Foundation to continue funding of the Competition of reciters of the Qur'an in the future as well as financing of the Competition of Huffaz of the Qur'an at the level of Balkan. During 2015, this Foundation provided financial support for 30 Huffaz of the Qur'an from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Directorate of Religious Affairs emphasized that it is planned with this Foundation, which is part of the World Organization for Hifz from Jeddah, to make a special protocol on cooperation.

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