Sabon Zongo youth revamp interest in Quranic recital(9/02/09)

Story: Jennifer Dornoo
THE Sabon Zongo Youth Movement of the Abossey Okai sub-metro in Accra has organised an inter-Islamic School Quranic recital competition among six Islamic schools in the community.
The participating schools were Ummuriya, Markazil Fulenu, Sulemaniya, Nizaniya, Al-Fajir and Abnau Faida Islamic schools.
The President of the youth movement, Umaru Adamu Murtula, said the competition was to revamp the interest of Quran reading among the youth to help them address challenges that confronted them.
He said some unacceptable behaviour by the youth such as indiscipline and dirtiness were all challenges that had their solutions in the Quran.
He added that it was the aim of the youth movement to sensitise the youth in the community to the principles of Islam to enable them to live decent and righteous lives to enhance the image of the Islamic religion.
Sheikh Ahmad Tijani Haruna, a prominent elder in the Sabon Zongo community, urged the youth to study the Quran thoroughly in order to defend it against criticisms and manipulations, adding that some scholars translated the Quran to suit themselves by manipulating the content to make it lose its originality.
He advised the youth to pass on the knowledge acquired to their friends to make them knowledgeable, and encourage them to also read.
Mariya Abdulmunia from Nizaniya Islamic School emerged the winner of the competition out of 12 participants, and took home a cash prize of GH¢30 with three Qurans, six exercise books, a wall clock and a mathematical set.
Aabib Ango from Sulemaniya Islamic School came second and received GH¢20, three Qurans, six exercise books and one mathematical set with Samira Yussif also from the same school taking the third position.
Samira Yussif received a cash prize of GH¢10, two Qurans, six exercise books and a mathematical set.
Ukasha Muhid from Al-Fajir Islamic School took the fourth prize, which included two Qurans, six exercise books and one mathematical set.
Khadija Imam from Nizaniya Islamic School, Maryam Muhid Yussif from Abnau Faida Islamic School, Husaina Nuhu and Hasana Nuhu from Ummuriya Islamic School, Luwaisa Ibrahim from Abnau Faida Islamic School, Usman Muhsin from Al-Fajir Islamic School, Malik Masud and Suraiya Alhassan from Markazil Fuleum Islamic School took the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth positions respectively.
They received one Quran, four exercise books and a mathematical set each.