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NATIONAL GUARD'S HOLY QURAN MEMORIZATION CONTEST CONTINUES
Saudi Press Agency Published in Saudi Press Agency on 18 - 11 - 2006

THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF NATIONAL GUARD CONTEST FOR MEMORIZATION OF THE HOLY QURAN HAS CONTINUED HERE SESSIONS OF LISTENING TO CONTESTANTS IN SIX BRANCHES OF THE CONTEST UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ WHO DONATED CASH PRIZES FROM HIS OWN MONEY AMOUNTING TO SR 650,000.
A NUMBER OF PRINCES, MINISTERS AND OFFICIALS EXPRESSED THEIR THANKS TO THE KING FOR DONATING CASH PRIZES TO WINNERS OF THE CONTEST TO PROMOTE MEMORIZATION OF THE HOLY QURAN AND ADHERENCE TO IT. THEY INCLUDED PRINCE GENERAL MITEB BIN ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ; KINGDOM'S GENERAL MUFTI SHEIKH ABDULAZIZ BIN ABDULLAH AL ALSHEIKH; SHEIKH SALEH BIN MOHAMMED ALLIHEIDAN, CHAIRMAN OF JUDICIARY SUPREME COUNCIL; SHEIKH SALEH BIN HOMAID, CHAIRMAN OF SHOURA COUNCIL; SHEIKH ABDULLAH BIN MOHAMMED BIN IBRAHIM AL ALSHEIKH, THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE; DR. ABDULLAH BIN ABDULMOHSIN AL-TURKI, SECRETARY GENERAL OF MUSLIM WORLD LEAGUE; PRINCE MISHARI BIN SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ; PRINCE DR. KHALID BIN FAISAL BIN TURKI AL SAUD, UNDERSECRETARY OF NATIONAL GUARD IN THE WESTERN SECTOR AND PRINCE ABDULAZIZ BIN ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AL SAUD, ADVISOR TO THE KING.
THE FINAL FUNCTION OF DISTRIBUTING THE CONTEST'S PRIZES WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY UNDER THE KING'S PATRONAGE.

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