18 I ORLD NEWSW Passion Islam I November 2009
UWT helping with cooked food
Youngest Quran
in Earthquake affected Padang
memorizer
It is an unbelievable disaster that left
honored in
thousands without food until the UWT
team has managed to set up the
Saudi Arabia
kitchens.
World’s youngest Quran memorizer
The Trust is also organizing
Tabarak Akmal Al-Labboudi from
support of over 500 volunteers from
Saudi Arabia was honored in
all over Indonesia who are assisting
a ceremony in the holy city of
the clean up operations caused by
Makkah.
the earthquake. This is again a great
Saudi daily Okaz reported that
example of a coordinated response
Prince Khaled Al Faisal, Emir of
of UWT and its local partner Al-
Makkah Region, was in attendance
Imdaad Foundation (AIF) to repair
in the ceremony, organized by the
UWT as part of its 1st Phase damaged homes, Masajid and roads
Quran Memorization Charitable
emergency response has set-up to enable the victims to return to some
Society in Jeddah, to honour the
public kitchens in 7 areas across normality. The volunteers are doing a
six year-old boy for his tremendous
the Earthquake zone in Padang. great job in providing free labour to
success.
These kitchens are providing cooked help in the reconstruction process as
In a last year ceremony Tabarak
food twice daily for the affected well as giving spiritual guidance to the
was announced as the world’s
IDPs who do not have access to aggrieved that have lost their loved
youngest Quran memorizer.
kitchen facilities. For those who can ones in the disaster.
According to Abdullah Hanafi,
somehow use their own kitchens are The UWT delegation, Iqbal Rawat
Chairman of the Quran Memorization
provided with food packs for a month. and Muhammed Taaha Laher have
Charitable Society, 900 men and
More than 500 people of all age are arrived in Padang to guide and assist
women who managed to memorize
the Holy Book by heart will be also
fed every day through this scheme. the relief and reconstruction efforts.
honored at the ceremony.
Quran reciters
He added that the society has
launched a telephone system which
enables callers to correct their
convene in Vienna
recitations and helps them read and
recite the Quran accurately.
The seventh great gathering of Quran the day-long gathering. There were organizer of the event, it was aimed
reciters was held on Tuesday, October also some 5000 European Muslims at promoting the holy Quran and
20, in Austria’s capital Vienna, from different countries and ethnic encouraging Muslims to memorize
Qudspress. backgrounds enjoying the outstanding and recite verses of the Noble Quran
Renowned reciters from Egypt, recitations. and learn its lofty concepts.
Turkey and a number European According to Mohammad Tarhan, Quranic convention was the largest
and East Asian countries attended head of Vienna’s Islamic Society and Quranic event in Europe.
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