The International Quran Recital Competition, Malaysia is the international Islamic Quran recital event that is held annually since 1961 in Malaysia. It is the most popular international Quran competition all over the Muslim world. Sometimes it called internationally as Malaysia International Al-Quran Recitation and Memorisation Competition.
History Tunku Abdul Rahman (first Malaysian prime minister) was a founder of the International Quran Recital Competition. The program was started on 9 March 1961 at Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur and 7 countries took part in this competition including Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Sarawak and Malaya. In 1985, the competition was moved to the Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC).
Winners Year Qari' (Men) Qari'ah (Women) 1961 Ahmad Maasom Pergau competition not created 1962 Mohd Yusof Abdullah competition not created 1963 Manaf Sasaelos and Ismail Hashim competition not created 1964 Hasan Musa Faridah Mat Saman 1965 Ismail Hashim Faridah Mat Saman 1966 Abd. Majid Awang Rogayah Sulong 1966 Ismail Hashim Siti Noor Ismail 1967 Abdul Ghani Abdullah Rodziah Abd. Rahman 1968 Saidin Abd Rahman Rahmah Abd. Rahman 1969 Ismail Hashim Maimunah binti Moair Saad 1970 Ismail Hashim Rodziah Abd. Rahman 1971 Ismail Hashim Rodziah Abd. Rahman 1972 Abdul Ghani Abdullah Faridah Mat Saman 1973 Mohamad Taghi Morowat Rogayah Sulong 1974 Ismail Hashim Rogayah Sulong 1975 Ismail Hashim Nursiah Ismail 1976 M. Ali Yusni Faridah Mat Saman 1977 Mashud Awang Damit Faridah Mat Saman 1978 Sofad Awang Rogayah Sulong 1979 Abbas Salimi Naeini Sarini Abdullah 1980 Abdul Ghani Abdullah Maria Ulfah 1981 Sheikh Al-Amin Mohamad Thoumi Sapinah Mamat 1982 Abdul Ghani Abdullah Rahmas Abdullah 1983 Mirwan Batubara Aminah Omar 1984 Mohamed Abu Snena Rahmas Abdullah 1985 Noor Din Idris Rahmas Abdullah1986 Ahmed Al-Tarabulsi Rahmawati A. Rani1987 Ali Sayyah Gorji Sapinah Mamat1988 Syarifuddin M. Pasiah Hashim1989 Brahang Harang Faridah Mat Saman1990 Abbas Emam Jameh Faridah Mat Saman1991 Mohamad Haji Yusof Faridah Mat Saman1992 Mansoor Ghazrizadeh Rahmas Abdullah1993 Ahmad Abu Al-Ghasimi Fatimah Haji Madiah1994 Abdul Rahim Haji Ahmad Umi Kalthom Mohd Zain1995 Abdul Rahim Haji Ahmad Rahmas Abdullah1996 Sheikh Mekkawi Mahmoud Mohamed Sainab Abdulromae1997 Mohamad Hussin Mohamad Yunus Wildayati Nusril1998 Mohamad Gandom Najad Toosi Sepiah Mohamad1999 Che Yahaya Daud Maznah Awang2000 Radzi Kamarul Hailan Isniarah Bantayao2001 Masoud Sayyah Gorji Pasiah Hashim2002 Bakri Waru Aminah Haji Abd Manaf2003 Ahmad Faizul Ghazali Djihadiah Badar2004 Radzi Kamarul Hailan Nurhidayah Sulaiman2005 Indra Gunawan Faizah Mohd Husain2006 Hossein Saeid Rostami Tabrizy Sainab Abdulromae2007 Aziz Mustakim Amnah Ayub2008 Mu'min Ainul Mubarak Fatimah Ha'rati2009 Usamah Abdullah Sharifah Khasif Fadzilah2010 Sheikh Hani Abdel Aziz Ahmed Samia Khanan2011 Amirahman Abas Suraya Abu Hasan2012 Muhammad Anuar Ghazali Hasnaa Khoulali2013 Dasrizal Marah Nainin Hajar Boussaq2014 Ahmad Tarmizi Haji Ali Hanimzah Haji Jalaludin2015 Mohsen Haji Hassani Kargar Asrina Asril Buyong2016 Wan Ainuddin Hilmi Abdullah Nor Azrah Ayub2017 Hamed Alizadeh Marghzari Normalina Alias2018 Abdullah Fahmi bin Che Nor Suhailah Zulkifly2019 Abdul Khair Jalil Nor Farhatul Fairuzah Panut2022 Mohammed Sameer Mohammad Magahed Sofiza Mousin2023 Muhammad Qayyim Nizar Sarimi Sara Belmamoun2024 Mohamad Husaini Mahmur Nor Hidayah Abdul Rahman2025 Aiman Ridhwan Mohammad Ramlan Wan Sofea Aini Wan Mohd Zahidi
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Held on 1386 Hijri. Held on 1416 Hijri.
See also Dubai International Holy Quran Award Islamic Republic of Iran's International Holy Quran Competition Muhammad VI Awards for the Holy Quran Tijan an Nur International Quran Competition
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