DUBAI — His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai yesterday night attended the concluding ceremony of the 11th Dubai International Holy Quran Award (DIHQA).
On the occasion, Shaikh Mohammed presented the ‘Islamic Personality of the Year’ prize of Dh1 million to Shaikh Mohammed Ali Al Sabooni, in addition to distributing prizes to the winners of the International Quran Memorisation and Recitation Competition in which 85 contestants took part this year.
The first prize of Dh250,000 in the international competition was presented to Mohammed Fuzlur Rabbi from Bangladesh, the second prize of Dh200,000 was given to Abdullah Mohammed Abdullah from Yemen, and the third prize of Dh150,000 went to Mohammed Al Sheriff Idris from Libya.