{"id":133889,"date":"2026-05-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/archives\/133889"},"modified":"2026-05-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T00:00:00","slug":"turkiye-335-male-and-female-quran-memorizers-graduate-in-cizre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/archives\/133889","title":{"rendered":"T\u00fcrkiye: 335 Male and Female Quran Memorizers Graduate in Cizre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><b><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\ncolor:#EE0000\">T\u00fcrkiye: 335 Male and Female Quran Memorizers Graduate in Cizre<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">A<br \/>\ngraduation ceremony was held in the southeastern Turkish city of Cizre, in<br \/>\n\u015e\u0131rnak Province, for 335 male and female students who completed memorizing the<br \/>\nHoly Quran through courses organized by the Directorate of Religious Affairs<br \/>\nbetween 2023 and 2026.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The<br \/>\nceremony took place at the \u201c100th Year\u201d Indoor Sports Hall in the presence of<br \/>\nlocal and religious officials, where Quran memorizers who completed their<br \/>\nstudies at the Al-Jazari boarding Quran memorization institutes affiliated with<br \/>\nthe Cizre Mufti\u2019s Office were honored.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">During<br \/>\nthe event, graduation certificates and gifts were distributed to the students<br \/>\nin the presence of \u015e\u0131rnak Governor Birol Ekici, Director General of Educational<br \/>\nServices at the Turkish Presidency of Religious Affairs Saide Akbulut, Cizre<br \/>\nDistrict Governor Ahmet Vezir Baycar, along with several officials and<br \/>\nreligious figures.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">In her<br \/>\nspeech, Akbulut emphasized that the journey of memorizing the Holy Quran<br \/>\nrequires patience, effort, and sacrifice, expressing her happiness at<br \/>\nparticipating in what she described as \u201ca source of pride for \u015e\u0131rnak and<br \/>\nT\u00fcrkiye.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">For his<br \/>\npart, Governor Birol Ekici stressed the importance of raising a generation that<br \/>\ncombines Islamic sciences with modern knowledge, calling on the male and female<br \/>\nQuran memorizers to continue their educational journey and actively contribute<br \/>\nto society and public life.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Meanwhile,<br \/>\nCizre District Governor Ahmet Vezir Baycar highlighted the city\u2019s historical<br \/>\nstatus as a center of knowledge and scholarship, recalling the legacy of<br \/>\nprominent scholars such as Mulla Ahmad Al-Jazari and Ismail Al-Jazari, and<br \/>\naffirming that Cizre continues to graduate generations committed to knowledge<br \/>\nand spiritual values.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Cizre<br \/>\nMufti S\u00fcleyman Baran also expressed pride in graduating this number of Quran<br \/>\nmemorizers, stating that the sounds of takbir and Quran recitation symbolize<br \/>\nunity and <span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\">\u0627\u0644\u062e\u064a\u0631<\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span><span dir=\"LTR\"><\/span> (goodness) in the<br \/>\nregion.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">The<br \/>\nceremony concluded with Quran recitations, supplications, and religious hymns<br \/>\nbefore certificates and gifts were presented to the participating students.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">(Source:<br \/>\nILKHA)<span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:1.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><b><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\n&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><b><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\n&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;color:#EE0000\">* \u0644\u0644\u0627\u0637\u0644\u0627\u0639 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0631\u062c\u0645\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0627\u0645\u0644\u0629 \u0644\u0644\u062e\u0628\u0631 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0644\u063a\u0629<br \/>\n\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;\nfont-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">\u060c \u0627\u0636\u063a\u0637 (<span style=\"color:#EE0000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/ar\/ContentDetails.aspx?ID=41563\" target=\"_blank\">\u0647\u0646\u0627<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/b><b><span dir=\"LTR\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0634\u0627\u0647\u062f | 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