Malaysia has announced the 62nd International Al-Quran Recitation and Memorisation Competition from October 17-22 in Kuala Lumpur, and opened application for participation.

Participation is open for winners of national Quran competitions. Participants may partake in the competition a second time if a period of 3 years has passed since their last participation. However, participants who have won the competition cannot partake in the competition again.

Applicants must be 13-years of age by October to participate in the competition.

Participants will be selected after an examination process.

Interested candidates can submit their application to National Centre for the Holy Quran before 1300 hours on 9 June. Applicants may also email their application to [email protected]