Celebrating the best memorizers of the Noble Qur’an, Muslim leaders in Malawi have urged their community to preserve and instill the Qur’anic teachings in the soul of their children to help boost the development of their country.

“Malawi would have been a better place to live should Malawians recognize and adhere to the teachings of the Holy Qur’an,” Ibrahim Milanzi, director of Al-Baraka Charity Trust, told Nyasa Times on Monday, June 24.

Speaking at a celebration for winners of the Qur’an Recitation Competition at Iqra Propagation Center, Milanzi regretted that Islamic development was below standard in the African country.

He urged Muslim parents to encourage their children to memorize the noble Qur’an and live according to its teachings.

By preserving their faith, Milanzi said people would shun disturbing phenomena in the country, including the man who boasted having a right of marrying a goat recently.

“There wouldn’t be stories of advocating for gay rights, increased rape cases, swindling of orphans in the name orphanages since the Qur’an strongly abhors the practices.”

The event was attended by a Saudi guest, Muhammad Faizal Khaftan from the World Muslim League.

Khaftan praised the competition role in preserving the Noble Qur’an until the end of the world.

“There is need for every Muslim to commit oneself to the Qur’an recitation competition so that it should be preserved,” he said.

Another guest, General Secretary for Muslim Association Malawi Dr Salmin Omar Idruss, described the competition as unique.

He also commended those memorizing the Qur’an as ‘the living Qurans’, asking them to stay away from evil deeds to avoid tarnishing the image of the holy book.

Malawi Development

Attending as a guest of honor, Sidik Mia, Minister of Transports and Public Works, encouraged Malawi Muslims to exert more efforts to uplift their faith.

“There are a lot of Madrassas in the country which are in poor state, so when you are showing these visitors Islamic establishments you should take them to these poor structures,” he said.

“Don’t take them to nice structures like those run by the Al Baraka Trust, it sends a wrong signal because those in poor state outnumber those in good state.”

He also urged foreign Muslim organizations to commit themselves towards donating to the initiatives that promote Islam in the country.

Islam is the second largest religion in the southern African country after Christianity.

Official statistics suggest Muslims constitute 12 percent of Malawi’s 14 million people, but the umbrella Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) puts the rate at 36.

Since the late 1990s, there has been a proliferation of international Muslim organizations working in the education sector in Malawi, which have constructed many schools for girls only.

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