KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah confirmed the Ministry of Defense’s (MoD) keenness to support competitions that encourage memorizing the Holy Quran. A ceremony was held under the auspices and presence of Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad at the ministry’s headquarters Wednesday morning, honoring the winners of the Quran recitation competition among workers, retirees and children of employees of the defense, interior, Kuwait National Guard and Kuwait Fire Force, which was organized by the Directorate of Moral Guidance and Public Relations of Kuwaiti Armed Forces in cooperation with the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, MoD said in a press statement.

The ceremony began with the recitation of verses from the Quran, followed by a speech by the Director of Moral Guidance and Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammad Al-Awadi, in which he appreciated the generous care and great interest that this competition received for this year from MoD, it added. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad distributed certificates and prizes to the winners and congratulated them in a speech on their victory, it stated.

This comes as a continuation of the state’s efforts in caring for the Quran and its people, which concludes annually during the organization of the Kuwait International Award for Memorizing the Holy Quran, under the patronage of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, it mentioned. Chief of the General Staff of the Army Major General Dr Ghazi Hassan Al-Shammari, Assistant Chief of the General Staff of the Administration and Manpower Authority Major General Dr Khaled Al-Kandari, and multiple commanding officers in the Kuwaiti army attended the ceremony. - KUNA