Wikipedia's first sentence called it “yearly award given for memorization of the qur'an sponsored by the government of the united arab emirates”. Today it says “annual award given for memorization of the qur'an sponsored by the government of dubai”.
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Annual award for Quran memorization sponsored by the government of Dubai The Dubai International Holy Quran Award ( Arabic : جائزة دبي الدولية للقرآن الكريم ) is an annual award given for memorization of the Qur'an sponsored by the government of Dubai . It has given hundreds of awards to people who have excelled in the memorization of the Quran, and international award people from all over the world can participate in it. The award was launched in 1997 by order of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum , Ruler of Dubai .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Dubai International Holy Quran Award is a yearly award given for memorization of the Qur'an sponsored by the government of the United Arab Emirates .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
The Dubai International Holy Quran Award ( ) is an annual award given for memorization of the Qur'an sponsored by the government of Dubai .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Annual award for Quran memorization sponsored by the government of Dubai The Dubai International Holy Quran Award ( ) is an annual award given for memorization of the Qur'an sponsored by the government of Dubai .It has given hundreds of awards to people who have excelled in the memorization of the Quran, and international award people from all over the world can participate in it.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “yearly award given for memorization of the qur'an sponsored by the government of the united arab emirates”. Today it says “annual award given for memorization of the qur'an sponsored by the government of dubai”. Read the current article and compare.
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yearly award given for memorization of the qur'an sponsored by the government of the united arab emirates
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annual award given for memorization of the qur'an sponsored by the government of dubai
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