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Muammar Z.A.

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Muammar Zainal Asyikin ( Arabic : معمر زين العاشقين , Mu'ammar Zayn-al Ashqeen ; born 14 June 1954) sometimes shortened Muammar ZA or Muammar Za is a popular senior Qari or Quran reciter and Hafiz from Indonesia well known nationally and internationally. He won Qur'an Recitation Contests known as " Musabaqah Tilawatil Quran " ("MTQ") during the 1980s in Indonesia and abroad. His talent was recognised during childhood in his hometown Pemalang where he participated and won a local children's Quran Competition in 1962 when he was just 7 years of age H. Muammar, a national reciter, was renowned internationally for his breath capacity (the longest in the world, it was said). He is known to have a myriad of achievements related to Qur'an reading competitions. In 1967 he achieved the first place in the Quran Reciting Competition ("MTQ") of Jogjakarta Province, and after that winning in 1972 and 1973 representing Jogjakarta province in the national level of Quran Reciting Competition in Indonesia . In 1979 and 1986 he won the International level Quran Reciting Competition, and because of his achievements, he was invited to recite in Istana Nurul Iman of Brunei , National Palace of Malaysia , and until the Middle East . He was invited by Jamia Binoria to recite the Quran in Pakistan in 2009. He was also invited to recite in Turkey ( IGMG Aileler Günü ) in 2004.

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