The International Quran Reading Competition or Tilawah Al-Quran is the international Islamic Quran reading event that is held annually since 1961 in Malaysia.

History

Tunku Abdul Rahman

Tunku Abdul Rahman

Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, AC, CH was Chief Minister of the Federation of Malaya from 1955, and the country's first Prime Minister from independence in 1957. He remained as the Prime Minister after Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore joined the...

 (first Malaysian premier) was a founder of the International Quran Reading Competition. The program was started on 9 March 1961 at Stadium Merdeka

Stadium Merdeka

Stadium Merdeka is a sports stadium, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was initially erected for Malaysia's declaration of independence on 31 August 1957....

, Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

 and 7 countries took part in this competition including Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

, Brunei

Brunei

Brunei , officially the State of Brunei Darussalam or the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace , is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia...

, Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

, Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

, Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

, Sarawak

Sarawak

Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi Kenyalang , Sarawak is situated on the north-west of the island. It is the largest state in Malaysia followed by Sabah, the second largest state located to the North- East.The administrative capital is Kuching, which...

 and Malaya

Federation of Malaya

The Federation of Malaya is the name given to a federation of 11 states that existed from 31 January 1948 until 16 September 1963. The Federation became independent on 31 August 1957...

. On 1985 the competition was moved to the Putra World Trade Centre

Putra World Trade Centre

Putra World Trade Centre ' is a main convention and exhibition centre, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Construction commenced in 1981 and was completed in 1984...

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Champions of the International Quran Reading Competition

EWLINE Year | Qari' (Men) | Qari'ah (Women) 1961   Ahmad Maasom Pergau competition not created 1962   Mohd Yusof Abdullah competition not created 1963   Manaf Sasaelos and   Ismail Hashim competition not created 1964   Hasan Musa   Faridah Mat Saman 1965   Ismail Hashim   Faridah Mat Saman 1966   Abd. Majid Awang   Rogayah Sulong 1966   Ismail Hashim   Siti Noor Ismail 1967   Abdul Ghani Abdullah   Rodziah Abd. Rahman 1968   Saidin Abd Rahman   Rahmah Abd. Rahman 1969   Abd. Majid Awang   Maimunah Mo-air Saard 1970   Abd. Majid Awang   Rodziah Abd. Rahman 1971   Abd. Majid Awang   Rodziah Abd. Rahman 1972   Abdul Ghani Abdullah   Faridah Mat Saman 1973   Mohamad Taghi Morowat   Rogayah Sulong 1974   Ismail Hashim   Rogayah Sulong 1975   Ismail Hashim   Nursiah Ismail 1976   M. Ali Yusni   Faridah Mat Saman 1977   Mashud Awang Damit   Faridah Mat Saman 1978   Sofad Awang   Rogayah Sulong 1979   Abbas Salimi Naleeni   Sarini Abdullah 1980   Abdul Ghani Abdullah   Maria Ulfa Haji Mudhafar 1981   Sheikh Al-Amin Mohamad Thoumi   Sapinah Mamat 1982   Abdul Ghani Abdullah   Rahmas Abdullah 1983   Mirwan Batubara   Aminah Omar 1984   Mohamed Abu Snena   Rahmas Abdullah 1985   Noor Din Idris   Rahmas Abdullah

EWLINE Year | Qari' (Men) | Qari'ah (Women) 1986   Ahmad Khader Al-Tarablushi   Rahmawati A. Rani 1987   Ali Sayyah Gordji   Sapinah Mamat 1988   Syarifuddin M.   Pasiah Hashim 1989   Brahang Harang   Faridah Mat Saman 1990   Abbas Emam Jameh   Faridah Mat Saman 1991   Mohamad Haji Yusof   Faridah Mat Saman 1992   Mansoor Ghazrizadeh   Rahmas Abdullah 1993   Ahmad Abu Al-Ghasimi   Fatimah Haji Madiah 1994   Abdul Rahim Haji Ahmad   Umi Kalthom Mohd Zain 1995   Abdul Rahim Haji Ahmad   Rahmas Abdullah 1995   Sheikh El-Sahat El Sayed Hassan   Rahmas Abdullah 1996   Sheikh Mekkawi Mahmoud Mohamed   Sainab Abdulromae 1997   Mohamad Hussin Mohamad Yunus   Wildayati Nusril 1998   Mohamad Gandom Najad Toosi   Sepiah Mohamad 1999   Che Yahaya Daud   Maznah Awang 2000   Radzi Kamarul Hailan   Isniarah Bantayao 2001   Mas'ud Sayah Gorji   Pasiah Hashim 2002   Bakri Waru   Aminah Haji Abd Manaf 2003   Ahmad Faizul Ghazali   Djihadiah Badar 2004   Radzi Kamarul Hailan   Nurhidayah Sulaiman 2005   Indra Gunawan   Faizah Mohd Husain 2006   Hossein Saeid Rostami Tabrizy   Sainab Abdulromae 2007   Aziz Mustakim   Amnah Ayub 2008   Mu'min Mubarok   Fatimah Ha'rati 2009   Usamah Abdullah   Sharifah Khasif Fadzilah 2010   Sheikh Hani Abdel Aziz Ahmed   Samia Khanan 2011   Amirahman Abas   Suraya Abu Hasan