Quran Academy to begin ops this year: Arifin

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19 Feb 2025 • 3:16 PM MYT
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Kota Kinabalu: The Sabah State Tahsin Al-Quran Academy (AHSANS) will be established and is expected to start operating this year.

Sabah Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Datuk Dr Arifin Mohd Arif, said the academy aims to find and guide young people with potential in Al-Quran.

Advertisement“This AHSANS will be under JHEAINS and collaborate with the Sabah Islamic Religious Council (Muis). “The strategy taken in implementing the academy includes touring all districts and divisions to find our children who we can guide. “We will choose a special place for the participants of this academy and for the time being we will establish it at the Sabah State Tahfiz Al-Quran Institute (ITQAS),” he said.

Arifin, who is also the Sabah Education and Religion Exco, said the potential children will be exposed to the development of recitation at the national and international levels.

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According to him, the culture of reading the Quran among young people must be developed because many of these groups have the potential to be polished to produce Quran figures.

Advertisement“Today we witnessed the participants in the youth category of the Quran Recitation Ceremony, and I see that there is potential in our children, we will polish their talents and we will bring them into this academy.

“I am very proud of the achievements of our children and we will develop the culture of reading or the culture of reciting the Quran among young people. “When we develop it further, we give encouragement and guidance. I am confident that Sabah has the potential to emerge as a state that produces Quran figures like before,” he explained.

Advertisement (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});Also present were Jheains Director, Datuk Jumain Abdul Ghani and Muis Deputy President Datuk Malai Ali Malai Ahmad.

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