Intl. Holy Quran Exhibition kicks off in Tehran
TEHRAN(Basirat) : Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Reza Salehi-Amiri opened the 25th International Holy Quran Exhibition at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Mosalla on Monday.
Copies of the Holy Quran published by various Iranian and international
publishers are on display in the exhibit that will be running until June 16.
The exhibit, which is held during the holy month of Ramadan every year,
coincides with the death anniversary of Imam Khomeini, the founder of the
Islamic Republic of Iran this year, and the organizers have arranged sections to
highlight Imam Khomeini and the Quran.
A special division has also been dedicated to top translations and
interpretations of the Holy Quran by Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani,
Abdolkarim Musavi Ardebili and Mohammad Vaez-Zadeh Khorasani.
According to the Deputy Culture Minister Mohammadreza Heshmati, a number of
figures active in promoting the Quran will be honored during the exhibit in a
ceremony that will be attended by President Hassan Rouhani.
The screening of a documentary on Toshihiko Izutsu (1914–1993), a Japanese
philosopher who had many publications on Islam and other religions, is among the
highlights of the exhibition, Heshmati previously had said in a press conference
held ahead of the exhibit.
Groups of artists from Iran and other countries are expected to attend the
exhibition to hold workshops.
In addition, numerous exhibitions have been organized in 200 other Iranian
cities concurrent with the Tehran exhibit.
The international section is also due to open on June 7 and will be running for
five days.