Participants during a session of qualification course for new Qatari imams, muezzins and preachers.
Doha: The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs has announced the launch of first qualification course for new Qatari imams, muezzins and preachers in the fiqh of purification and prayer, which is organised by the ministry for 15 days.
Eleven Qatari muezzins have already participated in this qualification course in order to perform the call to prayer in the country’s mosques, and they have been nominated in cooperation with the Ministry’s Mosques Department. The course is presented by Muhammad Abdul Latif Al Mahmoud, where he explains the chapters on the fiqh of purification and prayer. The course comes as part of the Ministry’s plan to prepare the Qatari muezzin and provide them with the Sharia necessary to perform this task, and graduate a new batch of qualified Qatari muezzins.
