Dallas, TEXAS (April 19, 2012) – This year’s 15th Annual YM Quiz Competition in Dallas, TX continued its yearly success of assembling and accommodating a large number of young Muslim kids across the Dallas/Ft. Worth (DFW) metroplex.
The purpose of this event was to foster and put to test the Islamic knowledge of participants at various levels. The first year of the YM Quiz program was a modest Islamic quiz event at the Islamic Association of North Texas (IANT) 15 years ago, and, by the mercy of our beloved creator Allah (SWT), it has expanded its horizon as well as increased in the number of students year after year. This year around 1,000 students participated in the quiz.
As the volume of participating students has increased over the years, it was again decided to split the whole program into two different days. On April 7th, 2012 the competitions for Qirah, Hifz, Calligraphy and Adhan were held, and on April 14, 2012 the competitions for Written and Presentation were held. Under the close coordination of various educational leaders of the DFW metroplex, the syllabus for the written exams was chosen using various books and authors for the different levels. Books were made available at Islamic Books & Gifts in Richardson two months before the event, thus helping worried parents avoid last minute purchases and allowing them to prepare their children well ahead of time for the quiz competition.


Shaykh Omer Suleiman addressing the attendees at the 15th Young Muslims Quiz Competition organized by the Dallas Chapter of ICNA
As time passed, participants started trickling out of their classrooms with a sense of achievement and glee. When questioning a first grader, he responded with full confidence that he would win his first prize. Upon asking the excited parents about their children’s performance, they were quick to thank ICNA for arranging such a wonderful program and praising the organization and early publicity of the event, which allowed for them to best prepare their children.
Day two arrived and all the excited students rushed into the venue with their parents one more time. Imagine a place accommodating nearly 1,000 students with their parents. Again seasoned volunteers and ICNA members worked hard to make this event a huge success. MashaAllah, by the mercy and affection of our beloved creator Allah (SWT), day two ended with even more success.
After the initial written & presentation competition was over, the prize and trophy distribution began for all the happy winners. Excited faces of children displaying their hard earned trophies made it worth the investment of time, money and hard work that went in to this program. In addition, each child received a certificate of participation, a medal for participation, a souvenir on behalf of ICNA and delicious pizza and juice.
This unique program brought children from various institutions like IQA, BHA, Furqaan Academy, Peace Academy, ISI and many more schools including many public schools to one venue. This was a major achievement for ICNA Dallas, and only possible by the mercy and grace of our beloved creator Allah (SWT).
MashAllah I really miss it , I use to participate at this event with my dad.
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