The Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs (Awqaf) honoured the graduates of the first batch of a course for new Qatari imams of national service recruits as well as the graduates of the 18th batch of a course for Qatari imams, within the program for the year 2023. Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs for Da'wah and Mosques Affairs Mohamed Hamad al-Kuwari, Director of the Department of Religious Call and Guidance Mal Allah Abdulrahman al-Jaber, and Vice President of the National Service Academy Brigadier General Ahmed Saud al-Kuwari attended the graduation ceremony, which also honoured the teachers who presented the Sharia courses.
Head of the section of Da'wah and Islamic Sciences Institute Omar Uqla al-Ruwaili said the course for new imams of national service recruits was held after a co-operation agreement was signed between the ministries of Awqaf and Defence to attract those assigned by the National Service Academy to join the position of imam, noting that the number of graduates of this course reached 15 imams.
In his speech during the graduation ceremony, he added that the new Qatari imams course is an extension of the series of legal courses for Qatari imams that were launched in 2005, and the number of graduates over the past years has reached more than 250 Qatari imams, pointing out that the number of graduates of this course were 16 imams.
At the end of the honoring ceremony, Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs for Da'wah and Mosques Affairs Mohamed Hamad al-Kuwari and Vice President of the National Service Academy Brigadier General Ahmed Saud al-Kuwari handed over graduation certificates to the participants of the two courses.
