Musabaqah Tilawatil Quran

MTQ has been held in Indonesia since the 1940s following the founding of Jami'iyyatul Qurro wal Huffadz (Organization of Recitation and Memorization) by Nahdlatul Ulama, the largest Islamic mass organization in Indonesia.

Muhammad Dahlan (one of the leaders of the Nahdlatul Ulama Executive Board) held the event, MTQ has been instituted nationally.

[3] Today, the subject for competition is not only limited to recitation but also includes speech and Islamic calligraphy.

MTQ Wartawan for journalists is held regularly every three years and will enter the fifth game in 2008.

MTQ Telkom under the name MAN (Musabawah Al-Quran Nasional), held within Telkom Indonesia, the largest telecommunications service company, will hold its 2008 game in Banda Aceh, making it the eighth festival.

Logo of Pekan Tilawatil Qur'an RRI (known in English as RRI's Qur'an Recitation Weekly ), which is an example of an MTQ-like event held by Radio Republik Indonesia during the holy month of Ramadan .