Keighley children are displaying their knowledge of the Qur'an on the local airwaves this month.

The young Muslims are also reciting naats -- spiritual poetry -- during the broadcasts of Radio Ramadan.

The boys and girls are speaking live to the local community from the studio in Keighley's Ghousiyah Centre.

The centre, on Skipton Road, is home to the radio studio during the 30-day religious festival of Ramadan.

Station manager Raja Tufail is responsible for the annual Keighley Festival Radio as well as several previous Radio Ramadan seasons.

He said this year's programming again featured a daily mix of prayers, naats and qawali folk music.

Starting this weekend there will be a reciting competition for local children featuring both Qur'an reading and naats.

Mr Tufail said it would be open to children aged three and upwards, including several who had learned the entire Qur'an off by heart.

The Ghosiyah Centre is next to the Ghosiyah Mosque which serves about 300 Muslims living mostly in the surrounding Showfield area.

Mosque leaders have been raising money to replace the current mosque, in a portable building, with a three-storey building.

Radio Ramadan broadcasts on 107.2 FM until November 4.