Quran
Sedition charge sanction granted after 2 years over Quran desecration in India
World
August 21, 2018
Sedition charge sanction granted after 2 years over Quran desecration in India
More than two years after the Quran desecration incident in Malerkotla in June 2016, India’s Punjab government has finally granted…
Educational courses for Quranic media activists begin in Iraq
Holy Shrines
August 21, 2018
Educational courses for Quranic media activists begin in Iraq
A series of specialized courses for Quranic media activists of Iraq has been organized by Imam Hussein holy shrine in…
Scholars: UN, Security Council fully responsible for Saudi-led aggression on Yemen
World
August 20, 2018
Scholars: UN, Security Council fully responsible for Saudi-led aggression on Yemen
Yemeni scholars and religious figures have strongly denounced a recent deadly airstrike by Saudi warplanes on a bus carrying schoolchildren…
Getty Exhibit features illuminated medieval art in Torah, Bible and Qur’an
World
August 16, 2018
Getty Exhibit features illuminated medieval art in Torah, Bible and Qur’an
M Sacred texts of the world’s top three religions – Islam, Christianity and Judaism – are on display at the…
Egyptian teacher translates Quran into sign language
Islam World
August 14, 2018
Egyptian teacher translates Quran into sign language
An Egyptian teacher and entrepreneur has translated the Quran into Arabic sign language to help the hearing-impaired. An…
Large wooden Quran in Indonesia attracts visitors from around world
World
August 11, 2018
Large wooden Quran in Indonesia attracts visitors from around world
The world has many giant copies of the Quran, and one of the giant wooden copies can be found in…
Quran memorization plan begins in Iraq
Holy Shrines
August 6, 2018
Quran memorization plan begins in Iraq
Iraq’s first national Quran memorization plan titled “Imamayn Askariyayn” got underway in Samarra, north of the country. Iraq’s…
Algerian ministry orders collecting Quran copies with printing errors
Islam World
August 4, 2018
Algerian ministry orders collecting Quran copies with printing errors
Algeria’s Awqaf and Religious Affairs Ministry ordered copies of the Quran containing typing errors be collected from mosques, libraries, Quranic…
New Polish translation of Quran to be released in fall
World
July 31, 2018
New Polish translation of Quran to be released in fall
The Islamic Union of Poland said a new translation of the Quran in the Polish language will be published in…
Kenyan teacher faces blasphemy charge for desecrating Quran
World
July 31, 2018
Kenyan teacher faces blasphemy charge for desecrating Quran
Police in Ijara, Garissa County, Kenya, are preparing a blasphemy charge against a primary school teacher that have trampled on…