Sign language Qur’an a new initiative for Muslims with hearing difficulties launched in the US<\/p>\n
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A new initiative for Muslims with hearing difficulties has been launched in the US, helping to raise awareness of the issue within the Muslim community and allowing deaf Muslims to gain more access to religious learning.<\/p>\n
Global Deaf Muslims launched this initiative to help around 55 million deaf Muslims around the world.<\/p>\n
The organization also aims to \u201cadvocate for the advancement and inclusion of deaf Muslims\u201d in the community and to \u201craise awareness of deaf Muslims issues within the broader Muslim community.\u201d<\/p>\n
The organization now, with its branches in California, Virginia, Minnesota, Illinois and Texas in addition to branches in Canada and Ghana, is raising $480,000 to fund the project of translating the Qur\u2019an to American Sign Language.<\/p>\n
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