{"id":5252,"date":"2017-12-28T17:33:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T17:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5252-quran-translated-into-kirundi-language-in-burundi\/"},"modified":"2017-12-28T17:33:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T17:33:35","slug":"quran-translated-into-kirundi-language-in-burundi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5252-quran-translated-into-kirundi-language-in-burundi\/","title":{"rendered":"Quran translated into Kirundi Language in Burundi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Burundian Muslims have translated the Holy Quran into Kirundi, one of the two official languages of the East African country.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>Burundian Muslims have translated the Holy Quran into Kirundi, one of the two official languages of the East African country.<\/h4>\n<h4>Sheikh Sadiki Kajandi, the president and legal representative of the Islamic Community of Burundi (COMIBU), said, &#8220;This is a great event for us, because on Monday we received the first translation of the Quran in Kirundi. This is a first since the introduction of Islam to Burundi.&#8221;\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>Sheikh Abdi John Habonimana told Anadolu Agency that the translation had taken quite a long time \u2014 a total of eight years.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cWe thank all Muslims and non-Muslims, including university professors, who contributed to the process of making the Quran accessible in Kirundi,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>Kirundi is spoken across Burundi and also in parts of Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Uganda.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>The Islamic community accounts for 10 percent of Burundi&#8217;s total population of 11 million.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>The Muslims are mainly located in such urban areas as Gitega and Rumonge as well as the capital Bujumbura.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>Bujumbura is home to a strong Islamic community dominated by West African traders from Senegal, Niger, Guinea, and Mali.<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burundian Muslims have translated the Holy Quran into Kirundi, one of the two official languages of the East African country. \u00a0 Burundian Muslims have translated the Holy Quran into Kirundi, one of the two official languages of the East African country. 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