{"id":71634,"date":"2020-12-16T13:20:37","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T13:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=71634"},"modified":"2020-12-19T14:00:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T14:00:40","slug":"new-zealand-museum-showcases-islamic-artifacts-and-a-quran-dating-back-to-1700-ce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/71634-new-zealand-museum-showcases-islamic-artifacts-and-a-quran-dating-back-to-1700-ce\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Museum showcases Islamic artifacts and a Quran dating back to 1700 CE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-16_18-40-38-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-16_18-40-38-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-16_18-40-38-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-16_18-40-38-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-16_18-40-38-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/12\/photo_2020-12-16_18-40-38.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>The Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand, organized an exhibition of Islamic artifacts including a copy of the Noble Quran that was written by a number of Kashmiri calligraphers and artists in the year 1700 CE.<br>Developed in partnership with Christchurch Muslims, the \u2018Mosque: Faith, Culture, Community\u2019 exhibition aims to highlight the diversity of Islamic culture through art and objects and share knowledge and understanding of Islam with the wider community.<br>Museum Director, Anthony Wright says, \u201cOur hope is that in working with local Muslims we have created uplifting experience for our visitors, one that highlights the diversity of Islamic art, architecture and culture. It is important that we share stories from all parts of the Canterbury community and that we work with those communities in presenting them. We hope that the exhibition will dispel some of the misconceptions about Islam and that visitors will come away with a greater understanding of their Muslim neighbors.\u201d<br>New Zealand\u2019s first mosque opened in Auckland in 1979 and Christchurch\u2019s first Islamic Centre a year later in a small house in Phillipstown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand, organized an exhibition of Islamic artifacts including a copy of the Noble Quran that was written by a number of Kashmiri calligraphers and artists in the year 1700 CE.Developed in partnership with Christchurch Muslims, the \u2018Mosque: Faith, Culture, Community\u2019 exhibition aims to highlight the diversity of Islamic culture &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":71721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,31,30],"tags":[2089,894,193,224],"class_list":["post-71634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","category-news","category-world","tag-islamic-artifacts","tag-museum","tag-new-zealand","tag-quran"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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