{"id":7410,"date":"2019-05-01T18:05:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T18:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/7410-bosnia-exhibit-displaying-centuries-old-quran-manuscripts\/"},"modified":"2019-05-01T18:05:10","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T18:05:10","slug":"bosnia-exhibit-displaying-centuries-old-quran-manuscripts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/7410-bosnia-exhibit-displaying-centuries-old-quran-manuscripts\/","title":{"rendered":"Bosnia exhibit displaying centuries-old Quran manuscripts\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">An exhibition displaying centuries-old handwritten copies of the Quran along with several other printed versions was opened to visitors yesterday in the city of Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>An exhibition displaying centuries-old handwritten copies of the Quran along with several other printed versions was opened to visitors yesterday in the city of Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition, organized by a Turkish Institute, displays the holy books, which were gathered over 10 years by Bosnian collector Nusret Omerika.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the opening of the exhibition, Omerika said six 300-year-old Qurans are on display for the first time. The exhibit also includes several Qurans with gilded covers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have a library consisting of 3,000 books in my house. There are 200 Qurans among them. My love of the holy book is a heritage passed on by my grandfather,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Omerika, who noted that he has been collecting handwritten and printed versions of the Quran for about 10 years, said he is very happy to open the exhibition in Mostar.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-19093\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/images_2019_05_01_photo_2019-05-01_22-22-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/images_2019_05_01_photo_2019-05-01_22-22-14.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/images_2019_05_01_photo_2019-05-01_22-22-14-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-19094\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/images_2019_05_01_photo_2019-05-01_22-22-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/images_2019_05_01_photo_2019-05-01_22-22-17.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/images_2019_05_01_photo_2019-05-01_22-22-17-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/images_2019_05_01_photo_2019-05-01_22-22-17-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/images_2019_05_01_photo_2019-05-01_22-22-17-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/images_2019_05_01_photo_2019-05-01_22-22-17-1200x781.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-19095\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/images_2019_05_01_photo_2019-05-01_22-22-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/images_2019_05_01_photo_2019-05-01_22-22-20.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/images_2019_05_01_photo_2019-05-01_22-22-20-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/images_2019_05_01_photo_2019-05-01_22-22-20-1024x972.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/images_2019_05_01_photo_2019-05-01_22-22-20-768x729.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/images_2019_05_01_photo_2019-05-01_22-22-20-1200x1139.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-19096\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/images_2019_05_01_photo_2019-05-01_22-22-22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1005\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/images_2019_05_01_photo_2019-05-01_22-22-22.jpg 1005w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/images_2019_05_01_photo_2019-05-01_22-22-22-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/images_2019_05_01_photo_2019-05-01_22-22-22-804x1024.jpg 804w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/images_2019_05_01_photo_2019-05-01_22-22-22-768x978.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An exhibition displaying centuries-old handwritten copies of the Quran along with several other printed versions was opened to visitors yesterday in the city of Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina. \u00a0 An exhibition displaying centuries-old handwritten copies of the Quran along with several other printed versions was opened to visitors yesterday in the city of Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19092,"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":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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