{"id":751,"date":"2015-03-25T14:52:34","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T14:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/751-vera-verinak-became-first-ukrainian-muslim-to-memorize-qur-an\/"},"modified":"2015-03-25T14:52:34","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T14:52:34","slug":"vera-verinak-became-first-ukrainian-muslim-to-memorize-qur-an","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/751-vera-verinak-became-first-ukrainian-muslim-to-memorize-qur-an\/","title":{"rendered":"Vera Verinak became first Ukrainian Muslim to memorize Qur\u2019an"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.1599998474121px; line-height: 15.8079996109009px;\">A woman, who reverted to Islam 17 years ago, has become the first Ukrainian to memorize the Holy Qur\u2019an in full, overcoming language barriers and time constraint<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.1599998474121px; line-height: 15.8079996109009px;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A woman, who reverted to Islam 17 years ago, has become the first Ukrainian to memorize the Holy Qur\u2019an in full, overcoming language barriers and time constraint.<\/p>\n<p>She added that learning Arabic language was a great help for the ambitious Muslim revert.<\/p>\n<p>Vera, 35, noted that she did not expect to succeed in memorizing the Qur\u2019an in full, especially after considering language barriers and lack of time.<\/p>\n<p>The Muslim mother says she is keen on teaching Muslims the Holy Qur\u2019an as well as spreading true image of Islam among non-Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>As of 2012, there was an estimated 500,000 Muslims in Ukraine and about 300,000 of them were of Crimean Tatars. 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