From The Big Picture's latest photo gallery, Afghanistan, October 2011:
[Photo: Muhammed Muheisen/AP]
"Muttahara Mohammed, 5, attends a class on how to read verses of the Quran in a mosque in Kabul on October 26, 2011."
Mick Hartley
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3 responses to “Reading the Quran”
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These children are not “reading” the Koran. They are learning to chant it phonetically. As Afghans, only a very few of them learn enough classical Arabic to understand it – essentially all they do is memorize a long stream of meaningless (to them) syllables.
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Actually, it’s a blessing that they don’t understand it. Have you ever read the Koran? Even for a holy book, it is pretty violent.
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“Have you ever read the Koran? Even for a holy book, it is pretty violent.”
Yes, I have. And yes, it is.LikeLike
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