[LM_NET] Placement of the Koran

[Heidi Ginal <hginal@ADELPHIA.NET>]

Just a FYI---



I just happened to have a visit with an Imam in our area for Staff
Development.  I told him about this posting that has been showing on LM-Net.
Regarding placement of the Koran, he said:



1)    The Koran, if it is written entirely in Arabic, may not be placed on
the floor for it is considered "pure and holy."  It should be on the top
shelf.

2)    If the Koran is written in Arabic with the translation in another
language, or if it is entirely written in English, it may be placed
anywhere.



He said these are "cultural traditions."  It is not stated in the Koran, but
certain lines can be interpreted differently by different cultures.  So the
reverence for the Koran that is showed in Pakistan, is not the same as how
it is handled in Jordan.



He, himself, is the kind of Muslim that treats the Arabic Koran with great
reverence and that is how he preaches in the Mosque.



Heidi Ginal

Heim El Library, K-4

155 Heim Rd.

Williamsville, NY  14221









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Subject: [LM_NET] Resources for Koran



Here are a list of resources that I used to locate information about the

proper etiquette needed in respect to the Koran.



Customs and Etiquette:  http://www.bahagia.btinternet.co.uk/customs.html



Muhammad Speaks: http://www.muhammadspeaks.com/PrintingHolyQuran.html



Touching the Quran:

http://www.irfi.org/articles/articles_151_200/touching_the_quran.htm



Rules of the Holy Quran:

http://www.lankarani.com/English/onlinepub/islamic-rules/28-quran.htm



Etiquette for Reading and Handling the Quran:

http://naqshbandi.net/haqqani/quran/ettiquette.html





Many of the websites that I also accessed at home, I cannot access

here-- at school-- so you may want to use terms that include many of the

rules that I included in my earlier post.



In addition, the following books were used:



Islam for Dummies by Malcolm Clark

The Koran for Dummies by Sohaib Sultan

The Quran and Islam by Anita Ganeri

Islam: World Religions by Matthew Gordon

How to be a Perfect Stranger: A guide to etiquette in other people's

religious ceremonies by Arthur J. Magida

The Handy Religion Answer Book by John Renard

World Religions: From Ancient History to the Present by Geoffrey

Parrinder







~Shonda Brisco

Trinity Valley MS / US Librarian

Fort Worth, TX

briscos@trinityvalleyschool.org





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