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Morocco Hosts Conference on Translation of Quran

An international conference on challenges of translating the Quran was held in Casablanca, Morocco, earlier this week.

Winners of Morocco Int’l Quran Contest Awarded

In a ceremony held in Rabat, Morocco, on Monday night, winners of the country’s 14th international Quran competition were awarded.

Yemeni Missile hits Saudi Arabia

Yemeni armed forces have fired a domestically-designed and -developed ballistic missile at a military base in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern border region of Jizan, in retaliation for military strikes by a Saudi-led military coalition.

Iran Rejects Morocco Claims

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said on Tuesday that claims made by Morocco are not only lacking credibility, but are also a repetition of anti-Iran allegations by those who are seeking discord among Muslim world.

Dutch, Iranian Artifacts on Display in Both Countries

The Hague is hosting a total number of 100 Iranian handicrafts in an exhibition titled ‘Splendor and Bliss, Arts of the Islamic World’ in the Municipal Museum The Hague, The Netherlands.

How Various Countries Celebrate Eid Al-Adha?

Eid al-Adha, also known as “Feast of Sacrifice” or “Big Eid”, is an Islamic religious festival to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim to follow God’s command to sacrifice his son.

75% of Arabs See Israel, US as The Biggest Threat

A new poll published by the Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies has revealed that 75 per cent of Arabs see Israel and the United States as the biggest threats to national security.

Old manuscripts of the Quran

Most of the early original Qur"an manuscripts, complete or in sizeable fragments, that are still available to us now, are not earlier than the second century after the Hijra. The earliest copy, which was exhibited in the British Museum during the 1976 World of Islam Festival, dated from the late second century. [Lings, M. and Y. H. Safadi: The Qur"an, London, 1976, No. 1A. However, there are also a number of odd fragments of Qur"anic papyri available, which date from the first century. [Grohmann, A.: Die Entstehung des Koran und die altesten Koran-Handschriften", in: Bustan, 1961, pp. 33-8.]There is a copy of the Qur"an in the Egyptian National Library on parchment made from gazelle skin, which has been dated 68 Hijra (688 A.D.), i.e. 58 years after the Prophet"s death.

The Kingdom of Morocco

The Kingdom of Morocco, is a unitary sovereign state located in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

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