TEHRAN -- Iranian and foreign reciters and memorizers of the Holy Quran met Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in Mashhad on Sunday. The meeting was part of a ...

(RNS) Searching for a recitation from a female "qariah" or reciter, Jerusha Lamptey, assistant professor of Islam and ministry at Union Theological Seminary, found none. (RNS) To many non-Muslims, ...

I have read in books about the sciences of the Quran that the first condition for acceptance of a Qira'ah (method of narration) of the Quran as authentic is for it to be narrated in Mutawaatir ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Quran reciters from Malaysia topped all categories at the 56th International Al-Quran Recital Assembly, setting a record of sorts for the annual event. Ahmad Tirmizi Ali, from Terengganu ...

Styles of recitation of the Quran can sometimes have a cultural and even a political meaning as well as a spiritual one, as Ahram Weekly discovers Yasser Al-Sharkawi misses the time when he would head ...

Haji-Hassani Kargar, 26, finished first at the 57th International Quran Reciters’ Assembly and Quran Memorizing, which was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia earlier in June. A number of world-renowned ...

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. If a Muslim happens to prefer ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei described the Holy Quran as a book of wisdom that encompasses lessons for all areas of life. “The Holy Quran is full of ...

To many non-Muslims, Ramadan is about fasting, and later, feasting. But Muslims know Ramadan as the month of the Quran, a time when the sacred scripture is recited, read and rehearsed. Many Muslims ...