JAKARTA, INDONESIA — Maria Ulfah’s father started it all. Even back in the 1960s, he wanted his daughter to have equal status with men. So the devout Muslim encouraged her to study public speaking, ...

The film presents a look at the annual International Holy Koran Competition held in Egypt during Ramadan. 110 students from around the world come together in Cairo for the event, with undivided ...

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Concerned about how Indonesian students with hearing impairments often miss out on religious education, cleric Abdul Kahfi founded an Islamic boarding school to help ...

To master the art of Koran recitation, 21-year-old Hassan Ali Kasi had to follow a strict regime of yoga, hours of rehearsing vocal scales -- and a total ban on biryani. His dedication is paying off, ...

Nine-year-old Saif Mustafa Lateef has recently been awarded the title of the youngest memorizer (hafiz) of the entire holy koran in the Iraqi city of Basra. Competing with thousands of Koran ...

Hassan Deputy Commissioner M.S. Archana has said the practice of Koran recitation during the Channakeshava car festival - Rathotsava - cannot be changed all of a sudden. “The recitation of the Koran ...

Students prepare to attend a class at a boarding school for hearing-impaired children, where they learn the holy scripture of Koran and recite in sign language, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, July 4, 2022.