Gold-Plated Quran to Be Displayed in Malaysia

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - A gold-plated Quran will, for the first time, be on display during the Chinese Islamic Treasure Exhibition at the Terengganu State Museum from Feb 14.Terengganu State Museum director Mohd Yusof Abdullah said the Muslim holy book would be among many Islamic artifacts on show during the six-month exhibition.“The 500-year-old Quran was from the Ming Dynasty,” he told a press conference here yesterday.Mohd Yusof said the manufacturing history of the gold-plated Quran began during the Ottoman Empire using Naskhi script.It was then taken to East Turkestan by an Arab religious scholar during the Ming Dynasty.The Quran, valued at more than RM170mil by international artifact experts, was then taken to Yunnan in China. /129