(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Turkey’s Awqaf Organization distributed 4000 copies of the Quran and its translation in Mongolia.
According to Turkpress news agency, the copies, which include translations in Kazakh language, were handed out among worshippers in two mosques in the capital Ulaanbaatar as well as among Muslim university students.
Abdul Rahman Chetin, deputy of Turkey’s Awqaf Organization, said the Muslim minority in Mongolia who are of Kazakh origin and are facing many difficulties in getting access to the Quran and its translations received the initiative very warmly.
He noted that it was part of the organization’s plan to distribute free copies of the Quran and its translations in 135 countries.
So far, 400,000 copies of the Quran and its translations in different languages have been distributed around the world, he added.
Meanwhile, Khalil Tutul, the imam of a mosque in Ulaanbaatar said work is underway for translating the Quran into the Mongolian language.
He said 15 Juzes (parts) of the Quran have so far been translated into the language, predicting that it will be completed in a year.
Mongolia is a country in East Asia bordered by China and Russia.
Islam in Mongolia is practiced by approximately 7 percent of the population. It is practiced by the ethnic Kazakhs of Bayan-Olgii Province and Khovd Province in western Mongolia.
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source : IQNA
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25 September 2016
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Turkey’s Awqaf Organization distributed 4000 copies of the Quran and its translation in Mongolia.