Muslims Can Exchange Old Qurans for New Ones at Kuala Lumpur Event
The Madani government’s second anniversary event is being held in the Malaysian capital.
An officer on duty who wanted to remain unnamed said any old or damaged versions of the Muslim holy book can be sent in.
“Not just that, also those with no stamps of the Home Ministry can be traded in,” he told Malay Mail.
According to the officer, more than 30 Quran had been exchanged as of 4.15pm on Saturday.
A visitor who exchanged at the booth said it was a perfect chance to get a new Quran for daily use.
“We traded in our old and damaged ones because they were missing pages,” said 60-year-old Datuk Dr Roslan Hussin.
“We read the Quran daily and we are scared. We do not want to read without the missing pages.”
Roslan said he and his wife exchanged four copies of Quran Saturday.
Called “Jom Exchange Al-Quran”, the ministry said the Qurans provided are approved by the Malaysian authorities, and have been screened by Muslim scholars.
In Malaysia, the Home Ministry is responsible for controlling the sale, distribution, and publication of the Quran. The printing of Quran, even as little as a verse, requires a permit from Quran Printing Control and Licensing Board, under the Printing of Quranic Texts Act 1986.
The ministry’s Enforcement and Control Department’s secretary Nik Yusaimi Yussof was quoted in a Harian Metro report Saturday as saying most Qurans returned were those that are unauthorized.
Nik Yusaimi said in order to be authorized, a Quran must follow the Uthmani guidelines.
“Among the common mistakes detected during the review were incomplete verses, errors in dots and diacritical marks, unclear names of chapters and sections, missing verse numbers, and dirty pages,” he reportedly said.
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This initiative is part of the three-day event celebrating Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s Madani Government, which is set to mark its two-year milestone.
The event is to showcase the government’s achievements and vision for the future, along with the 2024 National Public Service Reform Convention.
Located at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center (KLCC), the event started Friday and will end Sunday.
Source: The Malay Mail
