JAKARTA - The Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs and the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Religious Affairs, Endowments, and Dawah will reprint copies of the Quran in sign language.
The Saudi Arabian Embassy in Jakarta announced
the plan at the launch of "Iqro'na," a practical guide for learning
the Quran in Braille, according to Amien Suyitno, an official at the Indonesian
religious ministry.
"This step will help provide copies of the
Quran in sign language more widely to people with special needs throughout the
world," Suyitno said.
The copies of the Quran in sign language were
first printed by Lajnah Penastihan Mushaf Al-Quran under the Indonesian
Ministry of Religious Affairs.
The mass reprinting will be carried out by Majma
Malik Fahd Li Thibaah Mushaf Syarif, the printing agency under the Saudi
religious ministry.
"This is the commitment of the ministry to
provide inclusive and equitable services for all people, in accordance with the
government's vision of building a more just and equal society," Suyitno
said.
Meanwhile, the religious attaché of the Saudi
Arabian Embassy, Al-Hazmi, expressed his admiration for the sign language
version of the Quran by Lajnah Penastihan.
He said the Saudi Kingdom would double the
production of this version in Medina.
"This Quran will be a reading source for
our brothers and sisters who have special needs throughout the world," he
said. (Antara)
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