Diyanet Foundation donates 3,000 Qurans to Spanish Muslims
The Turkey Diyanet Foundation (TDV) has donated thousands of copies of the holy Quran to the Muslims in Granada and Seville in Andalusia, southern Spain as part of the campaign, "Let my gift be the Quran."
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- Published Date: 12:00 | 28 March 2018
- Modified Date: 12:36 | 28 March 2018
A group connected to Turkey's top religious body has donated 3,000 copies of the holy Quran to Muslims in southern Spain, the foundation announced on Wednesday.
In a statement, the Turkey Diyanet Foundation (TDV) -- connected to the Religious Affairs Directorate, or Diyanet -- said Spanish translations of the Quran also including the original Arabic text had been distributed to the Muslims in Granada and Seville in Andalusia, southern Spain as part of the campaign, "Let my gift be the Quran."
In the campaign, launched jointly by the TDV and the Religious Affairs Directorate to meet the need of many Muslims worldwide for the Quran, more than one million copies of the holy scripture have been distributed across the world, including to countries in Latin America and Asia Pacific, said the statement.
Mecit Balcı, who sits on the group's board of trustees, and Abdurrahman Çetin, its deputy director general, took part in the Quran distribution ceremony that arose to meet the need of Andalusian Muslims, it added.
The Diyanet Foundation has been organizing and promoting projects to translate the Quran into various languages, and to date has done 17 different translations.