(RNS) Searching for a recitation from a female "qariah" or reciter, Jerusha Lamptey, assistant professor of Islam and ministry at Union Theological Seminary, found none. (RNS) To many non-Muslims, ...

, a first-of-its-kind cultural and spiritual institution dedicated to celebrating the nation’s rich heritage of Qur’anic recitation and the legendary voices that have shaped it. Read More: India's ...

On the first day of the blessed month of Ramadan, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, met with a number of distinguished and international scholars and reciters of the ...

During the month of Ramadan, Muslims traditionally read the entire Quran. In August 2011, at the Islamic Center of Northern Virginia in Fairfax, a well-known Quran reciter from Saudi Arabia, Sheikh ...

The Ministry of Religious Affairs, on Saturday, announced Pakistan's first-ever, international Husn-e-Qirat (Quran recitation) competition, which will bring together reciters from more than 40 member ...

ST. LOUIS (RNS) — By day, he’s a third‑year medical student, hustling between operating rooms and cramming for exams. By night, he trades his scrubs for a thobe — an Islamic robe for men — and steps ...

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. If a Muslim happens to prefer ...

Cairo: Eight Egyptian reciters of the Quran have been banned by a governmental agency for visiting Iraq and Iran without permission and making the controversial Shiite call to prayer, an official said ...

His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, has assigned Al Qasimia University to carry out a project to create Quranic schools throughout Africa ...

To many non-Muslims, Ramadan is about fasting, and later, feasting. But Muslims know Ramadan as the month of the Quran, a time when the sacred scripture is recited, read and rehearsed. Many Muslims ...