Quran Copies in Braille Distributed in Indonesia
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Some 2000 copies of the Holy Quran in Braille were distributed among the visually-impaired in Indonesia.
Titled “Mus’haf Basirat”, they were handed out in cooperation with a Qatari charity society, al-Sharq daily reported.
The distribution project began in a ceremony in Sumatra Island attended by the Qatari ambassador to the South East Asian country.
In a speech, he said the project is aimed at helping the visually-impaired learn and memorize the Holy Quran.
Braille is a writing system which enables the blind and partially-sighted people to read and write through touch.
It was invented by Louis Braille (1809-1852), who was blind and became a teacher of the blind.
In recent years, the Holy Quran and religious books have been printed in Braille to help the visually-impaired Muslims read the texts with ease.
