(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, ...
CAIRO (AP) — The young woman could hear her heart pounding so hard that she worried the microphone placed in front of her would pick up its sound. Seated around her were officials from Islamic nations ...
When Jerusha Lamptey listens to the Quran, she usually does it through Quran Explorer, one of her favorite apps. Reading from the holy text in the famously hypnotic and mesmerizing chant involves lots ...
It only takes one call for prayer, or al-athaan in Arabic, to make one pause, even for a millisecond. And in that small ...
KUALA TERENGGANU, Aug 9 (Bernama) -- Prominent female Quran reciter Datuk Rogayah Sulong died at the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital (HSNZ) here this morning. She was 81. Her grandnephew, Mohd Faizal ...